The Menu

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Our guide to the world of food, drink and entertaining, The Menu serves up interviews with the world’s most creative chefs, introduces the makers behind the scenes and the ingredients that will soon be landing on your restaurant table.

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Exploring culinary heritage

This week we look at how cooking can reconnect you with your culinary and family heritage. Author and cook Karla Zazueta tells us about the distinctiveness of northern Mexican cuisine and her memories of her childhood in Baja California. Plus, Monocle’s David Plaisant meets Marie Mitchell to gather ingredients for recipes from her highly personal cookbook, ‘Kin’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 16, 2024•30 min

Food Neighbourhoods #397: Belleville, Paris

If you’re sticking around in Paris after the Olympic Games, drop by the multicultural neighbourhood of Belleville. Monocle’s Claudia Jacob takes us on a tour of her favourite spots. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 13, 2024•6 min

‘Verdura’, Alouette and Chotto Matte

We speak to chef Theo Randall to learn about his new cookbook, ‘Verdura, which is dedicated to his penchant for Italian cuisine and cooking with vegetables and Monocle’s Copenhagen correspondent, Michael Booth, meets Nick Curtin and Camilla Hansen of recently reopened fine dining spot, Alouette. Plus: hospitality patron Kurt Zdesar talks to us about the secrets behind his restaurant, Chotto Matte, and the success of any ambitious food venture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Aug 09, 2024•35 min

Food Neighbourhoods #396: Johor Bahru, Malaysia

This week, we head to Malaysia’s second-largest city, Johor Bahru, with Monocle’s Gabriella Wong to explore its historically rich and vibrant food scene. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 06, 2024•7 min

A tour of the Mediterranean

With summer in full swing, we head to the Mediterranean and the Greek island of Sifnos to discover its gastronomic credentials. Also on programme: Monocle’s Milan correspondent, Ivan Carvalho, is in Palermo to meet Fabrizia Lanza to learn about her cooking school Anna Tasca Lanza. Plus: Cookbook author Yasmin Fahr dials in from Menorca to tell us about her new title ‘Cook Simply, Live Fully: Flexible, Flavorful Recipes for Any Mood’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Aug 02, 2024•33 min

Food Neighbourhoods #395: Helsinki

Robert Prendergast heads to Helsinki to learn about the city’s culinary traditions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 30, 2024•8 min

Kolae, Mabruka and Wine of the Month

We sit down with Andy Oliver and Mark Dobbie of Kolae in London to hear their take on southern Thai cooking. Elsewhere, our Copenhagen correspondent, Michael Booth, meets Safa Jemai, the woman dedicated to bringing authentic Tunisian spices to the Nordics. Plus: Monocle sub editor and in-house wine expert Chloé Lake picks her Wine of the Month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 26, 2024•33 min

Food Neighbourhoods #394: Annecy, France

Monocle’s Gunnar Gronlid takes us on a gastronomic tour of the charming savoyard city of Annecy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 23, 2024•7 min

Wasted Wine Club, July and Sophie Wyburd

We meet Angelo van Dyk, the man looking to give surplus wine a second life with Wasted Wine Club. Plus: Alistair MacQueen pays a visit to Holly Hayes, head chef at new London opening July and Paige Reynolds sits down with Sophie Wyburd to learn about her new comforting cookbook ‘Tucking In’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 19, 2024•33 min

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