The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 234: Recipe edition, Mitshel Ibrahim
An easy and tasty Milanese recipe from the head chef of London’s Ombra restaurant.
The roots of Australian cooking
A look into the rich and varied influences on what we consider to be Australian food today; a pioneer of Burmese cooking in Hong Kong; and the week’s top food and drink headlines.
Food Neighbourhoods 233: Recipe edition, Jamie Lee
A sustainable yet simple recipe for mussels from the head chef of Kodbyens Fiskebar in Copenhagen.
Montevideo’s coffee boom
We head to the Uruguayan capital to hear how new cafés are bringing the world’s coffee trends to the city. Also in the programme: how Moving Mountains is innovating plant-based alternatives to meat.
Food Neighbourhoods 232: Recipe edition, Alberto Vollmer
Alberto Vollmer, CEO of the Venezuelan rum brand Santa Teresa, shares one of his favourite cocktail recipes.
Yasmin Khan and Elior Balbul
Yasmin Khan on recipes that have travelled across the Eastern Mediterranean. Plus: Israeli chef Elior Balbul’s new restaurant in London.
Food Neighbourhoods 231: Recipe edition, Alice Delcourt
A springtime recipe for risotto from the top chef at Milan’s Erba Brusca restaurant.
‘The Arabesque Table’
Reem Kassis on what united the cooking of the Arab world, how Dubai is trying to reinvent itself as a global hub for coffee culture and Daniel Calvert’s new restaurant in Tokyo.
Food Neighbourhoods 230: Recipe edition, Molly Baz
An easy recipe by food editor and recipe developer Molly Baz, who has just released her new book, ‘Cook This Book’.
Hetty McKinnon, Rob Howell and Jock Zonfrillo
We speak to two cookbook authors about their vegetarian-friendly recipes, get the week’s food and drink headlines, and hear how Jock Zonfrillo found success despite dark times in his 20s.
