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Food & Drink

Bon appétit

Pasta like you've never tasted before – Japanese style, plus an Italian family coffee house in Sydney, cocktails on the beach in the Algarve and the pioneers bringing aperitivo culture to the UK.

  • Issue #157
  • 9 min read
Adam Genovese standing in his coffee roastery with industrial equipment and large orange letter signage
Travel and restaurants

Sunny outlook

The salt-kissed island’s capital Cagliari is both bustling city and laidback beach town – and somehow unlike anywhere else in Italy.

  • Issue #156
  • 9 min read
A couple enjoying cocktails at a Poetto beach under an umbrella with sandy beach and water in background
Food & Drink

Upper crust

In the shadow of the iconic Rockefeller Center, a new restaurant and bakery is combining Manhattan’s sophistication with the welcoming bustle of Milan’s aperitivo culture. We break bread with Ignacio Mattos, Lodi’s celebrated chef-owner.

  • Issue #151
  • 6 min read
Wooden shelving display filled with various Italian food products, wines, and gourmet items with LODI signage above
Food & Drink

Flake news

Baker Ciro Scognamillo has created a new classic Neapolitan cake, the ‘fiocco di neve’. We take a bite.

  • Issue #149
  • 4 min read
Hand protectively cupping a golden pastry dusted with powdered sugar on white plate
Books

Perfect pantry

Italian food is probably the world’s best but to match the country’s top chefs, you’ll need the right ingredients to hand. To round off our book preview we share some Italian staples.

  • Issue #142
  • 3 min read
Perfect pantry
Recipe

Food & Drink Recipes

Five top dishes to try from monocle’s recipe writers, including Turkish wraps and a one-pot pasta.

  • Issue #142
  • 9 min read
Turkish-style grilled chicken pieces with spiced tomato sauce and yogurt served on flatbread with greens
Recipe

Food & Drink

Perfecting a recipe is a simple step to improving your quality of life. Expect wraps with a Korean twist and much more.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
A bowl of creamy clam chowder with bacon pieces and herbs, served with saltine crackers on a white plate
Food & Drink

Comfort food

A spate of growers, producers, chefs and farmers are reintroducing the country to forgotten ingredients and rediscovering age-old recipes that champion sustainability and a closer link with nature.

  • Issue #137
  • 6 min read
A person tends to an organic garden with raised wooden beds, diverse vegetation and Mediterranean trees under cloudy skies

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