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 113: Naples, Quartieri Spagnoli
We head to the area of Naples that doesn’t always charm with its beauty but can boast some of the best food in this southern Italian city.
Noma’s guide to fermentation
The team behind Noma reveal what they’ve learned in their fermentation lab and we visit Lavazza’s new HQ in Turin. Plus: the NYC Chinese restaurant hit that has arrived in London.
Food Neighbourhoods 112: Copenhagen, Christianshavn
Monocle’s Michael Booth takes us on a tour of an area that has in recent years turned into one of the Danish capital’s top dining destinations.
Helsinki special
To celebrate the release of Monocle’s brand new Helsinki travel guide, we are in the city to meet the makers and shakers on its fast-evolving food-and-drink scene.
Food Neighbourhoods 111: Chistye Prudy, Moscow
Monocle’s Paige Reynolds takes us to a district in the Russian capital where Slavic tradition and Mexican flavours sit side by side.
Making the world a better place
Giles Coren on the world’s most ethical and sustainable restaurants, how kombucha tea has become a global hit and why Cape Town is rediscovering the ingredients used by the area’s indigenous population.
Food Neighbourhoods 110: Montevideo
Montevideo has been overlooked for its food for too long. Monocle’s Lucinda Elliott takes us to the places worth visiting in Uruguay’s capital.
Flour power: from San Francisco to Copenhagen
Why Richard Hart, one of the world’s most famous bakers, decided to launch his new business in Copenhagen. Plus: Donna Hay’s ‘Modern Baking’ and the grain that Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam wants to introduce to the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 109: Rome, Esquilino
Monocle’s Rome correspondent David Plaisant takes us on a tour of a central – if rather scruffy – neighbourhood that is famous for its lively market, attracting people and flavours from all over the world.
London’s new tea culture
The London duo determined to create a new tea culture in London, Helsinki’s new wine bar and bakery concept, and why Noma’s former Copenhagen site is again filled with delicious aromas.
