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Bara brings Welsh flavours to South London

Bara is London’s first café dedicated to Welsh cuisine, opening in February 2026 in Peckham, southeast London.

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Food & Drink

France debuts scratch-and-sniff baguette-scented stamps

La Poste, the national postal service of France, has introduced a novel stamp featuring an iconic symbol of French culture: la baguette.

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Design

A restaurant inspired by Japanese cherry blossoms

Omakase serves high-end kaiseki cuisine in an eye-catching, high-concept setting.

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Food & Drink

Thought-starter: How is African cuisine gaining popularity outside of the…

In bars and restaurants, chefs are putting a new twist on regional African dishes. Ikoyi opened last year in London to rave reviews and has become a byword for modern African cuisine in the British capital. The restaurant uses a mix of west African and English ingredients to reinterpret homely dishes from across the region, combining them with…

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Food & Drink

This West African supergrain could be the next quinoa

Noah Levine, chief marketing officer at Yolélé Foods, a start-up building a supply chain for the African grain fonio, explains the potential appeal of this ancient grain to Western markets.