Any Way You Slice It Podcast

Hello and welcome to our FIFTH episode of our podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng.

This week, we'll be bringing you our favourite recent stories and content including how platform London on The Inside laid a Wagatha Christie-esque food news trap on fish and chip noodles after getting fed up with continued copying from competitors, giving it the genius name of 'Wokatha' Christe. We'll also be discussing Amazon's own brand of food that gives one writer the ick, and we celebrate the start of roast season by delving into how divisive the humble roast dinner can actually be.

Snacks and starters:

• The i: I did my weekly shop with Amazon own brand – the salmon gives me the biggest ick

  https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/shop-amazon-own-brand-salmon-ick-4783217 

• The Telegraph: 5,000 jams you don’t need: Britain’s farm shops have lost their way

  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/in-depth/how-farm-shops-lost-their-connection-to-the-farm/ 

• BBC: Soho House venue under investigation for food safety https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjly4dn9r21qo 

• The Independent: Dutch woman wins porridge championships with water she brought from home in Netherlands 

  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/world-porridge-making-champion-winner-b3060950.html 

• London On The Inside: TimeOut falls victim to London on the Inside’s trap

  https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd4CKEqiLKl/?stkn=bHlkYTgzd3Q3YXQ5

• Sky News: Sainsbury’s and Morrisons ‘held talks this year’ on multibillion-pound merger

  https://news.sky.com/story/sainsburys-held-talks-about-merger-with-supermarket-rival-morrisons-13595383 

Mains: 

• Hausu restaurant, Peckham, South East London: https://www.hausulondon.co.uk/ 

• Cue Point, British Afghan restaurant, Notting Hill, West London: https://www.instagram.com/cuepointldn/ 

• Guanabana, Halal Caribbean restaurant, Kentish Town, North West London:https://www.guanabanarestaurant.com/
  

Dessert:

• Sainsburys' Taste the Difference Westcountry Farmhouse Butter https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/product/sainsburys-farmhouse-butter-taste-the-difference-250g 

• Spa Terminus, Bermondsey, South East Londonhttps://spa-terminus.co.uk/ 

• Food & Forest: https://spa-terminus.co.uk/producer/food-and-forest 

  
  

We'd love to hear what you think about what we've been discussing, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!

Hello and welcome to our fourth episode of our podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng.

This week, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing ex-TV presenter Michael Barrymor's unexpected TikTok fame, how to feed your feelings after divorce and the association food has with life's milestones, and why we should forgo following old fashioned rules on eating, as messy eating and eating with your hands is so much more enjoyable.

Snacks and starters:

• The Guardian: Michael Barrymore becomes unlikely TikTok star with nearly 5m followershttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/12/michael-barrymore-becomes-unlikely-tiktok-star-with-nearly-5m-followers?
  

• How to feed your feelings after divorceNew York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/podcasts/carla-lalli-food-is-a-feeling-divorce.html?eafs_enabled=false Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/how-to-feed-your-feelings-after-divorce/id1065559535?i=1000788640663
  

• The Financial Times: UK canned ‘mackerel’ now contains no mackerel

https://www.ft.com/content/980adf6d-27fc-47fb-b812-b468ea90e15f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

• France 24: France’s record heatwave pushes champagne alcohol levels to historic high

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260909-france-s-record-heatwave-pushes-champagne-alcohol-levels-to-historic-high 

• The English Olive Oil Company: https://www.englisholive.co.uk/ 

• BBC: Deep-fried food banned under new school dinner rules in England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4zrepw78eo

• The Observer: Apple crumble sandwich? Sainsbury’s latest fusion offering could be a mixture too far…https://observer.co.uk/style/food/article/apple-crumble-sandwich-sainsburys-latest-fusion-offering-could-be-a-mixture-too-far?

Mains: 

• The Financial Times: The joy of messy eating: https://www.ft.com/content/ceb38ebf-f439-4986-995b-82eaba79d985
  

Dessert:

• Romy Gill at The Pem, Westminster, London: https://romygillatthepem.com/ 

• Dr Dough, Chiswick, London : https://www.instagram.com/drdoughpizza/?hl=en 

We'd love to hear what you think about what we've been discussing, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!

Hello everyone and welcome to our third episode of our podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng.

This week, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing one of the restaurant world's hottest topics right now: food influencers, including the strange relationship between influencers and journalists; what - and who - makes a recommendation good; and how the social media ban for teenagers will affect one prominent 12-year-old food influencer.

Snacks and starters:

• The Guardian: US tipping culture coming to the UK https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/24/us-tipping-culture-uk-service-charges?
  
