Vince Brothwell
Vince Brothwell writes for AMUSE. about restaurants, drinks, produce and food culture across the six editions.
Stories by Vince Brothwell
Pappardelle al cinghiale recipe: Tuscany's wild boar ragù
A red-wine marinade and a slow, three-hour braise turn tough wild boar into the ragù that defines cucina rustica across the Tuscan hills.
Phil Wood joins Lucas Collective four months after Ursula's
The chef behind Paddington's Ursula's takes a senior kitchen role at Chris Lucas's group, which runs Chin Chin and Kisume, while keeping Cafe Cressida.
Caffè Gilli named Italy's bar of the year by Gambero Rosso
The 1733 Florence institution tops a guide that now scores coffee, food and service as one, after evaluating 912 bars nationwide.
Simone Severini takes over the kitchen at Tides
The Rome-born chef leaves Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono to run the Reykjavik EDITION's Michelin-recommended, Icelandic-inspired restaurant.
Italy asks EU to activate olive oil reserve fund
Producer prices in Italy's top olive-growing regions have fallen by more than half, even as stocks climb 40% after a bumper 2025-26 harvest.
Silvia Bernardocchi, wife of Giancarlo Perbellini, dies at 57
She managed the finances of the Perbellini restaurant group in Verona and was vice president of a Padua foundation for bile duct cancer research, which has now opened a fund in her name.
Best restaurants in Chicago 2026: 15 tables worth booking
From Smyth's three-star farm menu to a US$68 Vietnamese feast in Pilsen: 15 Chicago tables checked against the Michelin Guide and North America's 50 Best, with prices.
Jorge Paredes leaves Oma to run a burger and Champagne room
The chef who helped Oma win a Michelin star becomes executive chef at Milk Burger, opening on Westbourne Grove on 5 October with bone marrow burgers and Champagne by the glass.
What to eat in Tel Aviv: 9 dishes and where to find them
Hummus by 8am, sabich by noon, market fish by night: what to eat in Tel Aviv, from Jaffa's port to Carmel Market's stalls and the city's new wine bars.
Grégoire Berger opens Solenn, his first Abu Dhabi restaurant
The former Ossiano chef has opened a Mediterranean dining room at Abu Dhabi's equestrian club, built around long lunches, and says he now sees himself as an entrepreneur first.
Glenmorangie 50 Year Old debuts at £25,800 a bottle
The Highland distillery's oldest release yet arrives in 149 numbered bottles, each set inside a porcelain vessel hand-thrown by ceramicist Peter Pincus.
Potsdam packaging tax puts 50 cents on every takeaway cup
From 1 October, cafés, bakeries, fast-food outlets and petrol stations in Brandenburg's capital pay a levy on single-use containers and cutlery, with reusables exempt.
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