This week, Gilly Smith is with Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovitch from Honey and co. as they chase smoke and cook over open fire around the levant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 24, 2021•34 min•Season 7Ep. 21
This week, Gilly Smith is off to Sicily with Norma chef, Ben Tish via the four food moments in his latest book Sicilia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 20
This week, Gilly is zooming into Manhattan with Bill Buford, the former fiction editor of The New Yorker and author of Dirt to hear how he uprooted his family and immersed them for five years in an epic adventure in French cooking. Through his four food moments, he tells her how he went in search of the roots of great French food and found the heart of food culture in Lyon, gastronomic centre of the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 10, 2021•41 min•Season 7Ep. 19
This week, Gilly is with Raymond Blanc OBE, and it's been a big year for him. His beloved mother, known affectionately as Maman Blanc died while suffering from COVID, he survived a very serious dose of COVID himself through which he learned, finally, to meditate. And he’s released not one but two books – The Lost Orchard in which he lovingly reintroduces us to the apples and pears of our British heritage, and Simply Raymond an homage to his mother and her simple but delicious rustic cooking. As ...
Jun 03, 2021•48 min•Season 7Ep. 18
This week, Gilly is with Kim Duke, co-founder of Life Kitchen, the cookery classes and book for people living with Cancer which are all about working with super-flavour to learn to taste again when in chemo. Her debut cook book, Weekly Provisions comes three years after this collaboration with her best mate, Ryan Riley and hot on the heels of COVID which also ripped the pleasure of taste from so many of its victims. The result is an extraordinary book which hits us over the head with flavour as ...
May 27, 2021•23 min•Season 7Ep. 17
This week, Gilly is with Anna Jones, vegetarian queen of simple, creative, delicious sustainability in the kitchen on the four food moments from her latest book One Pot, Pan, Planet, how Jamie Oliver helped to light her fire, cooking for the Obamas and how a simple life really is the way to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2021•28 min•Season 7Ep. 16
This week, Gilly is in the Syria of Anas Atassi's childhood which inspired his book Sumac. He and his family left the country before the war began in 2011 which has left more than 380,000 people dead and devastated its ancient cities and their cultural heritage. But as Syrian refugees spread across the world, its food has become its identity, and as Anas takes us through the food from the old country, he tells us why it matters so much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
May 13, 2021•30 min•Season 7Ep. 15
This week, Gilly talks with Rob Howell whose book Root tells the story of one of the new stars of the Bristol sustainable food scene. Root the plant-focussed restaurant, comes from the stable of Josh Eggleton, a long-time advocate of the field to fork movement at the Michelin -starred Pony and Trap, and co-founder of the Eat Drink, Bristol Fashion festival which promotes the importance of food sustainability. Rob talks through the four food moments from the book which bring us up to date with on...
May 06, 2021•30 min•Season 7Ep. 14
This week, Gilly Smith remembers the late great Anthony Bourdain, surely the most exciting storytelling in food who shocked the world by taking his own life in 2018. His assistant, lieutenant, gate-keeper and co-author is Laurie Woolever who had just begun to put together their next book, a travel guide to some of Bourdain’s favourite cities. As she talks through her four food moments from World Travel: An Irreverent Guide , the book that it became, we journey into the mind of a man who had so m...
Apr 29, 2021•31 min•Season 7Ep. 13
This week, Gilly is with the star of the future of the British curry house, vegan cook and serial entrepreneur Grace Regan, a Young British Foodies street food finalist, a Red Magazine Women of the Year short-lister and long-lister for the BBC Food Rising Star Award. Her street food stall, curry house and now book, Spice Box draws on her great aunt Dolly’s food from the old country and her annual trips travelling off the beaten track in India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Apr 22, 2021•32 min•Season 7Ep. 12
This week, Gilly is walking through the back streets of old Bombay with Naved Nasir, executive chef at Dishoom to find the Irani Cafes which inspired the book and the restaurant chain, and to talk about nostalgia, cultural appropriation and how to save a restaurant in a Pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2021•35 min•Season 7Ep. 11
This week, Gilly is with Ollie Hunter, activist chef and hyper local champion whose restaurant The Wheatsheaf near Hungerford won the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Business of the Year award in 2019. A former Masterchef finalist, he’s a philosopher. an alchemist and a revolutionary, and his latest book Join the Greener Revolution is his manifesto to eat to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Season 7Ep. 10
This week, Gilly's in Florence with Australian-Japanese food writer, Emiko Davies who has made Tuscany her home. In her latest book, Torte della Nonna, s he digs deep into the culinary and family history of Florentine sweets to find a tradition sticking deliciously to what it does best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2021•30 min•Season 7Ep. 9
This week, Gilly is with Durkhanai Ayubi whose book Parwana tells the story of her family’s memories and recipes from her native Afghanistan set against a sweeping history of a country ravaged by power plays and unwelcome international interference. To access the recipes from Parwana as well as a curated collection of hundreds of the world's greatest cookbooks with over 87,000 recipes, CKBK is offering listeners a 25% discount if you use the code cookingthebooks on checkout. Hosted on Acast. See...
