NO BOOKS. John cooks for the first time (ever), and Rachel tries to justify the morally unjustifiable belief system of veganism.

There are some sound issues and it jumps a few seconds at times :(

Nicolas Jenson, Adolf Hitler, and alphabetti spaghetti.

William Morris versus Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Our first podcast with a live audience. Rachel makes handmade artisan gnocchi.

Carlyle's manuscript burned by an inattentive maid, Byron's autobiography burned by his scandalized publisher, and Kafka's novels not burned by a treacherous friend. Rachel meanwhile resurrects a meal from the 19th century and doesn't burn it.

Chains, Nando's imitation, and the Great Turnaround. (Episode 6 coming later as we don't like it)

Elizabethan food, Elizabethan forgeries and our best outro yet.

In this episode we discuss how the 19th-century's most respected bibliographer was exposed as a fraud while eating some fraudulent food of our own. Stay tuned to the end to hear Rachel losing her shit at John.

In this episode we trace eventful moments in the development of the paperback including the origins of pulp fiction. Food includes "something seedy..."

This week on Leaves we discuss Aldus Manutius, Venice and (briefly) dolphins while eating a supposedly Venetian rolled pizza. Listen for a new, improved episode format including a **THEME TUNE**

Leaves is a podcast about an unlikely friendship between vegan cooking (which features leaves of all flavours) and the history of books (which also have leaves).

Hosted by John and Rachel