Category: Food for Thought
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Best of Food for Thought
If you’ve never listened to Food for Thought before then this ‘best of’ episode is a great place to start. I like to interview the people running Lincoln’s cafes and restaurants so I get to learn about the amazing food that you can find in Lincolnshire as well as hear people’s interesting stories. This week’s…
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Angel Coffee House
The Angel Coffee House is one of the prettiest cafes I’ve visited as part of Food for Thought. The cafe used to be the vestry hall for the nearby St Swithins Church and is a very peaceful space for the centre of Lincoln. CJ is the new owner of the Angel and it’s a place…
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Baked by Eileen
On Food for Thought I like to feature a variety of food businesses, this means chatting to not just the people who run cafes and restaurants but also people who run their cookery businesses straight from their kitchen. That’s certainly the case for Baked by Eileen who makes homemade cakes using local and seasonal produce.…
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The Little Espresso Company
The first time I stumbled across The Little Espresso Company it was completely by accident. It really is little, it looks just like a doorway in a crowded street. A bit of research later I found out that they were once trying to be officially recognised as the smallest coffee shop by the Guinness World…
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Chatting with Michel Roux Sr and Brian Turner
Mondays are stereotypically rubbish. Not this week though as Sam Pidoux and I chatted to the three Michelin star chef Michel Roux Sr and one of Britain’s most successful chefs Brian Turner. The interview was a chance for the pair to chat about The Roux Scholarship, which after 30 years of providing support for British…
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The cafe and craft shop Rock Paper Scissors in Lincoln, held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Wednesday, May 8th as part of the arts festival Lincoln Inspired. I am working on a piece about the Alice in Wonderland inspired gathering for my Siren FM radio show Food for Thought to go out next week.…
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Creme egg brownies
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…