In this episode we speak to the author, wellness expert and chai extraordinaire Mira Manek. Mira is an author of two books, a beautiful Gujarati inspired cookbook Saffron Soul and Prajna - a book on Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness. She has hosted a huge array of events from supper-clubs to wellbeing talks and runs her own retreats.  Mira is also a certified integrative health practitioner and therapist. Her incredible journey into food is a life-long quest connected heavily to her love of travel and her ancestral home of India. 

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In this episode we speak to leading food policy expert, Gavin Wren. Gavin is researcher, food systems consultant, writer, editor and coffee connoisseur.  He is the founder of Wren & Co, a creative food systems consultancy that is focused on finding innovative solutions to solving complex problems. In 2020, he also founded Quota Media, a media organisation that is focused on delivering global news on the subject of food security. He also has a huge following on Tik Tok, where he is the platform's self-proclaimed ‘Food Policy Expert’ and recently hit a staggering 1 million views.  Follow Gavin on: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gavin.wren / Quota Media https://quota.media/ / https://twitter.com/gavinwren 

In this episode we explore the culinary history of Douglas McMaster, a  thought leader on zero waste cooking and sustainable living. He is the founder of Silo, the UK's first zero waste restaurant in Hackney. He has worked at 20 restaurants globally including the infamous  St Johns, Heston Blumenthal’s renowned the Fat Duck,  and of course Noma, in Copenhagen. Doug has been exposed to a wide array of food influences and education throughout his life many of which give him a particular and powerful perspective. 

In this episode, it's time for a story. We unearth the story of how empty plates came about, we go back in time and understand why empty plates are such an important of our lives, and how many of them go ignored.  We look at the defining moment when Anjli realised the significance and value of this moment.  

Welcome to Empty Plates,  a podcast by Bare Kitchen

Join us on a journey of food and memory,

In each episode, we  examine,  explore and reflect on 3 plates of food that have shaped and impacted the journeys of some incredible guests

Bare Kitchen is a digital storytelling platform that brings together the sensory relationship between humans and food.

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