The Food Podcast

On today's episode, there will be...huge smiles. Baby pink long boards. The biggest bunches of flowers. Bacon cooked over an open fire. A chef on horseback wearing a vintage dress - basically the stuff that Australian food and lifestyle photographer Luisa Brimble captures on the daily. Lindsay Cameron WilsonIG: lindsaycameronwilson Twitter: @lcameronwilson Website: lindsaycameronwilson.ca/the-food-podcast/ Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Today on The Food Podcast, Lindsay sits down with Jessie Kanelos Weiner, an artist, author, food stylist and long term American living in Paris. Her latest book, Paris in Stride, takes the reader on an illustrated walk through Paris. I wanted to be that reader, so I ask Jessie to walk us through her Paris. We visit its beauty, its challenges, and discover how finding a voice as an artist, using a touch of animation and truth, allows Jessie to celebrate the everyday and find value in the familiar. It’s a walk through Paris, with stops in Chicago, Milan and a picnic on the Seine... So pull up a lawn chair (as one does in Jessie's studio) slice into wedge of camembert, and enter the world of an artist living in Paris. Lindsay Cameron WilsonIG: lindsaycameronwilson Twitter: @lcameronwilson Website: http://lindsaycameronwilson.ca/the-food-podcast/ Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Today on The Food Podcast Lindsay sits down with Alexander McCall Smith, Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. What begins as as a conversation on his use of tea in writing becomes a deep dive into tea etiquette, kindness and the importance of ritual. Of course the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is discussed; tea breaks are at the heart of detection, I’m sure Mma Ramotswe would say. Meditation is also woven in, along with the importance of packing tea (and a tea pot) when traveling. So put the kettle on, curl up, and have a listen. But remember to be polite, unless of course you switch to coffee.  Many thanks for listening.  Lindsay Cameron Wilson Host of  Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Baking it Out with Claire Ptak On Episode 24 of The Food Podcast we talk to Claire Ptak, a Californian born chef, food writer, columnist, podcaster, collaborator and owner of Violet Bakery in London. We chat about her childhood in the kitchen, working at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, before moving to London and launching a business. Being a working mum is folded in, along with notes on style and seasonal baking. We dive into one of my favourite topics, Female Collaboration and hear from long time collaborators Cliodhna Prendergast and Imen McDonnell. We explore the importance of getting into the kitchen to BAKE IT OUT. This means finding order in the disorder, a practise Claire swears by. And hey, there’s some Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Tea towels - they are form and function. But if you look deeper into the fabric, you'll find stories about design, history and propaganda. Episode 23 unpacks these stories while meeting, along the way, Alissa Kloet, textile artist and owner of KeepHouse. Alissa shares her story of living as an artist in Nova Scotia, and how the land, the ocean and her love of hospitality led to KeepHouse. Oh and we also travel to Scotland, schmooze with royals, drink orange squash and hear about a tea towel collection that began in a tiny house in England. It's all about while lies deep inside the fibres, today on The Food Podcast.    Many thanks for listening.  Lindsay Cameron Wilson Host of Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Today on The Food Podcast, Lindsay sits down with JUNO award winning musician Old Man Luedecke. There will be tunes, Christmas morning ham on rye with a perfectly fried egg, sardine songs and we’ll crack open the Joy of Cooking. Merry Christmas!     Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

This episode is all about SEAWEED: where to find it, how to eat it and the stories it holds. We’ll take a walk along the Ring of Kerry with seaweed forager John Fitzgerald of Atlantic Irish Seaweed. We’ll make a seaweed smoothie with a Mermaid. We’ll learn about dulse, how it sustained monks, Vikings and Lindsay’s grandfather. It’s a salty, briny, wild episode full of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, today on The Food Podcast.  https://mermaidfare.com/ Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Julia Turshen is a NY cook, writer, journalist, and food activist. And she makes the best turkey ricotta meatballs, ever. You'll find them in her cookbook Small Victories, along with tips that will have you celebrating victories in the kitchen daily. Julia is a champion of home cooks, and a champion of Food Activism. We talk about all of this, and more good stuff, on this episode of The Food Podcast. Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

What's the story behind your favourite wooden spoon? Where did it come from? Is it stained from use? Did you scorch it on the stove? Was it a disciplinary tool? On this episode we talk with Terron Dodd, a cherished wooden spoon carver from Cape Breton, NS. Terron says, "I can make a wooden spoon, but the trees, they do all the work." On this episode we hear about those trees, his process, and how his sister's wedding cake launched his career as a wooden spoon maker. Skye Manson from the podcast My Open Kitchen and radio doc maker Dick Miller also share the story behind their favourite wooden spoons. It's all about hand made beauty, strength and discipline on this episode of The Food Podcast.     Follow Skye on Instagram @skye_manson   Follow The Food Podcast on Instagram  Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

  Did you grow up in a place that you didn't appreciate until later in life? A place that your father chose, a place you didn't understand, a place you couldn't wait to escape from, only to find, many years later, that you too love that place, and your father was right all along? Yes me too. Canada turns 150 on July 1st. To honour this day, Episode 18 celebrates both the east and west coasts of Canada with Grant Lawrence - music journalist, musician, writer and story teller.  Grant shares stories from Desolation Sound, a small inlet on the Coast of British Columbia, a place he once loved, then hate Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe