Food & Drink
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Lobster spot
If you’re in Maine for any amount of time, leaving without tasting a lobster roll is tantamount to sacrilege. Pay homage at the Eventide Oyster Company…
Eastern promise
Japanese whisky giants are world famous but it’s an upstart distillery, Chichibu, that’s winning all the awards and showing how to blend Scottish know-how with local ingredients.
Monocle travel guide
Restaurant firm Monsoon Group is turning Tehran into a feast for the senses with its latest effort, Divan. Elsewhere, discover a Slow Food classic in Milan and a private island in the Maldives.
Food
Our tasty round-up includes tomatoes from the Isle of Wight and a café in Bangkok
Patrick Blanc
Patrick Blanc, the botanist who pioneered vertical gardens, eats his ‘last meal’ at Pershing Hall, a Parisian hotel featuring one of his stunning creations.
A Taste of Sicily
Sicily is a stunning Mediterranean destination – and not least for its food. Monocle goes on a culinary tour of the island and drops in on a cooking school that promotes traditional food producers…
The sweet spot
With each Japanese household spending thousands of yen a year on cakes and sweets, confectionery is big business in Japan and nothing in the sweet-tooth calendar is bigger than the National Expo.
Grow your own
As populations become more urban and people become more aware of where their food comes from, city farms, whether it’s beekeeping in Brisbane or vegetable growing in Havana, are coming into their own.
Eat, drink and be ferried
We visit a restaurant in Madrid promoting English food, a Chinese craft brewery educating locals and a pair of Berlin boathouses offering a unique way of navigating their beautiful lake location.
Food
A teashop in Tokyo, our favourite coffee makers, a New York wine merchant and a star dish from London.
