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 219: Recipe edition, Amy Elles
A Spanish-inspired recipe from the chef at The Harbour Café in the beautiful village of Elie on the eastern coast of Scotland.
Cork dork, pubs and chicken
Highlights from the past nine years of ‘The Menu’. What separates true, passionate wine lovers from ordinary individuals and what makes for a great British pub. Plus: how the number of fried chicken joints almost became a problem in South Korea.
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.
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 menu.
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.
