A is for Apple is an encyclopaedia of food and drink that takes a deep dive into food and drink culture letter by letter.
Written and presented by Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery and Alessandra Pino.
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In this bonus episode Sam explores the Instagram sensation that is the avocado and why this berry that takes its name from the Aztec word for testicle makes some people rather anxious. This is the full interview with author and environmental journalist Louise Gray, who’s book Avocado Anxiety tracks the stories of our five-a-day from farm to fruit bowl and uncovers the impact that growing fruits and vegetables has on the planet.
You can follow Louise on Instagram and X or find out more about her work here.
You can follow the A is for Apple Podcast on Instagram and X (Twitter).
A is for Anchovy, Alewife & Avocado
Season 1 · Episode 7
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 • Duration 01:10:33
In this episode - the last of the A series! - Alessandra, Neil and Sam take on listeners’ suggestions to create quite the pot pourri mix of anchovies, alewives and avocados.
If you have any suggestions for season ‘B’ let us know! You can find A is for Apple on Instagram and X (Twitter) or email us at aisforapplepod@gmail.com
Useful links and things mentioned in the episode
Neil Buttery, Knead to Know, Icon Books, out this September 2024!
In this bonus episode, Allie interviews apple detective Tom Adams to discuss his work in uncovering forgotten and nearly extinct apple varieties, and why preserving them is crucial.
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PILOT: A is for Apple, Absinthe & Adulteration
Season 1 · Episode 1
Monday, March 4, 2024 • Duration 54:55
In the very first episode, Neil is presenting and gives everyone a free choice as to what topic they want to talk about, as long as it begins with A of course. Alessandra goes for apples, Neil chooses absinthe and Sam looks into adulteration.
Anything to add? Don’t forget we want to hear your suggestions for future topics.
BONUS EPISODE: Amino Acids, Nitrogen and the Soil
Season 1 · Episode 7
Friday, July 12, 2024 • Duration 09:05
In this extra bonus episode, Neil talks with Sam and Alessandra about why getting plenty of nitrogen in the soil is good for making amino acids and therefore protein.
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In this episode Allie gives Sam and Neil a topic to sink their teeth into as we discuss all things meaty. We chat about fake birds, meat jellies and learn why certain molecules make savoury food so irresistibly scrumptious.
Here is an extra helping of the A is for Applepodcast following on from our last episode on vegetables. If you listened to the last 'A' episode, you’re probably thinking that we were on our best behaviour. But you should know us better than that by now!
As ever Allie, Neil and I talked for ages about our vegetal A’s and inevitably we strayed onto our pet subjects of aphrodisiacs and sex. So here are the saucy bits we couldn’t fit into the previous episode on vegetables. But we start by continuing our discussion on the perils of recipe testing.
In today’s episode we will be discussing what many a child dreads encountering on their dinner plate. So prepare yourself for a wrinkled nose or two, an impromptu visit to the sick room and a few prickly surprises as Allie, Neil and I explore the verdant world of vegetables.
Sam’s interpretation of Hannah Glasse’s Asparagus in a French Role (sic) on Instagram (essentially a quiche in a loaf of bread)
Neil’s Butter Sauce (a classic accompaniment to asparagus)
You can also find Neil’s talk on 'Navigating 19th Century English meals through Worcester porcelain' for the Museum of Royal Worcester onYouTube
Lindsay Middleton’s project Dishes for the Sickroom examines the links between food, health, education and international ingredients in the culinary collections of the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Archive Centre.
In today’s baking themed episode, Alessandra looks into that classic piece of kitchen kit, the Aga, Neil investigates hyper-regional Welsh biscuits called Aberffraw cakes and Sam goes oh-so-retro with a deep-dive into angelica.
Books and other things mentioned in this episode:
Joanna Trollope A Village Affair (1989) Televised version (1995)
Tale of Thormod and Thorarin translated in . Trans. Lee M Hollander, New York: Princeton University Press, 1949 pp179
A is for Almond, Apricot & Aubergine
Season 1 · Episode 3
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 • Duration 01:02:20
Things start to get fruity in this third episode. Neil chooses almonds, fuelling a historical debate that goes a bit nuts. Apricots are more Allie’s jam as she looks at their use in literature and Sam takes the less beaten track of the aubergine, sparking memories of the time she made a parmigiana…on TV!
‘Eggplant (aubergine) — A Mad Apple with a Dark Liaison’ on the Vegetarians in Paradise website
‘Eggplant (aubergine) Symbol Timeline in Love in the Time of Cholera’ on the LitCharts website
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La Varenne's Cookery. The French Cook; The French Pastry Chef; The French Confectioner. A modern English translation and commentary by Terence Scully. (Prospect Books, 2006)
'Angelica: From Norwegian Mountains to the English Trifle' by Ove Fosså in Wild Food: Proceedings of the Oxford Food Symposium on Food and Cookery 2004. Totnes: Prospect Books, 2006, 13 PDF link
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