Try:
<?php $recentpost = new WP_Query(“showposts=1&&category__in=xx”);
where xx = your chosen category id.
I couldn’t get that piece of code to work, maybe I should have posted the entire snip-it of code I’m using on my page.php file
here is my entire snip-it:
<div id="content-inner">
<h1 class="post-title">Featured Mountain Hardware Website</h1>
<div> </div>
<?php $recentpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1"); while($recentpost->have_posts()) : $recentpost->the_post(); ?>
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
<div> </div>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
