Spice Bags

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April 01, 2020 S1 Ep3: An Interview with Domini Kemp
In this episode we interview Dublin-based restaurateur, former Irish Times food columnist, and cookbook writer Domini Kemp. “Forty percent of Irish people were eating out twice or three times a week,” says Kemp. Obviously this is no longer the case. But even back in January 2020, before this country felt the impact of Covid-19, Kemp had foretold Irish restaurant closures.
We talk to Kemp about how she is handling these times. As the owner of a food business empire that survived the 2008 crash, she’s anxious. However, as a food author who has long championed creative, healthy home cooking, she’s excited that the Irish are in the kitchen once more.
What does Kemp predict for Irish restaurants’ future? How can we, as restaurant diners, help when the dust has settled? Plus, Kemp offers sanity tips for cooking while housebound and homeschooling, and explains why salt, butter, and anchovies are key.

For more about Domini Kemp:

www.itsa.ie; theketogenickitchen.com
Instagram: @dominikemp
Twitter: @dominikemp

Cookbooks mentioned:

Alison Roman, Nothing Fancy https://www.alisoneroman.com/nothing-fancy

Rozanne Gold, Radically Simple and Cooking 1-2-3 http://www.rozannegold.com/radically-simple

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41 min
March 18, 2020 S1 Ep2: Slainte, Stone-Age Style: JP McMahon’s The Irish Cookbook
We talk to Irish chef JP McMahon, author of the ambitious, artfully-produced 500-recipe doorstopper The Irish Cookbook, just out from Phaidon. McMahon’s book tries to transport the reader and home chef not just through Ireland’s recent history but to its prehistory, invoking Bronze-Age people sprinkling dulse on their smoked oysters like it’s a Michelin-starred tasting menu.

But how do mesolithic fantasies square with kitchen realities? And does this nostalgia for the ur-Irish leave room for the contributions of centuries of foreigners?

Warning: this episode may inspire you to light a turf fire in your flat; better to live the fantasy through our chat with McMahon and his culture-changing book.

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Follow JP here:
Twitter: @mistereatgalway
Instagram: @mistereatgalway
The Irish Cookbook

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38 min
March 18, 2020 S1 Ep1: Beansprouts in Bathtubs: The Chinese Restaurant in Ireland
With many of the Chinese restaurants in Dublin’s unofficial “Chinatown” on Parnell Street shuttered, we‘re talking Chinese.

In this episode, our guest is chef Kwanghi Chan, creator of Chan Chan Spice Bag seasoning and the chef and owner of the modern Chinese restaurant Bowls by Kwanghi. Chan provides a personal perspective to our conversation: Born in Hong Kong, he came to Donegal when he was eight years old, to the small town of Buncrana, and lived with his uncle who ran
a Chinese restaurant. We talk about what it was like being the only Chinese kid in town, how he rediscovered his own Chinese heritage, the history of Chinese food in Ireland and what its future holds as local palates and attitudes evolve.

How did you run a Chinese restaurant when you got rice and soy sauce from England once a month? Why are there separate menus for the Irish and Chinese? And, most burningly, what the heck is up with the Spice Bag?

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For more on Kwanghi check out:
www.bowls.ie
Twitter: @bowlsD1
Instagram: @bowls_by_kwanghi

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38 min
February 27, 2020 Welcome To Spice Bags!
A quick preview of what's to come on Spice Bags: Ireland's relationship with international food and spicy interviews with people from Irish international communities and beyond. With co-hosts Mei Chin, Blanca Valencia & Dee Laffan.

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3 min

About Spice Bags

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Sometimes the clearest way to see yourself is through a foreigner's eyes. Named after everyone's favorite Chinese-Irish deep-fried drunk snack, Spice Bags is a podcast about food in Ireland and…