The Goal is to Eat: Food and the City

If Naomi Campbell suggests the pandan coconut ice cream, you order it.

Panayiota Soutis — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:30:05 GMT

I’m excited to say: welcome back to Food and the City from The Goal is to Eat.

There’s no Stocktake today. Instead, I’ve invited my friend Mehlaqa Khan – author of , “patron of the arts” and holistic dentist – to write about her trip to Doha last month for Art Basel Qatar.

The point of FATC is to challenge the chokehold of chasing the “best” of things, p…

Shotting Vodka in Warsaw

Panayiota Soutis — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:02:24 GMT

Karol Adamiak is one half of BRACIA, a London-based pop-up that builds imaginative events focused on food. Co-founders Karol and Barclay Bram are two chefs that connected through their Polish heritage and a shared interest in exploring their culture and cuisine. BRACIA, which means brothers in Polish, collaborates with artists of different disciplines t…

Feeling Pretty in Pollença

Panayiota Soutis — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:02:29 GMT

Food and the City - one of three columns on The Goal is to Eat - offers stories and suggestions for places and occasions.

TGITE exists to serve notable nourishment, and for something to be notable, it has to have meaning. FATC challenges the chokehold of chasing the “best” of things. Best has nothing to do with what’s on offer here.

FATC has everything t…

Dressing Up for Dinner

Panayiota Soutis — Sat, 10 May 2025 15:01:11 GMT

Yes, a riff on SATC, but more than anything, a space to offer recommendations for people with taste. And when I say taste I really mean appetite. As fashion critic Saveria Mendella said earlier this week - when interviewed in The Taste Report - having taste is being able to find something good everywhere, seeing the world with an open mind.

Having taste…