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The Menu - latest episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 321: Recipe edition, Bel Coelho
We travel to São Paulo to meet Bel Coelho, the chef-owner of Cuia, and learn her recipe for ‘baião de dois’, a traditional dish from the northeast of Brazil
Food for the Oscars
A look at the menu that British chef Elliott Grover has designed for the Oscars, how Portuguese chef Kiko Martins built his Lisbon culinary empire and an unmissable restaurant launch in England’s Cornwall.
Food Neighbourhoods 320: Recipe edition, Jakob Zeller and Ethel Hoon
This week’s recipe comes from the Austrian Alps.
Wines from the Benelux region
An Amsterdam wine shop that has curated a perfect regional wine selection. Also in the programme: Bre Graham on what it took to write her timeless debut cookbook, ‘Table for Two’.
Food Neighbourhoods 319: Recipe edition, Theo Clench
A deliciously simple mid-week pasta dish.
What’s on the menu in Davos?
We find out what it takes to cater to some of the world’s most powerful people at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Also in the programme: a visit to one of Montreal’s biggest restaurant success stories…
Food Neighbourhoods 318: Recipe edition, Harriet Mansell
A recipe from the UK’s Jurassic Coast.
How cities feed themselves
We pay tribute to the restaurants in London that have for years served their communities quietly and without fanfare. Plus: a New York business that curates top chocolates from all over the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 317: Recipe edition, Luke Farrell
Chef Luke Farrell shares an easy stir-fry recipe from his Thai-inspired, London-based restaurants.
Success stories
We meet three restaurateurs who have found success and brought something new to their cities.
Food Neighbourhoods 316: Alexandre Silva
Alexandre Silva shares one of his favourite recipes from Loco, his Michelin-starred restaurant in Lisbon.
The Best Recipes of 2022
We recap the tastiest recipes from Food Neighbourhoods in 2022.
The Best of The Menu 2022
Monocle’s Markus Hippi recaps the highlights of the programme in 2022.
‘The River Café Look Book’
Ruth Rogers on River Café’s new book and what made her restaurant one of the best and most successful in Britain. Also in the programme: Christmas food recommendations by Monocle staff members from around the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 315: Mitshel Ibrahim
A recipe from London’s Ombra restaurant.
