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    Food & Drink

    The best restaurant openings, chef interviews and food and drink advice brought to you by The Blend's editors

    Stevie Parle British chef

    Chef Stevie Parle on good design and great London restaurants

    Coming into 2025, chef Stevie Parle hadn’t opened a restaurant for five years. He leaves it with one of London’s hottest new spots to his name – maybe two.

    • Actresses Edwina Carroll and Maya Koumani holding canapés while seated on a staircase at a social event, February 19th 1957

      A bite-sized history of the canapé

      Auguste Escoffier, who ran kitchens at The Savoy in London and The Ritz in Paris, set the standard for the modern canapé

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      By Simon Mills

    • July restaurant London

      How London fell back in love with the brasserie

      From Brasserie Zédel to Café François, we sample the best bistros in town

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      By Charlie Teasdale

    • Glass act: the story of the champagne coupe

      Celebrating the charm of the champagne coupe, the classiest glass of them all

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      By Simon Mills

    • Max Rocha

      Sense check: a Q&A with chef Max Rocha

      London-based chef and Café Cecilia cookbook author on brown bread, David Bowie and checking the football scores first thing

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      By Mary Cleary

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