The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
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Madrid Fusion
We are at Madrid Fusión fair which has brought together some of the greatest innovators of the food industry. Plus special recognition for the oldest Lebanese restaurant in Paris and the week’s headlines from…
Pretence of anonymity
Pulitzer prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold tells us why it doesn’t pay for restaurant critics to keep anonymity, author David Sax gives us his view on who the real food-industry tastemakers are and we…
Vicky Lau
Why one American restaurant has decided to ban tips, we meet Vicky Lau, who has just been named the best female chef in Asia, and get the week’s culinary headlines from Hong Kong.
Promoting food with Ken Hom
We visit a kitchen equipment library in Toronto, hear how chef and author Ken Hom is planning to promote food from the UK and get the week’s culinary headlines from Singapore.
Reviving Tel Aviv’s cocktails
We are in Tel Aviv to witness the city’s cocktail revival, enjoy a taste of Stellacello – a new drink originating from east London – and hear why a Japanese filmmaker has become the…
The water sommelier
We make an appointment with a water sommelier in Los Angeles, meet chef and author Dan Barber, who has a tasty solution for the future’s food-supply challenges and we get the week’s culinary headlines…
2014 highlights
Some of the most appetising, surprising and delicious moments from the past 12 months.
Missing spices
Spice expert Arun Kapil tells us what we’re missing in the world of spices, we visit a Los Angeles cheese shop where all cheeses are dairy free and vegan – and get the week’s…
Dictatorial dishes
The favourite dishes of some of the world’s most notorious dictators, we find out what might be new on Christmas-dinner tables in Sydney this year and visit London’s first ever cereal cafe.
Personal eating
An appointment with a personal-eating trainer in Madrid, we visit one of the best restaurants in Pakistan and learn what Australian kitchen guru Donna Hay’s favourite recipes are.
