Bread and Thread

You may think this is glass for when you're sad, the ohoho!

Vampire magic, and the fruit of the summer

Deer parks, I love you

We have not achieved net zero. There are so many nets

We're back, so let's go play outside and learn about the giant's stride

Women? Running businesses?! We can't be having that!

The father of modern Italian cooking, his life, his opus, and his minestrone soup

Twelfth night traditions and army camp stew

What is an advent calendar? Why is an advent calendar? How do you evade taxes with cheese?

It is embroidery time once again!

Artificial, but green? But maybe not? But maybe?

Sometimes you just have to get silly with it

Happy nut, smiling nut, green almond. It's time for the not-so-humble pistachio

Here we go round the mulberry bush...tree? Also, mooncakes!

You didn't think we were done with #flaxfacts did you?

Flax facts part one!

Arts! Crafts! Wallpaper! Socialism?

Happy summer! It's time for strawberries and gazpacho

We're back! It's time to learn about gasmask bags, illegal turnups, and Winston Churchill's custom onsie

Don't get your clothes in a bunch! Or if you need to, make it pretty

What smells bad, is legally complicated, and is a key part of high-end perfumes?

We made it to 100 episodes! This one's a bit different, as we answer your questions

Episode Notes This episode features wall to wall dessert controversy. Local larder: tres leches

More shiny things to put on clothing, and a new year soup

Let's add some sparkle to the new year!

Jimmy the Welsh Viking is back to tell us about tablet weaving

In which Liz decides they really need to watch Julie and Julia

Enjoy a tiny shellfish, and a big layered bird

What's a model village when it's not a tiny town? How do you owe your soul to a company store? What would you eat in a logging camp?

You've heard of spooning romantically? Now get ready for romantic spoons!

Since sycamores have been in the news, let's see exactly what they are

Mediaeval merchant, mystic, and pilgrim, and the subject of the earliest survivial autobiography in English

Time to discuss some mediaeval masterwork V&A link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery

Bread of kings and king of breads, it's time for naan

What's a coaching inn? Where did old-timey people put their luggage? What the heck is lutefisk? Answers to all these questions and more, this episode!

Tie-dying and friends from around the world

This time, the book's a memoir. Let's get idyllic

We round off our hat-trick of bread episodes by discussing that wonderful fungus, yeast

The breadening continues! Let's get sour

We finally talked about bread!

Three food-related stories, and the ballad of buffalo wings

With guest Dr Neil Buttery, whose book "Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper" is out now! Digitised 1st edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769): https://archive.org/details/experiencedengl01raffgoog/page/n9/mode/2up  Zoom talk on Elizabeth 26 April at 7pm (BST) - free tickets can be had via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-extraordinary-life-of-elizabeth-raffald-tickets-605899791587  In-person Manchester talk at Station South, Levenshulme is on 14 May at 7pm. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/165241569745457

Turns out everyone loves mango, though some maybe a little too much

Drop spindles? Only in a controlled manner

Why are there so many types of tea!

Wine from honey, what a concept!

Who loves teddy bears? We do

For the New Year blues

Talking about hedges turns into being angry at landowners. Are we surprised?

That's a great wheel! But it's no greatwheel

What's the story on the world's favourite rhizome? And why do toffee apples exist?