We discover how an industrial area has turned into a restaurant oasis in Canberra, meet an Australian entrepreneur determined to improve coffee in Brazil and visit one of Adelaide’s most unique venues.

We taste some of the best Turkish wines and check in at a Viennese café-cum-reception desk called Zur Rezeption. Plus: we enjoy some Hepple Gin, created by British chef Valentine Warner.

We get a taste for the first artisanal gin made in Bangkok, discuss the future of the British pub, discover unique honey-beer brand Hiver and hear the week’s top news from the US.

We discuss why caviar from the US should be taken seriously, hear stories about running a restaurant in Kabul and learn why Hong Kong’s food trucks may set an example for the rest of the world.

We head to a high-end chocolate business in the heart of the Amazon and meet a former financier who is introducing products from his small Spanish hometown to the world. Plus: a round-up of current Swiss kitchen trends.

We visit two new restaurants that are exerting big influences: Berlin’s Nobelhart & Schmutzig and Pittsburgh’s Whitfield.

We compare North and South Korean kimchi and discover what Australian producers have to offer in terms of exports to China. Plus: we get a taste for Seedlip, the world’s first non-alcoholic distilled drink.

In a special edition on the best of 2015 we meet guerrilla brewers in Bangkok, check out some of the best cocktails Tel Aviv has to offer and visit an English restaurant that is breaking records in how local its food is. Plus: we sit down with a bunch of top chefs from around the world, including April Bloomfield, Magnus Nilsson, Vicky Lau and Wolfgang Puck.

Wine lessons from star US sommelier Belinda Chang, top drink tips for the holiday season and the week’s headlines from Latin America.

We find out what happens when Japanese sushi chefs are challenged on their home turf, we pay a visit to The British Museum of Food and report on what is possibly the best pizza in the whole of the US.