# S2 E4: B is for Bakestone, Béchamel and Barbecue

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Published: 2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4168

## Resource

Cooking is essentially a series of techniques. In Episode 4 Neil, Sam and Allie explore an ancient form of hearth cookery; find out why being called Béchamel could merit a kick in the posterior and get sizzling on the barbie. (No cakes or dolls were harmed in the making of this podcast 😉). Useful Links Neil’s recipes: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2012/02/21/pancake-day/ https://britishfoodhistory.com/2020/12/03/to-make-crumpets/ https://britishfoodhistory.com/2024/10/29/singin-hinnies/ https://neilcooksgrigson.com/2015/07/13/411-brains-with-curry-and-grape-sauce/ Delicious Legacy Podcast-  A Short History of Barbecue Motherland Pig Episode:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rsphm The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover  - Peter Greenaway (1989) Goodfellas  BBQ Scene Saint Lawrence Patron Saint of Cooks First Catch Your Gingerbread   - Sam Bilton (2020) Perkins recipe Mark Meltonville - https://www.meltonville.uk/ The Culinary Triangle  Claude Lévi-Strauss (1966) Sumario de la historia general de las indias  - Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1526) A New Voyage Round the World  - William Dampier(1697) Dictionary of the English Language  - Samuel Johnson (1755) Suggested Reading French cookery: comprising L'art de la cuisine francaise, Le patissier royal, Le cuisinier parisien  - Marie Antoine Carême (1836 edition) Kettner’s Book of Table  - E. S. Dallas (1877) English Bread and Yeast Cookery  - Elizabeth David (1977) A Book of Bakestone Cookery  - Bobby Freeman (1984) The Scots Kitchen: It’s Lore and Recipes  - F Marian McNeill (1929) Cooked  - Michael Pollan (2013) The Saucier’s Apprentice  - Raymond Sokolov (1976) Le cuisinier françois - François Pierre de la Varenne  …

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