Eat It

We started today's show by JOINING FORCES with the excellent Cravings program on Joy FM - host Pete Dillon visited the studio to talk about the new Pozible campaign we've created to raise money for the trader's at the Little Saigon Market after this week's fire. Donate here: https://pozible.com/project/little-saigon-fire-relief-fund

Next up we had our final market report for 2016 with John at the Queen Vic.

Syracuse's grande chef Philippa Sibley joined us to talk about the hectic Christmas season, stonefruit, and the challenges of cooking in a teeny tiny space.

We finished 2016 with a drink from Sebastian Reaburn, who also spoke about the various batches of his Artemis Gin.

On today's show we noted the sudden passing of journalist and food critic AA Gill, who wrote for the Sunday Times in the UK and also for Australian Gourmet Traveller. The man could write! Vale.

Next up we had a quick market report from John at the Queen Vic Market.

We were thrilled to be joined by one of Melbourne's iconic chefs, Jacques Reymond. We spoke about growing up in Burgundy, Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere, and how his Christmases have evolved since arriving in Australia.

We finished the show with The Humble Tumbler's Clare Burder who brought in a bottle of her amazing The Assembly sparkling wine. Made with fruit from the highest vineyard in Victoria, we spoke about making sparking "the hard way". We also chatted about her Christmas rituals and what to avoid to make it through the day (exhibit A: sparkling shiraz)

We started today's show talking about some of the awesome stuff happening for 3RRR's 40th birthday - get involved!

We chatted to food writer an author Richard Cornish about the recent appalling treatment of animals at a Riverside Meats abattoir and how (once again) this underlines the dilemma for meat producers and meat eaters in general. Is there such a thing as "ethical meat"? Is it possible to develop a supply chain where the animal, the producer, and the customer all get something out of the process?

Next up we spoke to John at the Vic Market.

We finished the show with food writer, eater, and cook Dani Valent about entertaining at home. With all the full restaurants, cafes, and bike delivery services is anyone still actually cooking their own food? Yes! And with some planning it's not a huge amount of work. We also spoke about Stephanie Alexander's new book The Cook's Table.

Today we took a slightly academic turn and had a traditional educational mix of theory and prac... first up we spoke to the Eco Gastronomy Project's David Szanto and the Symposium of Australian Gastronomy's Kelly Donati about the 21st edition of the upcoming Symposium event.

Next up we took some time in the kitchen of Richmond's Union Dining to cook some snapper with their brilliant chef Nicky Reimer.

We finished today's show talking to Deakin University's Professor Russell Keast, who has an interesting background combining academic degrees with a chef's qualification. We chatted about his research and the theory that there may be a sixth element to taste that changes our responsiveness to fatty foods.

On today's rainy Sunday we spoke to Maker and Monger's Anthony Femnia about the Bon Fromage Festival. Anthony is the maker of Melbourne's BEST CHEESE TOASTIE and we discussed what makes a great toasted sandwich and how to do it at home.

We checked in with John at the Vic Market.

We've been having post-Eat It debriefs at St Kilda's Uncle for years, and owner Rene Spence joined us in the studio to chat about his second restaurant that will open soon in the city. We also chatted about what the hell a Scot is doing cooking Asian food in Melbourne!

On today's show we spoke to Karen Batson from Melbourne's iconic restaurant and bar Cookie. We chatted about how she discovered modern Thai cooking, the changing scene of Melbourne inner-city dining, and some of her favourite Thai ingredients.

We had a good chat to John at the Vic Market.

To finish the show we were joined by Simon Friend from Friend & Burrell. We spoke about his childhood in Gippsland, how he grew up with excellent food, and how he became committed to supplying "The World's Finest Foods".

On today's show we celebrated 10 years of Victorian Farmer's Markets by speaking to Lina and Tony Siciliano at Melbourne's amazing Rose Creek Estate, we talked tea with Storm in a Teacup's Hannah Dupree, and finished with a chat about A Spot At The Bar; the amazing new book from Michael Madrusanand Zara Young from The Everleigh.

On today's show we had a chat to KPMG's Manager of Corporate Citizenship Dr Kaushik Sridhar, and we also had an early-Spring market report from John at the QVM.

On today's show we spoke to Melbourne dessert guru Pierre Roelofs, food writer Richard Cornish about his new book detailing his year without eating meat, and cocktail maestro Sebastian Reaburn served us his new gin.

We started today's show with a quick chat about chicken and leek pie, and how you can use a hot water pastry to stick on top of it. And if eating meat isn't your thing, you can still make a kick arse leek pie with some small adjustments.

Richard Seymour from Mt Zero Olives joined us in the studio to talk about his family's history with the acres of olive groves originally planted in the 40s, and then taken over by his parents in the 90s recession. As well as the olives themselves, we had a try of Richard's Olive Leaf Tea which is currently a really successful export to Japan.

Rightly regarded as one of Melbourne's top chefs, Scott Pickett (from ESP, Estelle Bistro, and St Crispin) is about to open a new place in the Queen Vic Market called Pickett's Deli & Rotisserie. We talked about Scott's new "super pot" that's being used to make jams and preserves, his vision to showcase Victorian ingredients, and his tips for an amazing rotisserie chicken.