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

Lucy Brazier talks about her new book, and changes three things... it‘s.corker!

Brilliant episode by the lovely and thoughtful Lucy Brazier, enjoy with a vermouth and soda, and maybe a roaring fire....

Thanks as always to Purple Planet for the music.

You can find out ore about Lucy and what she's up to these days here

Her brilliant Christmas book is for sale here

And the vermouth she talks about is this one 

Soil enthusiast and agricultural revivalist Tim Parton talks, soil, plant health and the future of farming

Thanks as usual to purple planet for the music! Huge thanks to Tim Parton for taking part.

Tim chose  The River cottage Family cook book by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall  as his book and he will imbibe an IPA or a punchy Malbec whilst reading it. 

He is also the Third Tim to appear on the show! 

Xanthe Gladstone talks about her hens, her thoughts on food and her hopes for better food education

You can find Xanthe here Xanthe

You can find Dan Barbers book here The Third Plate

And the music as ever is by the lovely folk at Purple Planet

Private chef and "creatively nervous" legend of the kitchen Ant Brown talks about his three tings.

You can find out more about Ant via his website. He has chosen Then third plate by Dan Barber and he would like to drink a Whisky Sour. 

Mr Pinkster Gin joins the fun and I manage to get the odd word in edgeways- great chat!

Thanks to Purple planet music as ever.

Great to chat to Stephen March of Pinkster gin for such a fine and vigorous interview, we really covered some ground!

Food charity CEO Tim Woodward and old friend of the Maddams_cast joins this month....

Tim would like to change the world by ending food poverty, making food retail a not for profit sector and bringing back rotational farming.

He would like to have as his cookery book - Fresh and easy by Jane Hornby, drinking a glass of dry white wine and he has nominated Adam Henson to join the Podcast. 

As ever, thanks for the music use go to Purple Planet.

You can find out all about the country food trust here.

Steven Lamb joins me to take up the conversational baton.

This months chat is with old friend and former colleague Steven Lamb, curing and smoking impresario and one of the nicest fellows I have had the pleasure to encounter.

Massive thanks to Steve for his time and sharing his passion, you can find out all about Steven on his web pages over at https://www.stevenlamb.net 

Thanks to https://www.purple-planet.com for the music.

Gin! I mean, come on! Proper Gin and it's from Norfolk - Th Maddams Cast chats with Jonathan Redding from Norfolk gin

Huge thanks as ever to https://www.purple-planet.com for the music. 

To find out more about Jonathan's lovely Norfolk Gin visit http://www.norfolkgin.co.uk/ 

Jonathan would like to drink a glass of Henry Westons cider from Hereford whilst making a dish of Lamb Korma from "A feast of Floyd" by the legendary Keith Floyd - and who can blame him?

All about Trout Farming with Oliver Robinson, head of British Trout

Oliver and I talk trout, water shortages, localism and a little bit about all sorts of food production considerations. 

 

 

Thanks as ever to Purple Planet music.

Jane Steward brings some laughter, lots of intelligence and a monkeys bottom to the Podcast this month

Jane Steward is on a mission to re introduce the archaic Medlar fruit to the kitchens of Britain - and she has some other great things to talk about to.

As ever thanks to Purple Planet for the music, you can find out all about Jane and her Meddling over at Eastgate Larder and the lovely wine she has recommended as her desert island drink is from here Flint Vinyard