The Maddams-cast - all about food, foraging, people and the planet.

Charmaine AKA ”Dammy” from Larderbox literally steamrollers the Pod!

Hi Folks - Huge thanks as ever for listening 

You can find out more about larder box here

Charmaine chose 

good Taste as here food book, She would like to drink a Louder martini - and she has nominated Tom Herbert of The Long Table as a future guest.

I very much hope you all enjoy the episode! 

One half of MOMO Kombucha Josh Puddle talks gut health, nutrition, school food and more!

Chatty and Knowledgeable Josh Joins us to change his three things about the world of food AND offer us 15% off his fab product - tune in to find out more.

Josh Nominated Amelia from the Bold bean company as a future guest

The book he recommends is Quench Your own thirst by Jim Coch

And like to be drinking IVO from Orbit beers 

You can find out more about MOMO Kombucha HERE and get 15% off using code MADDAMS15. ENJOY!

Gander app director Stacey Williams joins the pod to talk about food waste and technology

Gander app was developed in relation to food waste at smaller retailers  - the founders of the app wanted to connect people in real time to reductions on items in shops close to them - what a great idea! 

Stacey recommended "The Green Grocer" as his food book and also mentioned "The Cranks cook book"

He would drink a crispy cold Devon Red cider whilst reading it and he has nominated Harriet Lamb from WRAP as a future guest.

 

 

Wylde Market curator Nick Jefferson Joins me to tell us about what he does, and chance three things.

After 6 years of family life abroad Nick returned to the UK and was enraged at the lack of availability of incredible produce - not one to sit about and moan, he started Wylde Market - a virtual weekly market connecting foragers, producers and artisans with eager foodies looking for the good stuff - an inspired idea! 

 

Nick would like to end the tyranny of the supermarkets, their long supply chains and their vicarious ownership of farms. He would also PLEASE like to find some eco friendly vac pack bags that actually work. He also wants kids to learn to cook - at school, at home, anywhere! 

 

The book Nick simply cant live without is Kimberly Wilsons "Unprocessed" and whilst he is reading that he will drink a cool glass of Limeburn Hill

Lastly, he has nominated Kimberly Wilson, or Robin Snowdon (the author and wine maker) 

 

Nick also kindly offered all Maddams Cast listeners the chance to try Wylde Market with a £15.00 off code - simply follow the link to Wydle Market and enter the code MADDAMS at check out.

Enjoy!

Chef proprietor of the Flintlock Thom Bateman joins me for a lively chat!

Listen as Thom talks about the three things he'd like to change about the world of food, with plenty of laughs along the way, and far too many interruptions from me. Theme Park attendance is not compulsory! 

Thom would love to sup a pint of Guinness whilst reading The complete Robuchon

He has nominated Marco Piere White as a future guest on the pod.

Thanks as ever to Purple Planet music - for the open source tunes. 

Passionate and decisive School of Artisan food founder, Alison Swan Parente takes the hot seat

I strongly advise you to take a look at the Summer School offering! 

Alison would like to change many things about the world of food but the three she is most keen to amend are below...

Combat the effects of and educate against "Ultra high processed foods"

Return kitchens and real food to Schools 

Action a food strategy with Government - don't leave it to the supermarkets! 

She would like to drink a Kombucha and soda, whilst reading a copy of Julia Child's book - "Mastering the art of French cooking" and Nominates Nicole Pisani - founder of Chefs in schools, as a future guest.

 

Matt Palmer from ”Off the table” changes his three things - and they are all a bit fishy!

Farmed salmon looks like a great choice on the face of things, as everyone knows the wild salmon are in big trouble - but delve beneath the surface of the open net sea farm cages and the murky underbelly is apparently less appetising than we thought...... 

Matt chose an Espresso Martini as his nice of drink, his food book choice was Simple and his nomination was Doug McMasters

 

You can find out all about the Off the Table Campaign and Wild Fish Conservation here

Thanks as always to Purple Planet for the tunes. 

 

Nouveau Scotian writer, director of photography and foodie legend Jack Adair Bevan takes a turn at changing the world of food for the better

You can find out all about Jack via his site Over here!

He is also over on Insta - and well worth a follow. 

He chose to change Silly foodie fads, the amount of Ceremony around food and wants to also reimagine the way we interact with food, particularly in an educational setting.You can find his latest book all about Vermouth Over there

Enjoy the Pod - and support via Patreon if you fancy it. 

Anisha Mistry, Naughty Bites podcaster and Food Unfolded editor shares her thoughts

We bounce around from Reconnecting people with food to Localism and Communities, Counter cuisine comes up which is quite a buzz phrase right now. A fun and lively chat from her base in Spain.

Anisha chose to read Kitchen Floyd's "Taste of Floyd and to sip at a cider based version of the classic Sangria -  "sidra sangria" which sounds delightful and she nominated Amitabh Bachchan as a future guest on the pod cast! 

Anisha has her own podcast called Naughty Bites and is editor for Food unfolded, an EU funded food media site with some amazing content. 

The Hebridean Baker AKA Coinneach Macleod joins me from the outer Hebrides to change his three things about the world of food

A lovely man to chat to, an accomplished baker and a true champion for local food Coinneach chose his three tings to change about the world of food.... He has just published his second book which you can get right HERE Called "My Scottish Island Kitchen - I cant wait to read it.

First, he makes the point that great places to eat need great people, and these people should be treated well. This kind of morphs into the idea that everyone should treat echoer better - and who can argue with that? 

Secondly, Coinneach would like to change the world so that Menus are shorter, and with less pointless faff on them - a man after my own heart! - this is based on the deeper point that things are better when you keep them simple..... 

Lastly he would like people to take greater notice of the seasons, and act upon them by partaking in some simple foraging - and then spend some time preserving that for sharing later. 

The book he has chosen as his must have cookery book is The Scotts Kitchen by F Marian MCNeil

He would drink his very own creation of a Hebridean Hogmanay Cocktail - Marmalade, tea, clementine juice and of course some Hebridean Malt! 

He has nominated Dolly Parton for a future pod cast episode! Wish me luck