Hospitality
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Perfect setting
Laying on a spread this Christmas? Luminaries from the worlds of design, hospitality and diplomacy reveal what makes a terrific table.
Food & drink
The best in drinking and dining, from a Sydney stop-in to a Chicago canteen and Athenian deli.
Winter warmers
Christmas markets are a regular fixture of the festive season – but in Mitteleuropa they’re also big business.
Bottoms up
For Christmas and New Year, indulge in a festive cocktail or fine wine. We’ve asked the experts for their favourite tipples and star concoctions to enjoy this season.
Editor’s letter
Our editor in chief has a question: why can’t hoteliers preserve that which helped them build their business in the first place, rather than change things for the worse?
Rising demand
The fortunes of bakeries are on the up thanks to hands-on entrepreneurs. Their products are enriching urban communities by bringing neighbours together. We meet three stars earning their crust.
Chicken marsala with herbed fregola
Enhanced by sweet Italian wine, this fortifying recipe of Sicilian lineage is simplicity itself – unlike its complex backstory.
Alain de Botton
The author holds forth on his memories of dire boarding-school dinners, sentimental reveries of his native Switzerland and the citrus fruit that he considers to be worthy of devotion.
Perfect misfit
The newly opened Orania Berlin in rough-and-ready Kreuzberg is hitting all the right notes with its innovative music-first approach.
