Elaine Boddy & David Treadway Talking Food
Find all episodes of Season One of the Foodbod Pod here! Join Elaine Boddy, Cotswold Flour's Sourdough Ambassador, and co-host David Treadway on this food-based adventure! All 13 episodes of Season 1 are linked below for Apple, with Spotify links also indexed further down the page.
Season 1 Episode 1: Meet your Hosts
Elaine and her producer and co-host David Treadway discuss what's coming up in the series and what they aim to cover as they meet other food lovers, home chefs and cooks, food producers, and those associated with the food.
S1 E2: Cherie Denham Cooks
In the second Episode, Elaine "Foodbod" Boddy visits Cherie Denham at home in her kitchen to discuss her food influences, hear her Top Tips and get some recommendations for leftovers. Irish Soda Farls bake and a recipe for a delicious vegetarian tart with roast aubergines, basil and caramelised cherry tomatoes. Join us for a taste and sensory overload as Cherie Denham Cooks.
S1 E3: Bertie, The Mill, And Sophie...
Visiting the Matthews Cotswold Flour mill talks to Bertie Matthews about the future of agriculture and all things baking and flour related. Sophie Carey discusses her role and bakes up the most delicious Cheddar & Jalapeño Pretzel Bites. There's Top Tips, advice about leftovers plus a bonus Easter recipe!
S1 E4: The Pizza Edition
Visiting pizza champion Scott Deley. He explains the ideal timetable for creating the perfect dough that stretches and shapes easily for baking at home in a domestic or specialist pizza oven. He also explains how to create a tasty but simple tomato topping sauce. Scott is the author of Scott’s Pizza Project, and an ambassador for Ooni in the UK.
S1 E5: Sophie Rushton-Smith from The Corner Plot
Sophie discusses her approach to food - her journey from marine biologist to largely self-taught cook, with two internships at Yotam Ottolenghi restaurants in London. Sophie prepares Elaine a delicious dish: a tasty loaf of soda bread, made with Matthews Ancient Cotswold Crunch flour, served with mouth-watering butter beans & baked feta in sauce.
S1 E6: Curds & Whey: Cheese!
A visit to White Lake Cheese in Somerset to meet farmer and award-winning artisan cheesemaker, Roger Longman. Roger discusses his journey into cheesemaking and guides us through the process. From the milk and other ingredients to the finished cheeses. White Lake Cheese is one of the UK’s most respected artisanal cheese producers. Food blogger Sally Prosser joins for a cheese and sourdough lunch!
S1 E7: Braiding & Breaking Bread
Meet Anne Iarchy and Karine Vignelles and get a lesson in how to braid challah dough. Anne describes the food she grew up with in Belgium and the various influences from her travels. Karine discusses her inspirations from her French upbringing and how her husband’s heritage influences the ingredients they source/prepare at home.
S1 E8: In The Spice Kitchen
Meeting Shashi and Sanjay Aggarwal (Mamma Spice and Spice Boy respectively) on a flavour packed visit to the Spice Kitchen. The Spice Kitchen has grown into a successful artisanal spice and tea business that ships spices to home cooks around the world. Shashi and Sanjay talk using spices, what goes into famous blends, how to keep spices in top condition and their new globally inspired recipe book.
S1 E9: Summer At The Mill
Bertie Matthews takes Elaine on a guided tour to show her how flour is milled. Sophie Carey takes Elaine through her Danish Butter Cake recipe. We meet Ian Wilkinson, co-founder of FarmEd, which promotes sustainable regenerative agriculture. Bertie also takes time out from the mill to show Elaine the difference between modern and heritage wheat varieties and explains their place in food production.
S1 E10: Butchery & Lemon Curd
Meeting Master Butcher Simon Boddy. The Best Butchers dry ages its own beef and smokes and cures its own bacon in rural Bucks. Prepare a shoulder of pork and discuss what goes into good sausages and beef burgers. We meet Jane Geoghegan from Delicious, and we return to Cherie Denham’s kitchen to learn how she makes lemon curd.
S1 E11: Anyone For Cricket(s)?
Meet the founders of Yum Bug, the start-up company that is on a mission to change our perceptions about eating crickets and other insects. Leo Taylor and Aaron Thomas explain how insects have long been a staple part of people’s diets. Later, Sophie Carey prepares ramen noodles with Elaine. Any one for a cricket and noodle stir fry?
S1 E12: Lush Irish Christmas Part 1
Cherie Denham is joined by Tracey Toner. Cherie has just released her first book - The Irish Bakery. Tracey lives and works from home in County Armagh, where she runs The Lush Larder. They swap stories about growing up in Ireland, the food and traditions, as they prepare some delicious recipes for the festive table.
S1 E13: Lush Irish Christmas Part 2
Continuing with Cherie & Tracey. Cherie, who grew up in Co. Tyrone, has thousands of followers to her Cherie Denham Cooks Instagram. Tracey runs her highly successful artisan jam and chutney business in Co. Armagh. A conversation littered with delightful memories, top tips, food and home cooking suggestions - plus a lot of laughter!
Foodbod Pod Season 1 On Spotify
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