The beauty of small, independent restaurants is discovering the owner’s passion to make great food. In this week’s case it was Joanne Bycroft from The Bowl Full Tapas Bar. She is interested in Spanish food and culture and has found a way to combine that with traditional Lincolnshire food.
Also on this week’s show I want to make sure that everyone is prepared for Pancake Day. Even though a pancake recipe is simple I wanted to see if gluten-free and soya milk alternatives worked as well.
You can listen to this week’s podcast below:
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The Bowl Full Tapas Bar is tucked away, just out of the centre of Lincoln, on West Parade. Yet inbetween the houses is a restaurant packed with Spanish art and cookbooks as well as an impressive authentic menu. Joanne Bycroft, who runs and owns the restaurant, has always been interested in the country and combined her passions to make the place.
She also thinks it is important to reflect the community in her work, which is another Spanish trait. So her food has Lincolnshire flavours and ideas as well.
You can listen to my interview with Joanne in full right here:
[audio:http://clreid.com/food/JO%20BYCROFT%20ONLINE%20MP3.mp3]
Pancakes are a delicious treat that we seem to save up for that one special day in the year — Shrove Tuesday. All you need to make them is milk, flour and eggs but even that small collection of ingredients can cause some problems if you are allergic to milk or flour. To find out if everyone can enjoy a decent pancake I was joined in the kitchen by Food for Thought regulars Sam Pidoux and Jon Cresswell.
You can listen to our cookery attempts right here:
[audio:http://clreid.com/food/PANCAKES%20MP3.mp3]If that has inspired you then just head over to the Food for Thought page on the Siren website to get all those recipes in full.
If you liked this podcast then why not try listening to the show live. Food for Thought goes out on Wednesday at 2pm on Siren FM.
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