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Desert Island Dishes

Felicity Cloake: Author of the Guardian's "How to Cook the Perfect..." column, New Statesman columnist and cookbook author

Desert Island Dishes

Desert Island Dishes

Food, Food Interview, Desert Island, Desert Island Dishes, Arts, Food Podcast, Dish, Interview, Society & Culture, Cooking, Chef, Personal Journals

4.8780 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Felicity Cloake.

Felicity is an award winning freelance journalist and writer. You may know her from her infamous Guardian column How to Make the Perfect:” or perhaps from her column in the New Statesman or perhaps from her many other writing features.

She has written 5 books – with more in the pipeline. Her writing and recipe testing is meticulous and has made Felicity one of the biggest names in food writing today with her recipes being some of the most trustworthy around. I was so excited to sit down with Felicity this week and when I described her as one of the biggest names in food writing I could see her immediately recoil at that because she’s very modest but it’s true and I stand by it.

To back up my statement I can tell you that she has been crowned the “Nation’s Taster in Chief” and Jan Moir says: “She oozes trustworthiness the way a figgy pudding oozes spicy fumes” which both Felicity and I decided was a pretty impressive accolade.

There’s all sorts in this one – from dishwahers, to chicken kievs, melon ballers, eyeballs and everything in between. On that note: I would love to know where you lot stand on melon ballers? Now I’m not saying they are an essential piece of kit – but who doesn’t love little tiny balls of melon??

You can find Felicity's new book here: (https://amzn.to/2Pan5xL)

If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a 5* review – please do as it really does give the show a little boost and is genuinely very much appreciated.

Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to go to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes plus the recipes I’ve created inspired by each episode and loads more beside that.

Come and say on Instagram @margienomura (https://instagram/margienomura) and tell all your friends – the more the merrier.

Thanks so much for listening!



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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.

0:06.9

This is the weekly podcast in which I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.

0:12.9

These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,

0:17.1

the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the Desert Island.

0:25.6

I hope you're all well. Thank you for the lovely reviews you've been leaving this week.

0:29.6

Someone describes Desert Island dishes as chocolate fondant in podcast form, which might just be the best thing anyone's ever said to me, and I'm thinking

0:39.2

of getting it tattooed.

0:40.3

What do you think?

0:41.6

If you haven't already, then this is just a friendly reminder to click that five-star rating on iTunes

0:46.6

and leave a review, which you never know, I may also end up getting tattooed.

0:51.8

I was so excited to sit down with Felicity this week.

0:55.5

I describe her as one of the biggest names in food writing,

0:58.7

and I could see her immediately recoil at that because she's very modest,

1:02.9

but it's true and I stand by it.

1:05.7

There's all sorts in this one, from dishwashers to chicken Kiev's,

1:09.8

melon ballers, eyeballs and everything in

1:12.6

between. Enjoy. My guest today is Felicity Cloak. Felicity is an award-winning freelance

1:21.3

journalist and writer. You may know her from her infamous Guardian column, How to Make the Perfect,

1:27.2

or perhaps from her column in the New Statesman, or perhaps from her infamous guardian column, How to Make the Perfect, or perhaps from her column in the

1:28.7

New Statesman, or perhaps from her many other writing features. She has written five books with more

1:34.9

in the pipeline. Her writing and recipe testing is meticulous and has made Felicity one of the

1:40.7

biggest names in food writing today, with her recipes being some of the most trustworthy around.

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