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An inside look at the materials, the process, and the travel destinations that shape and inspire our work.
Porto - The Pipa

Porto - The Pipa

Porto's best table sits above the port wine lodges in Gaia. Its most interesting bar is in Bonfim. And the pipa — the 550-litre oak barrel that defines an entire...
Porto - The Pipa
Porto's best table sits above the port wine lodges in Gaia. Its most interesting bar is in Bonfim. And the pipa — the 550-litre oak barrel that defines an entire... Read more...
Kotor - The Boka
Kotor's walled Old Town sits at the innermost point of the Bay of Kotor, where Venetian fortifications climb directly up the cliff face. A guide to eating, drinking, and moving... Read more...
Athens - The Pnyx
Athens has three bars in the 2025 World's 50 Best, twelve Michelin-starred restaurants, and a food culture that has shifted decisively away from the tourist circuit. A guide to eating... Read more...
Ljubljana - The River Turn
Ljubljana follows the curve of the Ljubljanica through its old town, with a castle above, a Michelin-recognised food scene, and a natural wine culture sourced from the Karst and Vipava... Read more...
Singapore - The Five-Foot Way
Singapore's shophouse districts are the most legible record of the city's layered history. A guide to where to stay, eat, and drink across one of Asia's most complex culinary capitals. Read more...
Tbilisi - The Qvevri
Tbilisi makes its case slowly, through ancient wine buried in clay, sulfur baths in the old city, and a food culture that has been left alone long enough to develop... Read more...
Rome - The Rione
Rome divides itself into twenty-two rioni, each a distinct village with its own market, bar, and rhythm. A guide to where to stay, eat, and drink across the city's historic... Read more...
Trieste - The Bora
Trieste holds the corner where Italy, Slovenia, and the Adriatic converge. A Canard guide to the Habsburg port city where coffee has its own language and the Bora has its... Read more...
Paris - The Zinc
Paris's zinc bar counters are where the city's daily life plays out. A Canard guide to where we stay, eat, and drink when we're in Paris with our eyes open. Read more...
Ghent - Three Towers
From the Korenmarkt, three medieval towers align in a single sightline. Ghent has 70,000 students, two Michelin-starred restaurants worth travelling for, and more than 500 beers on one bar's list. Read more...
Barcelona - Plan Cerdà
Barcelona's Eixample grid was drawn in 1859 as an engineering solution, not an aesthetic one. Today the same 550 blocks hold four three-Michelin-star restaurants, two bars in the world's top... Read more...
Istanbul - Two Shores
Istanbul occupies both shores of a continental divide, its dining scene newly starred and its neighbourhoods navigable by ferry. A guide to where to stay, eat, and drink across two... Read more...