Welcome to a brand new series of Lecker! We're in NYC for this first episode (South Brooklyn to be exact) as I meet Aysen Gerlach, an artist and cheesemonger whose illustrated food memoir Food Stuff caught my eye in the MoMA PS1 bookstore. She makes me bacon, egg and cheese on a biscuit as we talk baking tricks, the significance of breakfast sandwiches to East-Coasters and how she came to make a book about her life in food.

Produced and hosted by Lucy Dearlove

Featuring Aysen Gerlach https://www.aysengerlach.com/. Find Aysen on instagram @mediabitch and @mediadish

Find physical stockists for Food Stuff here and you can also buy online https://aysengerlach.storenvy.com/

Here's a few things featured in the episode:

Biscuit recipe from the Cafe Sucre Farine https://thecafesucrefarine.com/ridiculously-easy-buttermilk-biscuits/

Food in Studio Ghibli 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/studio-ghiblis-most-iconic-meals.html

Central Park Bagel, Philadelphia (Steak, egg and cheese)

https://goo.gl/maps/hK3atFc5NFN2

The Physiology of Taste - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”

Music: Blue Dot Sessions - Patched In