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30 results for San Sebastián

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Filling up

20 June 2018

We’ve all heard tell of Basque cuisine but what about the growers, producers and chefs plying their trade in neighbouring regions? We take a roadtrip to find out.

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The Entrepreneurs - Basque masters

17 January 2018

Melody Adams and partner Nemanja Borjanovic were working in the City before a trip to San Sebastián inspired them to quit and open a restaurant. Serving traditional Basque cuisine, Donostia was launched in 2012 in London's…

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The directory

17 August 2017

Where to sleep, eat and shop this month.

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Spaghetti junction

19 January 2017

Analiese Gregory – part-time pasta-maker turned head chef – runs a restaurant and wine bar that has all the ingredients of an Aussie classic.

Radio

The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 16: San Sebastián, Gros

10 January 2017

Monocle’s Liam Aldous tours one of the most exciting food districts in the Basque country.

Radio

The Menu - The best cheese in the world

18 November 2016

We visit the World Cheese Awards in San Sebastián and check out the cookbooks that top chefs love. Plus: the week’s headlines from Toronto and what front-of-house staff can learn from an employee-exchange programme.

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Power play

17 November 2016

Monocle’s annual Soft Power Survey charts the strengths and weaknesses of national brands and the changing landscape of cultural influence. But how do the hard truths of politics affect nations’ softer sides? Read on to…

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Business community: Good neighbours

18 August 2016

Formerly quiet neighbourhoods all around the world are now resolutely booming thanks to entrepreneurial businesses whose vision has realised an area’s potential. We take a tour of three such districts where companies have…

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Smooth selling

18 August 2016

Boasting doesn’t come easy to the Basque but we meet the furniture movers, shakers and makers who are going against the grain and doing just that: selling themselves and redefining their industrial heritage in the process…

Monocle Minute

Expanding palate

12 July 2016

With its array of bustling pintxo bars and the highest density of Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, the Basque Country has long been a delicious destination of note. Now its government has teamed up with the Basque…

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Artist studios: changing spaces

22 June 2016

All cities love the artistic vibe but often destroy it with high rents, so the affordability of artists’ studios is a good judge of cultural quality of life – it’s even a new judging metric for this year’s survey. With that…

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Design briefing

16 May 2016

Surfboards, bathtubs and house boats – and a special focus on Milan's Salone del Mobile for good measure.

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Basque in the glory

19 January 2016

What next when you run a successful Basque restaurant? Open another one next door. We meet the team.

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Artistic Merit

7 July 2015

Sophie Grove reporting from San Sebastián: This city is a Basque beauty but has a troubled past that has left bullet holes in buildings. But through food, theatre and a bit of beach life, a new, happier and reconciled place…

Radio

The Menu - A restaurant for Syrian exies

20 September 2013

We meet one of world’s top chefs Elena Arzak of San Sebastián’s Arzak restaurant, visit a restaurant in Istanbul that is working as an embassy for Syrian exiles in the city and visit central London’s first winery.

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Europe briefing

21 February 2013

Gender equality is on the to-do list in France, local food is on the table in Helsinki, and holiday homes are on the shopping list in Switzerland

30 results for San Sebastián

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