{"podcast":{"title":"The British Food History Podcast","slug":"the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947","podcast_index_feed_id":4064947,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-british-food-history-podcast/","website_url":"https://the-british-food-history-podcast.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/46b3a185-88cd-474c-800b-370e46b3f8ae/k4a__oz2kGx-D6uH-H_apVRG.jpg","author":"Neil Buttery","episode_count":104,"summary":"Welcome to 'The British Food History Podcast': British food in all its (sometimes gory) glory with Dr. Neil Buttery. He'll be looking in depth at all aspects of food with interviews with special guests, recipes, re-enactments, foraging, trying his hand at traditional techniques, and tracking down forgotten recipes and hyper-regional specialities. He'll also be trying to answer the big question: What makes British food, so...British? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T04:21:19.371386+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947"},"episode":{"title":"Food History Treasures of the Guildhall Library with Peter Ross","slug":"food-history-treasures-of-the-guildhall-library-with-peter-ross","published_at":"2026-06-07T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947/food-history-treasures-of-the-guildhall-library-with-peter-ross","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947","url":"https://the-british-food-history-podcast.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ef2797fb-8b52-4ac3-9998-31cf73187d63.mp3","summary":"Today I am talking with returning guest Peter Ross who was, until recently, the Principal Librarian at the City of London's Guildhall Library. His fantastic book called Insatiable Appetites, Eating Out in Georgian London , published by the Bodleian Library was published last month, May 2026. Today we are talking about the collections in the Guildhall Library, which is a staggering 600 years old. We mention quite a few books and collections, but there are links in the shownotes, and there will be images on the accompanying blog post, so do check that out too. We talk about the history of the library and how it got some of its collections such as the Elizabeth David collection, but also some of the lesser known ones such as the Robert Miller collection, the splendiferous feast put on for James I by the Merchant Tailors, the importance of the author’s voice when it comes to writing popular cookery books, Hannah Glasse’s sauerkraut, and Elizabeth David’s Fanny Cradock avoidance techniques, amongst many other things. Those listening to the secret podcast get some bonus material where we discuss the Hannah Glasse recipes that don’t work, the Worshipful Company of Brewers, poisonous pears in pewter pots and more. The Guildhall Library Insatiable Appetites, Eating Out in Georgian London by Peter Ross Peter will be at the Chalke History Festival on 27 June 2024 talking about Georgian Feasting Accompanying blog post on British Food: A History Season 10 of the podcast is sponsored by Netherton Foundry, makers of high-quality kitchen and outdoor cookware. Netherton Foundry ships to several countries outside of the UK, including the USA and Canada. Visit www.netherton-foundry.co.uk to find out more about their wonderful products – approved not just by me but by folk such as Tom Par…","meta_description":"Today I am talking with returning guest Peter Ross who was, until recently, the Principal Librarian at the City of London's Guildhall Library. His fantast…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2547,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947/episodes/food-history-treasures-of-the-guildhall-library-with-peter-ross/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947/food-history-treasures-of-the-guildhall-library-with-peter-ross.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}