Mar 25, 2021•38 min•Season 7Ep. 8
This week, Gilly is with food writer, Katie Caldesi who wrote The 30 Minute Diabetes Cookbook with her husband, the Italian chef Giancarlo Caldesi after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. With a foreword by Dr David Unwin, the pioneering low carb GP whose diabetic patients have seen astonsihign results, and expert nutrition advice from Jenny Philips, it’s a must read for anyone with a tell-tale big belly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 18, 2021•28 min•Season 7Ep. 6
This week, we hop into the back seat of chef Theo Randall’s parent’s car and head through 1970s Italy, stopping at markets and stalls, delis and trattoria to find the inspiration behind some of the best food in London and Theo’s Italian Deli Cookbook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2021•37 min
This week, Gilly is virtually in Birmingham with chef Brad Carter whose book Staff tells the story of his journey through DJing and all-night raves to his Michelin starred restaurant, Carter’s of Moseley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 04, 2021•36 min•Season 7Ep. 5
This week, Gilly is with JP McMahon, chef patron at Michelin-starred Aniar and the brains behind Galway’s food symposium, Food on the Edge. His activist influence is vast, and even in a pandemic he’s doing his bit with a new book, Lessons from Lockdown , an anthology of thought-provoking letters to an imaginary young chef from his vast network of brilliant chefs around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 25, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 4
This week, Gilly is at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, chef Dan Barber's restaurant deep in the countryside of New York. In his 2014 book, The Third Plate, Dan wrote a new manifesto in food, taking us right back to its roots to tell a story which has changed the way many chefs all over the globe are thinking about the way we eat. And this month at the top of the show, we’re finding out about SuperLooper , the children’s clothing rental business that could save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Feb 18, 2021•36 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This week Gilly Smith talks British food and class with food historian, Pen Vogler in a romp through etiquette and faux pas, dysfunction and obsession around food in her new book, Scoff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 11, 2021•30 min•Season 7Ep. 2
This week, Gilly Smith talks to Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick about winning the Jane Grigson Trust award for new food writers with their debut cookbook The Seafood Shack . As they take her through their four food moments, the stories of the sea, the local fishermen and the scallop divers set against the 80 delicious recipes reminds us that food is much more than what’s on the plate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 04, 2021•27 min•Season 7Ep. 1
This week, Gilly talks to Sam Rice, co-author with Mimi Spencer of The Midlife Kitchen whose new book The Midlife Method offers a more holistic approach to the way we eat as we get older. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 28, 2021•25 min•Season 6Ep. 4
This week, Gilly is with Sam Gates’ whose Batch Cook Book went straight to number one on Amazon when it came out at the end of last year. It's a sure sign that people are desperate for tips on how to get the most out of their Lockdown cook ups but also, perhaps it's an indicator of an interest in reducing waste. Plus the last of the soundbites from this year’s online version of the Oxford Real Farming Conference which you can now watch for free at orfc.org.uk , Dr Vandana Shiva, a modern day rev...
Jan 21, 2021•27 min•Season 6Ep. 3
This week, as we head towards Blue Monday, the day when the credit card bills hit the door mat and midwinter can feel very bleak indeed, Gilly meets Razzak Mirjan whose recipe book From Beder’s Kitchen raises awareness around mental health as a tribute to his brother, Beder who took his own life. Razzak and chef,Tom Cenci talk about food and mood, mental health in the professional kitchen and the outpouring of love from the food community for the project. And listen in to Anna Lappe at the top o...
Jan 14, 2021•22 min•Season 6Ep. 2
This week, Gilly talks to Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone, two former restaurant owners from the Wirral who have made simple, healthy food accessible to millions of people who never learned to cook. What started as a WeightWatcher’s blog has became a triple whammy cookbook sensation, and here they take us through their four food moments from the latest in the series, Pinch of Nom: Quick and Easy. And throughout this season, we'll hear from the Oxford Real Farming Conference where the most ins...
Jan 07, 2021•30 min•Season 6Ep. 1
This week, Gilly talks with the visionary writer, architect and philosopher, Carolyn Steel whose book Sitopia was one of 2020’s most important reads. Through four food moments tracing right back to the beginning of civilisation, Carolyn redraws the lines around a food-shaped world, joining the dots in the history of how we eat, and pointing out where the breaks began which left us fighting to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 31, 2020•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
This Christmas week, Gilly talks with Danish food writer and activist chef, Trine Hahnemann about a gloriously plant-based, uncommercial hygge Christmas in her latest book Scandinavian Green. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 24, 2020•33 min•Season 5Ep. 3
This week, Gilly talks to doctors, food writers and supper club hosts Emily and Amy Chung, aka The Rangoon Sisters about the four food moments from their debut cookbook, which is number 8 in the Observer Food Monthly’s top ten food books of 2020. The sisters have been cooking up their Burmese family food since their first visit back to the old country in 2012, and find the food from their diaspora has hit the spot with a much wider community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Dec 17, 2020•23 min•Season 5Ep. 2
This week, Gilly is off to Indonesia with Australian caterer and food writer, Lara Lee to explore food and identity in her debut cook book, Coconut and Sambal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 10, 2020•35 min•Season 5Ep. 1
This week, Italian food expert, Christine Smallwood takes Gilly Smith through the markets and osterias of Puglia to the cool new restaurants of Milan and childhood memories of Ischia as she discusses the place of the vegetable in Italian cuisine. This season is sponsored by Odysea whose range of Mediterranean foods are just what we need to get through a COVID winter. This week, home mixologist and Bake Off star, Tom Gilliford talks us through why molasses are a delicious alternative to refined s...
Dec 03, 2020•33 min
