We visit a beer festival on the West Bank, a barbecue sauce bonanza in Kansas City, and Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson discusses his cuisine.

Chef and author Peter Gordon discusses his style of cooking and we visit a Berlin café refusing to serve coffee with sugar or soy milk.

The future of Chinese cooking, we speak to an exotic fruits grower in Croatia, and check out New Zealand’s food scene.

A visit to the restaurant causing a buzz in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, we discover Icelandic burgers in London, and check out Tel Aviv’s coffee culture.

The Hull-House Seed Library in Chicago’s relationship with food, how to throw a Michelin starred dinner party, and we find out what’s in Santiago’s basket.

Soul food in Chicago, meaty, hearty fare in Greenland, and we check out what it takes to be barista of the week in Lisbon.

Fishing for sea urchins in northern Norway, tasting chocolate in Turin, and we pick our barista of the week.

We learn about smoked food, talk with Portuguese-born chef Nuno Mendes, visit a North Korean restaurant in Amsterdam and check what’s in Santiago’s basket.

Tyler Brûlé talks to photo journalist Sebastião Salgado about his favourite food and we look at the arrival of Mexican restaurants in London.

Tyler Brûlé picks his favourite menu items from the last 10 weeks, including Sharleen Spiteri’s thoughts on food and branding guru Wally Olins’ favourite meal.

We look at food and drink trends for 2012, learn about Slovenian fine wine and talk about the food of fantasy books.

Tax incentives are all well and good but is that enough to make businesses want to move to your country? To discuss how culture and other intangible assets attract foreign investment, Monocle and the Singapore Economic…

Monocle's retail and service survey chronicles companies and people who are setting benchmarks we should all take note of. Saul Taylor reports on three entrepreneurial ventures doing just that.

Swiss military food is amongst the best military food in the world. We attend kitchen boot camp to witness operational excellence in the field of the culinary arts.

Sometimes it takes just one retailer to unite an entire neighbourhood and restore an old-fashioned sense of community. Here are five doing just that. Things to improve your life

Whether idly doodling or hastily transcribing interviews in good old shorthand, Monocle recommends the best utensils for your daily tasks. From pens to paper, from U+ in Canada to Düller in Japan, our round up of the wor…

In our new series of global briefings Monocle reports on bespoke shoe making in London, visits Italy for a look at personalised yacht design, eco furniture making in Melbourne and traditional retail in New York. A film from…

A look at vinyl revival in Montreal, a new concept store in Beirut and a new way of selling tea in the UK. A film from the Monocle television series on Bloomberg.

Monocle visits and art gallery in Sydney and a watchmaker in Zürich. A film from the Monocle television series on Bloomberg.

The basic staples of food and drink are often the hardest to get right – and because they're part of day-to-day life, it's tempting for producers to cut corners in the name of efficiency. All too often, the missing ingre…