The Maddams-cast - all about food, foraging, people and the planet.

Hi Folks - Huge thanks as ever for listening  You can find out more about larder box here Charmaine chose  good Taste as here food book, She would like to drink a Louder martini - and she has nominated Tom Herbert of The Long Table as a future guest. I very much hope you all enjoy the episode! 

Chatty and Knowledgeable Josh Joins us to change his three things about the world of food AND offer us 15% off his fab product - tune in to find out more. Josh Nominated Amelia from the Bold bean company as a future guest The book he recommends is Quench Your own thirst by Jim Coch And like to be drinking IVO from Orbit beers  You can find out more about MOMO Kombucha HERE and get 15% off using code MADDAMS15. ENJOY!

Gander app was developed in relation to food waste at smaller retailers  - the founders of the app wanted to connect people in real time to reductions on items in shops close to them - what a great idea!  Stacey recommended "The Green Grocer" as his food book and also mentioned "The Cranks cook book" He would drink a crispy cold Devon Red cider whilst reading it and he has nominated Harriet Lamb from WRAP as a future guest.    

After 6 years of family life abroad Nick returned to the UK and was enraged at the lack of availability of incredible produce - not one to sit about and moan, he started Wylde Market - a virtual weekly market connecting foragers, producers and artisans with eager foodies looking for the good stuff - an inspired idea!    Nick would like to end the tyranny of the supermarkets, their long supply chains and their vicarious ownership of farms. He would also PLEASE like to find some eco friendly vac pack bags that actually work. He also wants kids to learn to cook - at school, at home, anywhere!    The book Nick simply cant live without is Kimberly Wilsons "Unprocessed" and whilst he is reading that he will drink a cool glass of Limeburn Hill Lastly, he has nominated Kimberly Wilson, or Robin Snowdon (the author and wine maker)    Nick also kindly offered all Maddams Cast listeners the chance to try Wylde Market with a £15.00 off code - simply follow the link to Wydle Market and enter the code MADDAMS at check out. Enjoy!

Listen as Thom talks about the three things he'd like to change about the world of food, with plenty of laughs along the way, and far too many interruptions from me. Theme Park attendance is not compulsory!  Thom would love to sup a pint of Guinness whilst reading The complete Robuchon He has nominated Marco Piere White as a future guest on the pod. Thanks as ever to Purple Planet music - for the open source tunes. 

I strongly advise you to take a look at the Summer School offering!  Alison would like to change many things about the world of food but the three she is most keen to amend are below... Combat the effects of and educate against "Ultra high processed foods" Return kitchens and real food to Schools  Action a food strategy with Government - don't leave it to the supermarkets!  She would like to drink a Kombucha and soda, whilst reading a copy of Julia Child's book - "Mastering the art of French cooking" and Nominates Nicole Pisani - founder of Chefs in schools, as a future guest.  

Farmed salmon looks like a great choice on the face of things, as everyone knows the wild salmon are in big trouble - but delve beneath the surface of the open net sea farm cages and the murky underbelly is apparently less appetising than we thought......  Matt chose an Espresso Martini as his nice of drink, his food book choice was Simple and his nomination was Doug McMasters   You can find out all about the Off the Table Campaign and Wild Fish Conservation here Thanks as always to Purple Planet for the tunes.   

You can find out all about Jack via his site Over here! He is also over on Insta - and well worth a follow.  He chose to change Silly foodie fads, the amount of Ceremony around food and wants to also reimagine the way we interact with food, particularly in an educational setting.You can find his latest book all about Vermouth Over there Enjoy the Pod - and support via Patreon if you fancy it. 

We bounce around from Reconnecting people with food to Localism and Communities, Counter cuisine comes up which is quite a buzz phrase right now. A fun and lively chat from her base in Spain. Anisha chose to read Kitchen Floyd's "Taste of Floyd and to sip at a cider based version of the classic Sangria -  "sidra sangria" which sounds delightful and she nominated Amitabh Bachchan as a future guest on the pod cast!  Anisha has her own podcast called Naughty Bites and is editor for Food unfolded, an EU funded food media site with some amazing content. 

A lovely man to chat to, an accomplished baker and a true champion for local food Coinneach chose his three tings to change about the world of food.... He has just published his second book which you can get right HERE Called "My Scottish Island Kitchen - I cant wait to read it. First, he makes the point that great places to eat need great people, and these people should be treated well. This kind of morphs into the idea that everyone should treat echoer better - and who can argue with that?  Secondly, Coinneach would like to change the world so that Menus are shorter, and with less pointless faff on them - a man after my own heart! - this is based on the deeper point that things are better when you keep them simple.....  Lastly he would like people to take greater notice of the seasons, and act upon them by partaking in some simple foraging - and then spend some time preserving that for sharing later.  The book he has chosen as his must have cookery book is The Scotts Kitchen by F Marian MCNeil He would drink his very own creation of a Hebridean Hogmanay Cocktail - Marmalade, tea, clementine juice and of course some Hebridean Malt!  He has nominated Dolly Parton for a future pod cast episode! Wish me luck   

KJ has swerved form manic Cafe to Busy Bakery via lockdown and determination. A true creative and very passionate Chef turned "baker in training" she brings some serious thoughts to the Pod in a very casual way.    You can find out more any her and the bakery via This link  over at @kjsbothybakery KJ chose a novel called "A year in the valley of Eternity" as her book about food ( I can only find it for sale on Amazon) She would drink a crisp cold white wine and she has nominated the Brilliant Ghillie Basan, who I will get on the show, but who is too busy just now......   Thanks as always to Purple Planet Music for the Jaunty tune...     

