HOW TO WRITE A COOKBOOK
Creating a complex cookbook like Borough Market: The Knowledge is an epic undertaking, requiring the input of lots of people with a diverse range of skills. For this highly informative podcast episode, Angela Clutton is joined by photographer Kim Lightbody, graphic designer Dave Brown and publisher Liz Gough to lift the lid on how Borough’s new cookbook came to be conceived.
ITAMAR SRULOVICH INTERVIEWS ANGELA CLUTTON
The tables are turned in our latest podcast, as regular Borough Talks host Angela Clutton finds herself in the hotseat being interviewed by Itamar Srulovich of Honey and Co. Recorded live at the Market, she tells us about her love of history, theatre and food, her approach to cooking, and how she came to write our new book, Borough Market: The Knowledge, then shares some of the many insights she gained from traders along the way.
KARAWAY BAKERY, HOOK & SON, JUMA
Our new book, Borough Market: The Knowledge, is out on 27th October. Written by Borough Talks host Angela Clutton, it explores how the knowledge of Borough’s traders can enhance your shopping, cooking and eating, and distils their expertise into beautiful recipes. Here, Angela is joined by three of those traders: Nadia Gencas of Karaway Bakery talks about the wide world of rye breads, Steve Hook of Hook & Son discusses the wonders of raw milk, and Phil Juma of JUMA shares his recipe for three-cheese bourek.
CYNTHIA SHANMUGALINGAM
Earlier this year, Cynthia’s debut cookbook Rambutan made a huge splash, thanks to the vibrancy of her recipes and writing. In October, her restaurant of the same name will launch on Borough Market’s Stoney Street – one of the most keenly awaited openings of the year. In our latest podcast, Cynthia joins Angela to discuss how her Sri Lankan heritage and her experiences growing up in Britain have shaped her approach to food.
CEMAL EZEL
Change Please is a social enterprise that provides homeless people with the skills, equipment and support required to become fully fledged baristas, selling high-quality coffee from distinctive mobile carts, one of which can be found in Borough’s Green Market. In our latest podcast, Change Please founder Cemal Ezel joins Angela to discuss how the business helps people back into homes and employment.
The only way is ethics: tackling homelessness
Cemal Ezal, founder of Change Please, on the life-changing virtues of ‘patient employment’
SHEILA DILLON & ALEX RENTON
For over 20 years Sheila Dillon has been one of the lead voices of The Food Programme on BBC Radio 4. In the latest Borough Talks podcast, she talks to Angela about how the programme’s focus has evolved over the years and tells us about the first official book to come from it, 13 Foods That Shape Our World. They are joined by the book’s author, Alex Renton, who gives us an insight into how our ever-growing hunger for staples such as spices, oil and soy are changing the planet.
SAM WALLACE
For World Bee Day, Angela is joined by Sam Wallace of From Field and Flower. Sam, who together with her husband Stefano is committed to bringing fantastic, sustainably produced raw honeys to London, discusses how the beekeepers they work with really know and love their bees and how the production process of their honeys keeps the naturally occurring bacteria and flavours alive. rn
Recipes
Hive mind
Clare Finney heads to an apiary on the Swedish coast to visit the beekeeper – and hundreds of hard-working bees – behind one of the many remarkable honeys sold at Borough Market by From Field and Flower
GEORGINA HAYDEN
Food writer Georgina Hayden talks to Angela about the influence of her Cypriot heritage on her cooking, the breadth of vegan recipes in her new book Nistisima, and her experiences as a judge on the Channel 4 TV show Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver.
RAVNEET GILL
Ravneet Gill – chef, author and founder of Countertalk, an organisation that connects chefs and promotes healthy work environments – talks to Angela about creating change in the hospitality industry, the publication of her new book, Sugar, I Love You, and her very big binder of recipes. (Image: Ellis Parrinder)
IWD special
CLARE FINNEY & CHANTELLE NICOLSON
To mark International Women’s Day, food journalist Clare Finney and chef Chantelle Nicolson join Angela to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing women in the food industry today, the role of the media in perpetuating macho stereotypes within restaurant kitchens, and the power that comes from a culture of support and collaboration.
