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The Menu - latest episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 218: Recipe edition, Brad Carter
The man behind Birmingham’s Carters of Moseley restaurant shares one of his favourite recipes.
Ana Roš, truffle hunting and fish
We meet Ana Roš, one of the world’s most successful female chefs, go truffle hunting in Australia and learn how to prepare whole fish, including eyes, guts and bones.
Food Neighbourhoods 217: Recipe edition, Will Bowlby
A recipe by one of London's most exciting young chefs and restaurateurs.
Best from the archives
We round up a selection of highlights from the past nine years of ‘The Menu’. Martha Stewart tells us what she’d like for her hypothetical last meal and restaurateur Nicholas Lander explains what makes a great restaurant…
Food Neighbourhoods 216: Recipe edition, David Geisser
A favourite recipe by a top Swiss chef, who was previously a member of the Swiss Guard.
Best of ‘Food Neighbourhoods’ 2020
Monocle’s Markus Hippi rounds up some of the best recipes and food tours of the year.
Best of 2020
A round-up of the top interviews and reports from 2020.
A Papal feast
Top Christmas dishes from the Vatican, how Madrid is preparing for the holidays, and Deborah Madison’s vegetarian cooking.
Food Neighbourhoods 215: Recipe edition, Slade Rushing
A classic oyster recipe from a James Beard award-nominated chef.
Thomas Keller and Andrew Wong
Top US chef Thomas Keller tells us what it takes to achieve his level of success. Plus, Andrew Wong on how an academic collaboration helped him in his restaurant.
Food Neighbourhoods 214: Recipe edition, João Cura
One of Portugal’s up-and-coming culinary talents offers us a wintry recipe that’s perfectly suited to the holiday season.
Nigella Lawson
How Nigella Lawson’s recipes are born, Helsinki restaurant pioneer Tomi Björck, plus Magnus Nilsson’s tips for roasting a bird.
Food Neighbourhoods 213: Recipe edition, Tomi Björck
One of Finland’s best-known and most internationally celebrated chefs shares an easy weekend recipe with us.
The true origins
We look at where some of the most common ingredients that we use in cooking really come from. Plus: Donna Hay’s quick and easy recipes and a visit to one of Portugal’s most interesting wineries.
Food Neighbourhoods 212: Recipe edition, Thomas Keller
The owner and chef of one of the world’s most successful restaurants, The French Laundry, shares one of his favourite recipes with us.
