Entertaining
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Roll out the barrels
Don’t drink light wine with heavy food. Burgundy pairs perfectly with roast lamb. Ensure dessert wine is sweeter than your pudding or your mouth will pucker. Above all, experiment and explore.
Dinner is served
Whether cooking for an intimate meal or hosting friends, the perfect recipe ensures a memorable evening. We’ve selected three Monocle menu favourites plus smart starter ideas.
Food & Drink
Two Swiss openings, a recipe from our in-house team and food finds from Japan to France. Tuck in.
Best behaviour
Monocle’s agony uncle and Mr Tiddly share essential dinner party wisdom, covering everything from dietary requirements to departure etiquette for both hosts and guests.
Food for thought
Scant service in Scandinavia, obsolete kitchenware and what recipe books reveal about times past: our writers give tasty views on the topics that should matter to good hosts everywhere.
Pull up a chair
A Kiwi chef, a restaurant owner in Monaco and a design-shop duo in Ontario invite you into their abodes for some home-cooked goodness – with a liberal sprinkling of hospitality advice.
Host with the most
Eating together is a primal pleasure but dinner parties have evolved. We asked culinary experts what’s changed and how to create the perfect evening.
What’s on the menu?
Design firm Family Brothers has defined the look of Atlanta’s culinary scene. Now it’s tucking in elsewhere.
Food & Drink
Top tables and food finds from across the globe; plus a simple and sumptuous recipe.
Ari Shapiro
NPR’s Ari Shapiro has reported on Isis in Iraq and presidential elections. Now one of the most listened to news broadcasters, he talks about foraging, trust and his career.
