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Review: Brasserie Chavot, London

Review: Brasserie Chavot, London

by Monisha Rajesh

London's grown-up bistro and brasserie scene is fast taking over from the no-reservations small plate palaver, with Green Man & French Horn; Jason Atherton's Little Social; and Robert Reid at Keith McNally's Balthazar all amongst Civilian London's favourite new restaurants. Monisha Rajesh works her way through the menu at Brasserie Chavot
Review: Rech, Paris

Review: Rech, Paris

by Phoebe Luckhurst

"Outside, grimy cabs screech past and French teenagers giggle in front of Princess Tam Tam sharing poorly-rolled cigarettes and swigs of vodka from misused water bottles; inside, it is calm and spare, all white decor, artful pebbles, and mirrored expanses"
It’s not just the BC wines talking | Falling in love in British Columbia

It’s not just the BC wines talking | Falling in love in British Columbia

by Rosie Birkett

"I'd stepped tentatively out of the arrival gate to find him standing with a bunch of flowers – his face the colour of the Canadian flag's maple leaf. It had been two and a half months apart, and only three together before then. Leaps of faith were always my thing"
How to give up your day job and create your own Argentine wine empire

How to give up your day job and create your own Argentine wine empire

by Nick Smith

"The taste was complemented with the heady rush of relief: it tasted like wine!"
Black cod and Hollywood gold | Nobu’s recipe for world domination

Black cod and Hollywood gold | Nobu’s recipe for world domination

by Jennifer Sharp

Nobu Matsuhisa talks fish and chips, failing in France and why India just isn't ready
Review: Relæ, Copenhagen

Review: Relæ, Copenhagen

by David J Constable

"Who was it that made foraging popular? Probably the poor…" David J Constable reviews ex-Noma chef Christian Puglisi's stark and smart Copenhagen restaurant, Relæ
Review: NEDE, Dublin

Review: NEDE, Dublin

by Trish Deseine

Two copiously billed "ex-Noma" chefs are aiming to turn the Dublin restaurant scene on its head. Trish Deseine reviews NEDE
Dinner from Cannes

Dinner from Cannes

by Karen Krizanovich

"What you eat marks out your status as clearly as your festival pass." Karen Krizanovich dines her way around the Cannes Film Festival 2013
Review: Bird of Smithfield, London

Review: Bird of Smithfield, London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word, a-well-a, bird, bird, b-bird's the word" Or is it? Neil Stewart isn't so sure
Review: Bones, Paris

Review: Bones, Paris

by Sophie Dening

Bobo chat, full-throated laughter, Iggy & the Stooges… and Australian chef James Henry cooking in a small open kitchen in the rear