Editor of the Shooting times and Debut Author fo a fabulous book about conservation and birds Patrick Galbraith joins the Maddams cast and makes his changes.   You can get hold of Patricks excellent book "in search of one last song" here. Or better still at the bookshop.   Patrick chose to read a cook book by Clarissa Dickson Wright Sip a chilled Teo Peppe sherry and nominated the brilliant John Wright as a future guest.    Thanks as ever to Purple planet music.     

The brilliantly talented Catherine Phipps joins me to change her three things and does so very convincingly despite my getting the name of her new book wrong, constantly interrupting and generally making a hash of things.   You can find out more about Catherine via Insta @ctherinephipps or Twitter @catlillycooks here latest book is available here  Thanks as always to the brilliant Purple Planet 

Covering favourite forages, farming seaweed, and challenging foraging laws is just the start - Geoff has some well thought out and intelligent ideas. Here's a link to the Scottish Seaweed farming academy as promised https://www.seaweedacademy.co.uk The book Geoff chooses is Here he would like to drink a cup of Ivan Chai - made from fermented leaves of the now common plant "rosebay willow herb" his nomination for a future guest is Sarah Watson  You can find Geoff's highly recommended best selling foraging guides here. Thanks, as always to Purple Planet for the music. 

Huge thanks as ever to purple planet for use of the theme music for the Pod It goes without saying that I am massively grateful to Paul from the brilliant and forward thinking Everleaf drinks for his time and sharing his thoughts. Dan chose a fictional flora of whatever area he was stranded in to read - clever chap - whilst sipping an Everleaf sprits - obviously.  The nomination is for David A Embury author of this book.  

Lynn and her Partner Sandra took the plunge and left the old rat race behind - purchasing a large Highland hill croft - Their story is available in the fantastic new book Our Wild Farming Life  Lynn has some seriously good ideas on how to improve the world of food and for her final task has nominated Kirsten from the Bothy Bakery would like to drink a nice cold Black Isle Brewery organic "Pale 21" IPA whilst reading and cooking from the Hairy Bikers Curry book.

Thanks, as always to Purple Planet for the music. Huge thanks to David, you can find out all about the distillery here. Along with changing the world of food for the better by Increasing seasonality of produce, not calling things something they are not and encouraging more collaboration between local businesses, David would like to drink Scarborough Fair IPA  Whilst reading the Hairy Bikers "Mediterranean adventures" He also Nominates Kate Bolsham as a future guest - from the Wold top brewery.

Kate joins the show and has some great chat to share, including her hatred of Baked beans. Some novel ideas take shape too, including the idea of banning supermarkets from selling fresh produce, and the removal fo DEFRA from the lives of farmers and landowners.  This episode is so full of laughs and thoughtfulness in equal measure. Kate chose Nigel Slater's "Kitchen Diaries" as her book, a "silver circle" gin and tonic as her drink and she nominated James Rebanks  Thanks as ever to Purple Planett for the free music.

You can find out more about Naomi and her work Here and join her online courses there. Naomi would like to banish "Franken-Food" make "Dates are not sugar free" a government policy and eat more varieties of more foods.  Ideally, whilst drinking Mescal, reading Jane Grigson and would like to nominate Dustin Hoffman, though I cant see it happening.....   Naomi is also a brilliant author and you can find her books Over here.

Sustainable aquaculture specialist Alistair shares his vision of a more local, seasonal and less wasteful world and talks about his excellent produce - you have to try the smoked halibut!  You can find out more about Gigha halibut, and order the smoked halibut online here  The restaurant that Alistair takes about is Inver River Cottage Veg everyday is available over there Fyne brewery is here Thanks as every to Purple Planet for the music

Brilliant episode by the lovely and thoughtful Lucy Brazier, enjoy with a vermouth and soda, and maybe a roaring fire.... Thanks as always to Purple Planet for the music. You can find out ore about Lucy and what she's up to these days here Her brilliant Christmas book is for sale here And the vermouth she talks about is this one 

Thanks as usual to purple planet for the music! Huge thanks to Tim Parton for taking part. Tim chose  The River cottage Family cook book by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall  as his book and he will imbibe an IPA or a punchy Malbec whilst reading it.  He is also the Third Tim to appear on the show! 

