The British Food History Podcast

A Regional Food Tour with Jenny Linford


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My guest today is food writer, podcaster and cheese enthusiast Jenny Linford and we are going on a bit of a regional food tour across the UK.

We talk about her new book The Great British Food Tour published by the National Trust. It’s beautifully illustrated and contains recipes too. Also discussed: our mutual appreciation of Jane Grigson, Welsh cakes, English fish dishes, marmalade, champ and Tunnock’s teacakes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games – amongst many other things.

The Great British Food Tour by Jenny Linford

Jenny’s website (include information about all three of her recent books)

Follow Jenny on Social Media: X and BlueSky @jennylinford; Insta/Threads @jlinford

Jenny’s podcast, A Slice of Cheese

The National Trust website


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This episode was mixed and engineered by Thomas Ntinas of the Delicious Legacy podcast.


Things mentioned in today’s episode

Bradford Little Foodies Walking Tour on Sat 26 July 2025

Dock Pudding

Singin’ Hinnies

Henry’s Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor (1851)

Glamorgan Sausages

Chorlton Cheesemongers

London’s Eel, Pies & Mash Shops

Tunnock’s Teacakes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games


Podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode

Silver Eels with John Wyatt Greenlee


Neil’s blogs and YouTube channel:

‘British Food: a History’

The British Food History Channel

‘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


Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email me at [email protected], or on twitter and BlueSky @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. My DMs are open.

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