This week Alex and Charlotte chat about their trips to Slovenia, comparing the lively capital to the country’s rural landscapes and restaurants. They explore field-to-fork cooking, orange wines and herb-infused spirits, as well as the influence of neighbouring Italy on Slovenia’s cuisine.

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This week Janine visits a brewery with difference. The Small Beer Brewery in south London is creating brilliant lower alcohol craft beers within a system that makes sustainability one of the most important issues. She catches up with founders Felix and James to hear all about the historical inspiration behind their fascinating story.

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This week we catch up on travel news as Ellie tells Alex how to eat and drink your way around Malta; then later Janine chats to cookery writer Adam and finds out some great tips and tricks to raise your barbecue game this summer.

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This week Janine meets up with Rajiv Kc from Rajiv’s Kitchen to find out all about the Nepalese food he serves at his supper clubs and pop-ups. As Rajiv explains Nepalese food is not just a mash-up of Chinese and Indian as people often assume, but has its own distinct heritage and culture. They also talk about the role of his family in shaping his cooking skills and they try some typical Nepalese dishes including the famous momo dumplings.

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This week travel editor Rhiannon chats to digital editor Alex about her recent trip to Japan. They discuss everything from yuzu sake to Kyoto gin, high-end kaiseki dinners to ramen vending machines, plus Kyoto’s very own style of sushi.

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This week, digital editor Alex chats to Alex Hely-Hutchinson of 26 Grains about how she went from porridge pop-up to bricks and mortar café and restaurant. She shares her secrets to successfully developing a food business and how she juggled that with writing a cook book.

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This week Janine welcomes back journalist and food writer Felicity Cloake who you may know from her regular Guardian newspaper column where she perfects a different recipe each week. Last year Felicity spent a few months doing a kind of gastronomic Tour de France as she cycled and ate her way around in search of 21 iconic French dishes. She’s written a brilliant new book all about her adventures and they caught up to talk about the good, bad and ugly aspects of her epic cycling and eating expedition.

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This week Janine welcomes Richard Makin, AKA School Night Vegan, onto the podcast. Richard has been wowing Instagram recently with his inventive plant-based recipes (including a mozzarella recipe so good it went viral) and he’s written a brilliant vegan BBQ feature for the June issue of olive magazine. We find out how easy it is to leave out the meat when grilling this summer and also get some expert tips for embracing a more plant-based lifestyle.

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This week cookery writer Adam spends a day in the East Sussex countryside with Nick Weston of Hunter Gather Cook learning some back to nature skills. They have an indepth chat about why cooking over fire, hunting and butchery have become more popular again and Nick gives us some great foraging tips including when the best time of year is for gathering wild grub.

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This week's podcast sees the return of chef and author John Gregory-Smith. Janine catches up with him to talk about his new book Saffron in the Souks which explores the wonderful world of Lebanese food. John really brings the country to life with his vivid tales of travelling and eating and they also cook one of his favourite dishes, hole-in-the-wall kebabs, live on the podcast!

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