{"podcast":{"title":"A is for Apple: An Encyclopaedia of Food & Drink","slug":"a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931","podcast_index_feed_id":6817931,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/a-is-for-apple/","website_url":"https://a-is-for-apple.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c1904c79-fcc4-428b-8ecd-82ed457eb05d/javLXWZv1HDmkJdPRf2fxYUl.jpg","author":"Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery & Alessandra Pino","episode_count":32,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931"},"episode":{"title":"S2 E4: B is for Bakestone, Béchamel and Barbecue","slug":"s2-e4-b-is-for-bakestone-b-chamel-and-barbecue","published_at":"2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931/s2-e4-b-is-for-bakestone-b-chamel-and-barbecue","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931","url":"https://a-is-for-apple.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/5dca7d8b-cef1-44f9-9533-6e9f01a24d23/S2E4-Techniques.mp3","summary":"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  …","meta_description":"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 Bécha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4168,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931/episodes/s2-e4-b-is-for-bakestone-b-chamel-and-barbecue/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink-6817931/s2-e4-b-is-for-bakestone-b-chamel-and-barbecue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}