cooking - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

FvF Cooks: Handmade Ravioli with a Swiss twist

“It’s funny, we actually get on way too well,” says Holly with a grin as she zealously mixes eggs and...

FvF Cooks in Tuscany with Margot Protzel at Villa Lena

Stepping outside the pistachio-green tiled kitchen to catch a glimpse is the current chef-in-residence of the Tuscan retreat, Margot Protzel....

Bergen Food

Christopher Haatuft, the Punk-Chef Godfather of Neo-Fjordic Cuisine

His minimalist fine-dining restaurant, Lysverket, together with a bar and nightclub, is set in the KODE 4 art gallery in...

Berlin Art

Making art out of leftovers with Filipino performance artist Pepe Dayaw

The project began in 2012 in Madrid, after finishing his Master of International Performance Research in Amsterdam and London. According...

Berlin Food

FvF Cooks: Candy on Bone adds new flavor to Berlin's slow food

Delis and corner stores like Kreuzberg’s Candy on Bone harken back to more convivial times, where the goods ordered over...

London

FvF Cooks: Exploring East London’s diverse culinary scene

There’s a palpable energy, a can-do attitude born of the dynamism and diversity of an area that has encouraged chefs...

Berlin Food

Cooking a new life in Berlin with Syrian Chef Hadi Nsreeny

He tells Companion the story of how he made his passion into a career thanks to the initiative Über den...

Berlin Travel

Companion Magazine #7: A fresh guide to Europe's creative hubs by 25hours Hotels

The latest issue spans the board, from tips on sustainable grocery shopping in Vienna, a journey of discovery through Frankfurt with...

Berlin

FvF Cooks: The yogi punk bringing her own blend of community and non-conformity to Kreuzberg

A self-styled ‘yogi punk’, Maria rejects the assumption that her interest in yoga and vegetarian cooking means she must be...

Vienna

Cultivating a city: How inventive urban production is gaining ground in Vienna

Our tour of urban production in the city begins here in Brigittenau, the 20th district. Manuel Bornbaum and Florian Hofer...

Food

FvF Cooks: Putting Polish culture on the table with Julia Bosski

Cue the “Polish Thursday Dinners”, held each fortnight at a different cultural venue in Berlin. Julia provides the food —...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Volker Eichenhofer: Team Lunch

An established fashion photographer, Volker’s foray into cooking has been steadily simmering the last five years—one food blog, periodical ‘supper...

Paris

FvF Friends Dinner In Paris

Dean’s a former guest, long-time friend, former agency lead at the award-winning Tender Creative, and co-founder of product design platform...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Restaurant Ross

Their passion project, Restaurant Ross, is a modern interpretation of an old-school guesthouse that opened to immediate success, climbing within...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Thai & Techno: Team Lunch Pt 2

“Thai food is homestyle, but many of the most traditional recipes are very difficult to make,” lead chef Bianca explained...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Thai & Techno: Team Lunch Pt 1

Event series Thai & Techno is the brainchild of Bianca Shu, de facto spokesperson for the creative minds at Opal...

Athens

FvF Cooks: Picnic at Philopappos Hill

It was a warm afternoon and we both fell in love with the aura of the neighborhood. We stopped to...

Zürich

Anna Pearson

Since the summer of 2014, the Swiss cookbook author has lived together with her sister, Catherine, in Gutshaus Wellenberg, a...

Lisbon

FvF Cooks Portugal with O Apartamento

Located in a residential building in central Lisbon, O Apartamento is somewhat our Portuguese sibling. Their mission is “to bring...

Zürich

FvF Cooks: Oven-Roasted Fish

This is why we meet Anna at her local fishmonger, Grieser, in Meilen near Zurich. She places four whole whitefish...