Hospitality
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Open house
A Tokyo community centre with food at its heart is helping to nourish the whole neighbourhood.
Destination: Bordeaux
After decades of decline, a museum celebrating the French city’s love of wine, markets offering fresh seafood and canny commercial investment have transformed the once-seedy banks of the Garonne.
Christoph Niemann
The illustrator and artist discusses food in his work, his talent for frying and the German capital’s gentrification – and doodles a quick portrait with the help of some salt and pepper, of course.
Food & drink
A sharp chopping bowl and restaurants from London to Hong Kong (via Izmir).
Packing a punch
From Sanskrit roots to Swedish *bål*, punch is a drink built for sharing rather than spectacle. These recipes celebrate a centuries-old tradition that spans continents — and demands you relinquish control of the ladle.
Right track
Train station fare is often rushed and unreliable. Not so at this golden-age stop-off at Gare de Lyon.
Eero Aarnio
Over a beer and steak in an 18th-century coffee house, the celebrated Finnish chairdesigner takes a seat to talk sunsets, saunas and smoking his own salmon.
Food & drink
New openings from Lima to London, plus a few saucy table-toppers and something for your bookshelf.
Get in gear
Once viewed with disdain in Tokyo, food trucks are now transforming disused parts of the city thanks to a canny new firm.
Perfect pick me up
You stumble off a long-haul flight and there in the arrivals hall is a suited driver waiting for you. It’s a sign that all will be well today.
