Ep 192: Helen Bauer
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated stand-up, ‘Live at the Apollo’ star and ‘Trusty Hogs’ podcast co-host Helen Bauer is this week’s guest. And she’s so committed to her menu she’s ordered some of it last night.
Helen Bauer is going on tour. Visit helenbauer.co.uk for dates and tickets.
Listen to Helen’s podcast with Catherine Bohart, ‘Trusty Hogs’, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Follow Helen on Twitter and Instagram @HelenBaBauer
Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).
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And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.
Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello listeners of the off menu podcast. It is Ed Gamble here from the off menu podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I have a very exciting announcement. I have written my first ever book. I am absolutely |
| 0:12.1 | over the moon to announce this. I'm very, very proud of it. Of course, what else could |
| 0:16.7 | I write a book about? But food. My book is all about food. My life in food. How greedy |
| 0:22.2 | I am. What a greedy little boy I was. What a greedy adult I am. I think it's very funny. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm very proud of it. The book is called Glutton, the multicorse life of a very greedy boy. |
| 0:32.4 | And it's coming out this October, but it is available to preorder now wherever you |
| 0:38.0 | preorder books from. And if you like my signature, I've done some signed copies which are exclusively |
| 0:44.8 | available from Waterstones. But go and preorder your copy of Glutton, the multicorse life of |
| 0:50.0 | the very greedy boy now. Please. Today's episode of the off menu podcast is brought to you |
| 0:56.8 | by Birer Mareti. I'm off fanatically Italian quality-larger, Ed. Don't you know? I should |
| 1:03.1 | know. I live in Italy. Yes, you didn't know. Listen, and James has moved to Italy specifically |
| 1:08.1 | because of his favourite beer, Birer Mareti. James, tell me about what life is like in Italy. |
| 1:12.9 | Ah, so much has happened in Italy. Ed, people think that Italy is all about the ancient times. |
| 1:17.7 | The coder seon, the, the, the, the, World Cup 1990. But it's not about that anymore. It's |
| 1:25.3 | now about the present thanks to Birer Mareti, the Italian or Tendica. |
| 1:28.9 | I heard James that in Italy, you take the time to stop and make the most of the moments |
| 1:32.9 | that matter because life takes better when it's enjoyed with a few simple ingredients. |
| 1:37.3 | Great food. Great food. Great beer. Great beer. Great company. Great company. Yeah, you |
| 1:40.8 | preempted me there. Also, James, what happens if you're in Italy and you don't necessarily |
| 1:45.6 | want to drink alcohol? How do you get that lovely taste? Or Bon Giorno, Ed. Here's how we |
| 1:50.8 | get that lovely taste with great taste in alcohol free Birer Mareti, the Taliana or Tendica. |
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