• Bon Appétit: Is It Ever OK to BYO Seasonings to a Restaurant?
  https://www.bonappetit.com/story/byo-seasoning
  
• London Centric: Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars https://www.londoncentric.media/p/ice-cream-wars-london-westminster-bridge

• The Telegraph: Long-lasting strawberries on the way as gene-editing bears fruit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/02/gene-edited-strawberries-and-tomatoes-to-be-sold-in-britain/
  
• The Independent: Seagulls stealing £171m worth of food https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/seagulls-steal-food-fish-chips-seaside-b3040262.html

• The Food Foundation: Kids free school meals extended https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/new-era-free-school-meals-england

Mains

• Vittles Magazine: Who is paying for all of this?
  https://www.instagram.com/p/DcyJidZjQOh/?img_index=1 and https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-issue-3-the-influencers

• The Guardian: A crisis of authenticity’: the truth about food influencers (shorter version of the Vittles story) https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/03/a-crisis-of-authenticity-the-truth-about-food-influencers

• BBC: Will social media ban affect young food influencer's dream? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9v9yx43lj0o

Desserts:

• Teals Farm Shop on the A303
  https://teals.co.uk/
• Alder Carr Farm Shop, Suffolk
  https://www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/
  
• Cafe Kowloon, London Fields, London
  https://cafekowloon.co.uk/ 

We'd love to hear from you, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!

Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of our new podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng.

This week, we're bringing you our favourite food stories and content we've gobbled up recently, and discussing the magnificent choice of bringing in Nigella Lawson (@nigellalawson) as a judge on The Great British Bake Off (@thebakeoff), and whether she can bring the show back from the brink of staleness with a turn in her mee-cro-wa-vey.

Snacks and starters:

• Freeloader #7 by Kieran Morris and Joe Bish
  https://freeloader.beehiiv.com/p/freeloader-7 

• Pickle hype in The Wall Street Journal
  https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/pickle-flavor-snacks-drinks-541ae075 
• Terry Bakes gets in big trouble https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/26474513.12-people-report-terry-bakes-trading-standards/

• George Monbiot in The Guardian on farming, drought and food security  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/britain-food-crisis-government-summer-weather-war-stockpiles  

• The temporary disposable barbecue ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jlyqdj6geo
• The branded baby foods in breach of sugar and salt guidelines
  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/21/baby-foods-uk-too-much-sugar 

Mains:

The Great British Bake Off is back on Channel 4 in September – with new host, @nigellalawson. Watch the new trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2P93GwpbhI

Dessert:

• Napoli on the Road, Soho's new pizza tasting menu @napoli_ontheroad

• Bute Brewery's bananalaga beer @butebrewco
  https://isleofbutedistillery.com/collections/beer 
• Julie Lin's Chicken with rendang, lime & lemongrass recipe for Waitrose https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/chicken-with-rendang-lime-lemongrass
• Tean's Gourmet Malaysian Tumisan Rendang Dry Curry Paste https://www.orientalmart.co.uk/tean-s-gourmet-rendang-curry-paste-tumisan-rendang
• Bret's Salted Butter Crisps https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/brets-salted-butter-crisps

We'd love to hear from you, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. Thank you for listening!

Hello everyone and welcome to our very first episode of our new podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng.
To kick it off, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing the release of A24's biopic about chef, author and broadcaster Anthony Bourdain, Tony, starring Dominic Sessa, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas.

Show notes

Snacks and starters:

• Eva Wiseman - One-star review: A stolen year on The Slow Newscast https://open.spotify.com/episode/51lEIFwq8iqqggt1hFAZEV and in The Observer:​​https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/half-sandwiches-collagen-lollies-todays-lunch-leaves-you-hungry-for-more?

• @thetalliqueen pub opening in London On The Inside https://londontheinside.com/a-new-indian-pub-is-opening-shepherds-bush/

• Tiramisu cafe in The Metro https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/31/a-cafe-entirely-dedicated-tiramisu-open-central-london-29261871/  

• Women-owned restaurants interactive map by Topjaw producer Kayla Lawrie (@kaylawrie) and chef Sally Abe (@littlechefsally) - author of A Women’s Place is in the Kitchen
• Bold Beans from @ameliachristiemiller and M&S dupes https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbX6JUFAgPu/?igsh=d2xiZXJ5czI3MDE3
• Collab-mania in Broadsheet by Jimi Famuwera https://broadsheet.com/london/articles/the-counter-34-dine-out

Mains:

• Bon Appétit - Laurie Woolever feature  https://www.bonappetit.com/story/anthony-bourdain-a24-biopic-tony-review? 

Dessert:

• Emma: Ripe Cider: https://www.ripecider.com/ 

• Kate: Cafe Murano Bermondsey https://www.cafemurano.co.uk/restaurants/italian-restaurant-bermondsey/ Ardfern restaurant, Edinburgh: https://ardfern.uk/ 

Corrections

- Anthony Bourdain was 56 when he started filming Parts Unknown, not late 40s.

-Myanmar is not a colonial name, but is the name the ruling Junta give the country and is also controversial.

We'd love to hear what you think about what we've been discussing, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at [email protected] or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!