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Soil and the Salt Wind

On this episode: stories from the food growers and edible gardeners of Hastings and St Leonards. Town Grown is a Hastings-based food growers network and in June they org

The Rich Text of the Ideal Home Show

A visit to the Ideal Home Show, with author Eli Davies. Eli's book The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics and Pleasure in the Single Woman's Kitchen is out now! [aff l

From Pronk to Peanut Butter

How still life reflects - and defines - the food of an era, featuring artist Ben McDonald and author Katie Goh. Find Ben online: Instagram: @ben___mc Ko-Fi store: ko-fi.

At My Mother's (Tiny) Table

Sculptor and miniaturist Alice Hewitt explains the secrets of her tiny kitchen tables. There's also a lo-fi video version of this episode with images of the tables discu

Recipes from Beyond the Grave with Rosie Grant

Have you ever thought about what you might put on your gravestone? A quote, a poem....a recipe? Rosie Grant, the world's leading expert on gravestone recipes, explains al

300 Meat Pies and a Michelin Star with Joké Bakare

Joké Bakare on Nigerian Food, Michelin Stars and West African Hospitality Chef Joké Bakare joins Lecker for a live recording at the Festival of Encounters in Brixton -

Silk Roads with Anna Ansari: Tracing Food, Migration and Identity Across Asia

Anna Ansari on Silk Roads: Tracing Food, Migration and Identity Across Asia  Iranian-American writer Anna Ansari joins Lecker to discuss her debut cookbook Silk Roads: A

Digesting the Internet with Ruby Tandoh

On this month's Lecker Book Club – a regular interview series with authors writing in or adjacent to food culture – All Consuming by Ruby Tandoh. Ruby’s new book, All Co

S9 Ep6: A Bigger Table (Kitchens Revisited)

​​This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. How can the practice of

S9 Ep4: Flat Pack (Kitchens Revisited)

​​This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. Prefabs – built to help

S9 Ep5: The Hearth of the Home (Kitchens Revisited)

​​This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. Does it matter what fuel

S9 Ep3: The Unsociable Kitchen (Kitchens Revisited)

This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. Why are so many of our kit

S9 Ep2: Meal Machine (Kitchens Revisited)

​​This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. Kitchens are inextricabl

S9 Ep1: Trophy Cabinets (Kitchens Revisited)

​​This month Lecker is re-releasing some older episodes: here’s Kitchens, a six part series from 2021 about the most important room in the home. Aspirational kitchens ar

Shahnaz Ahsan's British-Bangladeshi Kitchen

On this month's Lecker Book Club, a regular interview series with authors writing in or adjacent to food culture, The Jackfruit Chronicles by Shahnaz Ahsan. The Jackfrui

A Personal History of the Orange with Katie Goh

On this month's Lecker Book Club, a regular interview series with authors writing in or adjacent to food culture, Katie Goh's Foreign Fruit. Foreign Fruit is a memoir wh

Turtle Soup as Political Awakening with Heather Parry

On Book Club this month: Heather Parry's Carrion Crow, a novel about a woman in the attic which encompasses class consciousness, turtle soup and Mrs Beeton. You can find

Gastro-Spirituality with Jenny Lau

On Book Club this month: Jenny Lau's An A-Z of Chinese Food, an 'anti-glossary' offering a unique breadth of knowledge and insight into the Chinese diaspora and its food

The Fundaments of a Crêperie with Penelope Foster

Down a little alley in the centre of Hastings you can find Crêperie by the Sea serving traditional French buckwheat crêpes and galettes. Owner and chef Penelope Foster ex

The Lost Food of Soho

Introducing....The Lost Food of Soho, a new audio piece commissioned and published by Vittles and written, narrated and produced by me (Lucy Dearlove). This is just a ve