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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.

The Menu Monocle Radio

    • Arts
    • 4.1 • 61 Ratings

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.

    Food Neighbourhoods #377: Tallinn Old Town

    Food Neighbourhoods #377: Tallinn Old Town

    Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, boasts a vibrant and rapidly evolving food scene. For many years, however, culinary talent has avoided the city’s medieval old town, which has been deemed too expensive and touristy. But now the trend is reversing and young chefs looking to make their mark have rediscovered the historical city centre. Monocle’s Petri Burtsoff met with restaurateur and sommelier Kristjan Peäske for a tour of his favourite drinking and dining spots in Tallinn’s Old Town.
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    • 10 min
    Culinary literature

    Culinary literature

    This week we get bookish with an episode dedicated to food in literature – and literature about food. We sit down with food writer Felicity Cloake to hear her take on what makes great gastronomic prose. Also in the programme: Charlotte McDonald-Gibson delves into James Bond novels to find out how important food and drink is to their plot. Plus: We whip up a recipe from Nora Ephron’s acclaimed roman à clef, ‘Heartburn’.
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    • 27 min
    Food Neighbourhoods #376: Regent’s Park Road, London

    Food Neighbourhoods #376: Regent’s Park Road, London

    Join Theo Randall, chef patron of Theo Randall at the InterContinental, as he takes us on a tour of Regent’s Park Road in the Primrose Hill area of London.
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    • 10 min
    Toklas, Finnair’s in-flight menu and Provençal truffles

    Toklas, Finnair’s in-flight menu and Provençal truffles

    ​We sit down with Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the founders of Frieze art fair​, to find out about their culinary ventures – and the intersection between art and food​. Also in the programme: ​Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, P​etri Burtsoff, meets with Finnair’s development chef, Sami Oksava,​ to learn about the role of Finnish cuisine on board ​t​he airline’s flights​. Plus: Michael Booth heads to the fête du Diamant Noir in Provence to discover more about the art of truffle-hunting in the region.
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    • 32 min
    Food Neighbourhoods #375: Dublin Coffee Festival

    Food Neighbourhoods #375: Dublin Coffee Festival

    This week we’re in Ireland’s capital for the opening of the Dublin Coffee Festival. Sebastian Stephenson headed to the sold-out event, reusable cup in hand, to get a taste of how the Dublin scene is brewing and grab some recommendations from Ireland’s coffee masters. 

     
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    • 8 min
    Ajabu Cocktail and Spirits Festival, One House Bakery and crêpes Suzette

    Ajabu Cocktail and Spirits Festival, One House Bakery and crêpes Suzette

    We sit down with Colin Asare-Appiah and Mark Talbot Holmes, the founders of Africa’s first spirits and cocktail festival, Ajabu. Also in the programme: Ivan Carvalho is in the San Francisco Bay Area to meet Hannalee Pervan of One House Bakery. Plus: Myriam Zumbühl takes us to L’Apogée Courchevel hotel in the French Alps to taste crêpes Suzette as the winter season comes to a close.
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    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
61 Ratings

61 Ratings

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Fabulous food podcast

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Interesting and pleasant

Well told Food stories from around the world

Gunship01 ,

Huh? Pierre Koffman isn't here

This review is for the podcast titled "Pierre Koffman's 50 years in the kitchen". When you download it and press "play", what you get is a cheeky commentary on the US election found in the "Midori House" and not "The Menu". Hope someone is able to fix it. Will head over to "The Midori House" and see if some wires were crossed.

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