The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2! On this episode: Press1 delves into the "forgotten cuisine" of his Turkish Cypriot roots, guides us through his career as a chef including his most embarrassing moment and everyone gets into a three way battle royale about the ethics of hunting.... Bon appetit! Instagram: @pressuno @bigrapcookbook Hosted by: @samuelhemingway & @booda...
Apr 11, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2! On this episode: Ivan Ave, fresh off his Norwegian Grammy nomination joins us on zoom from oslo to teach us about classic Norwegian dishes, his deer hunting aspirations and the inspiration behind his food lyrics. Big fan of Ivan so it was a pleasure to connect with him on this one! Bon appetit! Instagram: @ivanavenu @bigrapcookbook Hoste...
Mar 28, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2! On this episode: The king of the bass lines, Kev Brown joins us to talk about pop's legendary BBQ's, Crab flavoured crisps, how Pete Rock gets down in the kitchen and what's on the menu at Red Lobster. Bon appetit! Instagram: @kevbrownpictures @bigrapcookbook Hosted by: @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench Podcast music by: @thelastskepti...
Mar 22, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2! On this episode: Detroit Hip Hop legend, Phat Kat schools us on the Air Fryer, reminisces on the early days of Detroit hip hop open mics in a Chinese restaurant and talks us through his favourite TV Chef's. Not one to be missed!! Instagrams: @phat_kat_aka_ronnie_euro @bigrapcookbook Hosted by: @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench Podcast ...
Mar 15, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Big Rap Cookbook podcast explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2! On this episode: Drummer for the Du-Rites, author of Root for the Villain, host of the Red Bull podcast Give the Drummer Some and MC in a previous life, J-Zone. As the lucky few of you who own a copy will know, J contributed a recipe to the first issue of our cookbook and we got to spend some time with him in Manhattan back in 2018. We st...
Mar 08, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. On this episode: MC, Producer, coffee fiend - Oddisee joins us for the last episode in series one and what a way to end it! We speak about the origins and highlights of Sudanese food, what Oddisee used to take in his packed lunches and, of course, Coffee! Thanks to everyone who's listened to the first series of the podcast and of course, the guests! Episode 2 and iss...
Nov 01, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. On this episode: A certified legend is in the building. Masta Ace joins us to catch up on how we survived through lockdown, how changing his diet help with his battles with MS and the Food & Drug industry. He also schooled us on the benefits of sea moss gel and gave us an insight on his emergency food stash when on tour. Instagrams: @mastaacepics @bigrapcookbook ...
Oct 24, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. On this episode: We speak with producer, MC and podcast legend - The Last Skeptik. Born and raised as a vegetarian who later introduced meat into his diet, Skeptik has a very interesting and informed perspective on food. As a well travelled man, we picked his brains on his favourite countries to eat and also discussed his brief stint as a chef in the states. Instagra...
Oct 17, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. On this episode: We speak to Nottingham MC, Producer and Chef, Juga-Naut. Few people embody the Big Rap Cookbook project like Chef Jugs who is just as capable in the kitchen as he is in the mic booth. Juga-Naut gave us the lowdown on his culinary upbringing, a food tour of Nottingham cities best places to eat and even schooled us on the best ways to fry plaintain &am...
Oct 10, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. On this episode: Chicago's own Chris Crack gives us a culinary tour of his hometown and reminisces on mum's famous breakfast's growing up. Chris tells us the story behind his beef with Papa Johns, why he became vegetarian but why he will never go vegan and close encounters of eating possum. He also gave two Brits an extensive education into what a biscuit is! Instagr...
Oct 03, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Grim Sickers was catapulted into instagram culinary fame when he posted videos of him washing chicken fillets with lemon bleach and chucking them into the dryer for a quick spin. But make no mistake about it, Sickers can get down in the kitchen as those lucky enough to own Big Rap Cookbook volume 1 will know. His "Brown Stew Chicken" recipe was a favourite amongst our readership so we had to get him involved in the podcast. We discuss buffet tactics, sports nutrition, his food experiences on tou...
Sep 19, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Food bar specialists, The Doppelgangaz drop by to talk about their food experiences growing up, culinary exploits on tour and MoF's romantic love for a certain TV chef. From cow cod soup to fish & chips, we got the lowdown on their eating habits and how they've been surviving supermarket armageddons during lock down. Instagram: @thedoppelgangaz @bigrapcookbook Hosted by @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench Podcast music by @thelastskeptik Foodbars featured: “Gotta learn to take advice with a ...
Sep 13, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
What a way to start a podcast with our first guest being none other than the legendary stic.man of dead prez fame. Stic tells his story about how contracting gout at a young age forced him drastically change his diet and spoke about the influence his wife & nutritionist, Afya Ibomu has had on his life. Check out their joint companies website : www.rbgfitclub.com Instagram: @stic @bigrapcookbook Podcast music by @thelastskeptik Food bars featured: KRS One "Beef" stic.man "Drink Water" Places ...
Sep 12, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
A podcast exploring the connection between food & Hip Hop featuring the biggest names in Rap. Hosted by Samuel "Fatty" Hemingway & Scott "Booda" French, co-founders of the Big Rap Cookbook - a limited edition series of cookbooks featuring recipes from MC's, DJ's & producers. After the first issue of the cookbook sold out, we wanted to further explore the conversations we had with the artists, delving into their diets, food memories, favourite dishes and culinary skills. This episode ...
Sep 06, 2020•22 min
