The Menu

Why San Francisco is getting so excited about artisanal toast, we visit a 3D-printing café in Barcelona and meet one of the UK’s most prominent Indian chefs, Mehernosh Mody.

We meet chef and author Michael Gibney whose book ‘Sous Chef’ reveals what really happens in restaurant kitchens. We also visit one of the oldest tofu makers in Kyoto and find out what is new and noteworthy in Armenian cuisine.

We head to Northern Chile to find out why more fish is being eaten now than at any other time of the year, meet top Australian food author Donna Hay and Tony Conigliaro – one of the world’s most celebrated drink developers – tells all about his latest project.

We head to Hanoi where a group of entrepreneurs has come up with a high-end Vietnamese rice liquor, we also hear why there should be more appreciation for Vermouth and visit London's first cat café.

We visit the West Bank where a world-renowned wine farm is under threat because of a separation barrier planned by Israel, we also find out about an organisation busy catering to the areas of Toronto with no local grocers and find out what French chefs can learn in Scotland.

We head to Helsinki to hear what the Finnish capital is doing to promote street-food culture. We also find out how a new wave of restaurants is changing Vienna's hospitality culture and get the week's most important food and drink news from North America.

We look for the best Mexican food in New York, visit an espresso-machine maker in Florence experiencing a revival and speak to the founders of the UK’s first pure almond-milk company.

We visit Melbourne to find some of the most excessive breakfast menus in the world, speak to Christoph Aebersold, who has come up with a successful pop-up restaurant in Switzerland and we find out how Vancouver Island is turning into a beer-lover’s paradise.

We are in Delhi to hear how French cuisine is tickling local tastebuds. We also discuss the benefits of premixed cocktails and meet the woman who is pushing hard to get Japanese sake into international restaurants.

We meet two top restaurateurs – André Chiang and Paul Pairet – who attended Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant awards in Singapore. We also visit a Cuban restaurant that found its home in a carwash and Düsseldorf’s most famous building, which wants to turn itself into a serious culinary destination.

We visit an Australian restaurant on a mission to serve dishes made with native ingredients, speak to philosopher and author Julian Baggini about the dilemmas and complexities of eating and get the latest restaurant news from Canada.

We visit the cooking school that’s trying to change the connotations surrounding Irish cuisine, meet the entrepreneurs who are turning a London Underground tunnel into a farm and tour one of Italy’s largest coffee companies.

We check the new announcements from San Francisco’s annual Fancy Food Show, hear why Mexicans enjoy black food and meet top Belgian chef Filip Claeys, who is encouraging people to eat different varieties of fish from the North Sea.

A Madrid Fusión special. We meet Madrid's only three-Michelin-star chef David Muñoz, hear what it takes for a restaurant to get the Obamas for a Valentine's dinner and speak to one of the best-known chefs in Istanbul: Mehmet Gurs.

We head to Munich to get an update on the city's drinks scene, meet the man who has designed a signature beverage for this year's Academy Awards and get the latest culinary news from Tokyo.