Charlotte Reid

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  • Foodie findings in April

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    Food and drink are two of the most important things in life, and I think they are much better when they aren’t taken too seriously. I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting foods, so here’s a roundup of the fun food related things I found this month. Baking madness If you want to…

  • Sewing for beginners

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    Sometimes I am amazed at how susceptible I am to television. The Great British Sewing Bee started on BBC Two soon after Easter. The show is similar to the Great British Bake Off, but instead of best bakes they are looking for Britain’s top amateur sewer. The contestants have a number of challenges to show…

  • Hollywood’s hunger

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    Paul Hollywood likes to stare. It’s a wonder he manages to make any bread in between all the staring. Yet he does, and he now has his own BBC cookery show to tell us how to make bread too. Each week Hollywood offers up a different slice of bread history and culture. In the first…

  • Creme egg brownies

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    The latest episode of Food for Thought ended up a bit of a mixed bag. I was hoping to interview a local tea room but I was leaving it a bit late. I record the show on a Tuesday evening and had arranged the interview on a Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately it didn’t work out as…

  • Radio 2 and friends

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    I had good intentions, like all people who make resolutions. I vowed to do something and then promptly forgot. I have no excuses because my challenge was even written down. So here two weeks later and I am spending the day with Radio 2. I freelance meaning there are parts of the day where I…

  • Bacon and birthday

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    There’s been a bit of a delay in Food for Thought recently. To sound dramatic I had a really bad cold. When I have colds I am particularly pathetic and this time as well as sneezing every five seconds I lost my voice. This doesn’t help when presenting a radio show. This week I bravely…

  • My radio challenge

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    I love radio. I love interviewing people for the radio, I love trying to make pictures using just sounds and I love broadcasting. Yet I don’t actually listen to a great deal of radio which seems wrong. How else will I know what works, and what doesn’t? One of the reasons I don’t listen to…