The tables have turned today because I am being interviewed by author, food historian and friend of the show Sam Bilton. My book Knead to Know is out now and published by Icon Books, and Sam very kindly agreed to interview me about it for the podcast. We talk about baking evolution, bakestone cookery, Jaffa Cakes and taxation, what’s so great about wheat plus many other things.

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Sam Bilton’s website

Social media: mrssbilton

Sam's blog Comfortably Hungry

Neil’s book Knead to Know is out now and published by Icon Books.

The Philosophy of Puddings is also out now, published by The British Library

Blog posts pertinent to today’s episode:

Manchets and Payndemayn

My Best Yorkshire Pudding Recipe

Clotted Cream

Podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:

Cake Baxters in Early Modern Scotland with Aaron Allen

Yorkshire Pudding with Elaine Lemm

50 Years of 'English Food' by Jane Grigson with Sam Bilton, Annie Gray, Ivan Day & Jill Norman

The Philosophy of Chocolate with Sam Bilton

Tripe Special: Sam Bilton & Neil Buttery Talk Tripe

British Saffron with Sam Bilton

Gingerbread with Sam Bilton

Things mentioned in today’s episode:

Hodmedod’s website

Doves Farm website

The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse

The Whole Duty of a Woman

Upcoming events:

Find out about upcoming events on the website here.

The Foyle’s Christmas Evening 28 November

Neil’s blogs:

‘British Food: a History’

‘Neil Cooks Grigson’

Neil’s books:

Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper

A Dark History of Sugar

Knead to Know: a History of Baking

The Philosophy of Puddings

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