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  Taste for change

  

  Issue 15

  Enrique Peñalosa transformed Bogotá during his three terms as mayor of the Colombian capital and today is one of the world’s leading urban consultants. For lunch he chooses a local Italian restaurant with a South American…

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  Rich pickings

  

  Issue 41

  As the Shinkansen continues to speed north in Japan, operator JR East is also diversifying its retail – with apples.

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  Monocle travel guide

  

  Issue 26

  This month we launch a new travel edit with a focus on great service and put the spotlight on some of Bavaria’s finest new hostelries. Plus, overleaf, there’s dining in Tokyo, a Zürich café that plays musical chairs and a…

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  My Last Meal: Klaus Biesenbach

  

  Issue 61

  Renowned curator Klaus Biesenbach used to live on chocolate bars; thankfully he has something more refined in mind for his ‘last meal’.

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  My Last Meal: Sweet natured

  

  Issue 31

  The almighty Master Shibatayama, a former Grand Champion sumo wrestler, chooses a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shinjuku for his Last Meal. He runs a sumo school in Tokyo and is the author of several books on regional…

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  Eating his words

  

  Issue 22

  Kurt Andersen is a novelist, columnist, broadcaster and founder of the satirical Spy magazine. After a career of ironic experimentation, it is fitting that his last meal is at José Andrés’ playful food temple, The Bazaar…

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  Business / Food & Drink

  Let them eat cake

  

  Issue 4

  The great patissiers have met their match in Sadaharu Aoki. With three shops in Paris and three in Tokyo, he puts a Japanese twist on classic French pastries. His commitment to craft, design and the best of two cultures,…

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  My Last Meal: The modern man

  

  Issue 51

  TV chef Kentaro Kobayashi is known for no-nonsense dishes and his show teaching men how to cook. Over a meal at his favourite Italian restaurant, he talks about his accidental route into becoming a chef.

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  My Last Meal: Tall order

  

  Issue 38

  Skyscraper climber Alain Robert, aka the ‘Real Spiderman’, would like to live a life of uncertainty right up until his dying breath, with a surprise menu at his local restaurant.

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  Briefing Europe

  Issue 3

  How to choose yourself a Swedish name and a fishy story from Moscow.

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  Top of the glass

  

  Issue 36

  A family business has been producing a simple niche product for five decades. By making the most of its employees’ expertise to constantly refine the “perfect” glass washer, it now sells to more than 50 countries.

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  Tofu Catalan

  

  Issue 38

  Retiree Tateo Shimizu chose Barcelona as the perfect city to set up an authentic Japanese tofu shop.

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