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

Driven by experimentation rather than profit, Berlin’s pop ups are diversifying the food scene from the ground up

Ma-Makan was founded by Australian cook Kaylin Eu in early 2017 for a reason both practical and personal: There was...

A seat at the Norwegian table: Celebrating the distinctive designs and local cuisine of the Nordic country

For a building that houses Berlin’s Norwegian embassy, the famous Oslo-based architecture firm Snøhetta transplanted a 15-meter-tall, 120-ton granite block...

Berlin Food

A Moveable Feast: Creating an opulent Georgian Supra in the heart of Berlin

Perhaps one of the most fascinating and complex countries in the world, Georgia, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, form the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mexico City

FvF Cooks Special: Mexican Street Food

While on our quest for artisanal mezcal and its origins, we came across food markets and a cornucopia of tantalizing...

Zürich

Anna Pearson

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

Austin

Ann & Ben Edgerton

The couple, a stylist and restaurateur, are working both together and independently to create spaces that feel at once necessary...

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...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Max Frey: Team Lunch Part 2

Setting up an electric hob in the garden behind the FvF Apartment, artist and chef Max Frey prepared tender veal...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Max Frey: Team Lunch Part 1

Brought to us by Austrian chef and artist, Max Frey, we were treated to some rye bread canapés topped with...

Madrid

FvF Cooks with Hermanas Arce: Mojitos & Sweet Tart

We filled this summer afternoon with the kinds of pleasures a Sunday should be filled with: laughs, music, chit-chat, the...

Berlin

FvF Cooks: Moqueca de Peixe

In the fourth episode of our FvF Cooks with Sabine Hueck, the Freunde von Freunden team are heading to dinner...

Berlin

FvF Cooks: Ceviche

After all, there is nothing better to ward off the next morning’s hangover than spicy, marinated, freshly caught fish. The pair...

Berlin

FvF Cooks: Pão de Queijo

This was the fruit of her German roots. As a child, she always listened to the stories from both her...

Berlin

FvF Cooks: Indian with a Twist

As he kneads dough for the Indian-style focaccia he’s preparing as part of an FvF Team Lunch, he talked to...

Berlin

Dylan Watson

All it took was one spoonful of creamy emker porridge fragrant with orange zest to make all that dampened grumbling...

Preview: Companion Magazine 04

Companion Magazine is a periodical about the people who shape our cities, created in collaboration with 25hours Hotels and produced by Freunde...