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Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
How the world discovered Sichuan’s food
We cover Fuchsia Dunlop’s new discoveries in Sichuanese cuisine, a lesser-known Italian wine region on the up and London’s new Pizza Academy.
Food Neighbourhoods 157: Fargo, North Dakota
Will Higginbotham on why the city with such an unfortunate reputation in popular culture is actually one of America’s hidden culinary gems.
Eating fish, nose to tail
Australia’s top chef Josh Niland on cooking fish with nothing going to waste. Plus: what happens when a Greek deli chain launches a hotel and Jancis Robinson on how the world of wine is changing.
Food Neighbourhoods 156: Chicago, Logan Square
We visit one of Chicago’s most bohemian and multicultural neighbourhoods, home to many of the city’s best restaurants, bars and cafés.
Modern Jewish food
The modern twists on Jewish food and why some of the best sparkling wine comes from a lesser known region of Italy. Plus: a boom in Middle Eastern cuisine in Berlin.
Food Neighbourhoods 155: Bologna
We head to the north Italian city, which is often overlooked despite being home to some of the best food in southern Europe.
Exchanging ideas
What the founders of London’s Carousel restaurant learned when working with 150 top chefs over the course of five years. Plus: a visit to Taste of Roma and what’s new in the world of gin.
Food Neighbourhoods 154: Hong Kong, Tin Hau
Monocle’s Hong Kong bureau chief James Chambers visits an area of the city undergoing rapid change.
Vienna’s city vineyards
How the Austrian capital celebrates vineyards within the city limits, what gets Italy’s artisanal-cheese producers talking and why pies, mash and cocktails may be a winning combination.
Food Neighbourhoods 153: Port Melbourne
Monocle’s Will Higginbotham takes us to the bayside suburb of Port Melbourne to explain why it has so much to offer in food and drink.
