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Where to eat: a guide to Manchester’s slam-dunk sandwich scene

Manchester’s sandwich scene has never been more stacked, writes Ashleigh Arnott. Map your next trip to the city around Manchester’s best sandwiches including Erling Haaland’s favourite Parma ham schiaccata and Fat Pat’s “sloppy monster” of a Philly cheesesteak.

The Good Food Guide

Magic Mushrooms

The soon-to-open Holy Carrot in Spitalfields is designer Faye Toogood’s first ever hospitality project. Trippy murals, sculptural candlesticks, lino-topped tables, and floor-to-ceiling drapes make it one of the chicest interiors we’ve seen in ages.

The World of Interiors

Maybe we don’t need restaurants like Noma

It’s been a week, keeping up with all things Noma. The conversation remains on Noma and René Redzepi for now but this article attempts to move the conversation on to the simple truth that if a restaurant can’t operate without abusing and exploiting it’s staff, then it isn’t even the best restaurant on its street, never mind the best restaurant in the world.

San Francisco Standard

In Conversation: Botivo’s Imme Ermgassen and Mam Shams’s Rhiannon Butler on parenting in hospitality

Imme and Rhiannon speak candidly about balancing the demands of being a founder with those of raising a young family. Hot topics covered include paternity leave, childcare and – every mother experiences it – guilt.

CODE

“The most fabulous hoot”: William Sitwell reviews Simpson’s in the Strand, London

Sitters was the first through the door at Simpson’s in the Strand, Jeremy King’s long awaited revival of the legendary London restaurant. And it’s a five star doozy.

The Telegraph