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S2E7 B is for Boiling, Bayleaf & Bloody Mary
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- Jun 22, 2025
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Summary
Welcome to Episode 7 of Season B. This is a Listener’s Choice ep, and things get hot, messy and monstrous as Sam, Neil and Alessandra look at Boiling, Bloody Mary and bay leaves. Things mentioned in this episode Sam Bilton wins at the Fortum & Mason Awards Museum of Royal Worcester project wins at the British Library Food Season Awards Sam’s black pudding episode on Comfortably Hungry Neil is appearing at the Chalke Festival on 27 June Follow Serve it Forth History Festival 18 October on Instagram @serveitforthfest Links & Further Reading Boiling Acton, E. (1845). Modern Cookery For Private Families . Quadrille. Beeton, I. (1861). The Book of Household Management . Lightning Source. Davidson, A. (1999). The Oxford Companion to Food . Oxford University Press. Grigson, J. (1992). English Food (Third Edit). Penguin. McGee, H. (1984). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (1st ed.). Allen and Unwin. Smith, D. (1998). Delia’s How to Cook Book 1 . BBC Books. Bayleaf: Culpeper’s Herbal (I’ll find a link late) What Is a Bay Leaf, Exactly? – Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-bay-leaf Pliny Natural History iv: Books 12-16 https://archive.org/details/L370PlinyNaturalHistoryIV1216/page/n391/mode/2up?q=laurel Ovid Metamorphosis https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21765/21765-h/21765-h.htm Bloody Mary: Why Is There an Entire Fried Chicken on My Bloody Mary?: An exploration of outrageous garnishes and the drink’s over-the-top evolution. The Spruce Eats The Tomato in America by Andrew F. Smith (1994): A rich history of the tomato- from suspicion to Bloody Mary staple. Essential reading for any cocktail historian. James Bond’s Other Drink: Long before Vesper, Bond was sipping Bloody Marys- shaken, not stirred, of course. Bormioli Luigi…