You can find Xanthe here Xanthe You can find Dan Barbers book here The Third Plate And the music as ever is by the lovely folk at Purple Planet

You can find out more about Ant via his website. He has chosen Then third plate by Dan Barber and he would like to drink a Whisky Sour. 

Thanks to Purple planet music as ever. Great to chat to Stephen March of Pinkster gin for such a fine and vigorous interview, we really covered some ground!

Tim would like to change the world by ending food poverty, making food retail a not for profit sector and bringing back rotational farming. He would like to have as his cookery book - Fresh and easy by Jane Hornby, drinking a glass of dry white wine and he has nominated Adam Henson to join the Podcast.  As ever, thanks for the music use go to Purple Planet. You can find out all about the country food trust here.

This months chat is with old friend and former colleague Steven Lamb, curing and smoking impresario and one of the nicest fellows I have had the pleasure to encounter. Massive thanks to Steve for his time and sharing his passion, you can find out all about Steven on his web pages over at https://www.stevenlamb.net  Thanks to https://www.purple-planet.com for the music.

Huge thanks as ever to https://www.purple-planet.com for the music.  To find out more about Jonathan's lovely Norfolk Gin visit http://www.norfolkgin.co.uk/  Jonathan would like to drink a glass of Henry Westons cider from Hereford whilst making a dish of Lamb Korma from "A feast of Floyd" by the legendary Keith Floyd - and who can blame him?

Oliver and I talk trout, water shortages, localism and a little bit about all sorts of food production considerations.      Thanks as ever to Purple Planet music.

Jane Steward is on a mission to re introduce the archaic Medlar fruit to the kitchens of Britain - and she has some other great things to talk about to. As ever thanks to Purple Planet for the music, you can find out all about Jane and her Meddling over at Eastgate Larder and the lovely wine she has recommended as her desert island drink is from here Flint Vinyard

You can find out more about Sarah's Fab pies at Why not put jelly in? Sarah spoke eloquently about an mis trust of fussy eaters, a growing unease with the shooting "Industry" and a now vanquished fear of pressure cookers. The book Sarah chose was French Provincial cooking bu the brilliant Elizabeth David and she would be delighted to sip a cup of tea whilst turning the pages. 

As ever, thanks to Purple Planet for the music. Huge thanks to Tim from Macarons and more for coming the Podcast. He was joined at one point by an angry Darlek - an audio issue I was not able to fix, but its only for a minute. Enjoy - and note we are moving to a monthly or bi weekly schedule henceforth. 

Alex brilliantly puts across his points and tolerated my interruptions for this technically tricky recording, and what great points they are!  Thanks as ever to Purple Planet Alex chose This classic as his book and would like to drink a white Burgundy, and he has nominated Tim Kinnaird to come on the cast.  

Brilliant banter and straight shooting thoughtfulness from Lisa - I cannot wait until we meet in person for some foraging fun and games. Lisa would like to drink a Pine Martini whilst reading Wild fermentation HUGE thanks to Lisa for coming on the Maddams Cast - Inspirational chat!  Music as usual is thanks to Purple Planet  

Thanks as usual to Purple planet for the music. You can find out all about Stroud Brewery here and here is https://amzn.to/3iuPbng Alas, Palm wine is not available in the real sense that Greg describes here in the uk.

Huge thanks to Sabine for joining in from Germany! Thanks as ever to Purple Planet . You can find more about Sabine via her insta feed Here the lovely wine she talks about is Wine maker and the book she recommends is the lovely Sugar club

Thanks to Purple Planet for the music. Huge thanks to Dhruv Baker at Tempus for coming along and having a chat. Dhruv chose Nose to tail and would like to drink an Old Fashioned.

Technical issues with the remote audio have caused problems with this one, but, it is still more than worth a listen!Music by Purple planet. Andy chose this book Clare Macdonald and he would like to drink Devon Farmhouse cider - you can find out more about what he is up to via https://themeatboxcompany.co.uk  

A foodie chin-wag with this legend of the culinary scene results in a few laughs and some interesting points of view, Tasmania sounds like paradise, take me there now! You can find out all about Analiese here : Insta The book she recommends is Essential Cuisine Drink of choice is Substance

Great chat from my old mate Mark. Lots covered in this one... and an appearance form the angry  Corona duck too.....  Music byhttps://www.purple-planet.com More about Mark https://www.otterfarm.co.uk Mark's latest release Soar  Link to book 

All the way from Australia Nonie tells us a little about how she ended up baking the best bread in the Southern Hemisphere and why it contains no gluten. Music via Purple Planet Music Nonie's website Nonie's food  Book of the week Gather  

Hillarious, thoughtful and honest - George Egg, being brilliant.  Music by Purple Planet More about George George Egg George's book of choice Cuisine bon Marche

The very knowledgeable founder fo WeFiFo talks to me about food, books, farming and so much more - this lively and informative chat will inform, amuse and give you pause for thought. Music is via Purple Planet - a great project well worth a look : purple planet .com You can find out more about Seni's project WeFiFo at   WeFoFo