Newark

The Kitchen Cabinet

BBC

Arts, Food

4.6 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jay Rayner and a panel of chefs and food writers kick off a new series in Newark. They answer a range of questions on coffee infused dishes and the best way to cook lamb. Joining Jay are food historian Dr Annie Gray, and chefs, cooks and food writers Lerato Umah Shaylor, Melissa Thompson, and Rob Owen Brown.

The panellists also come up with ideas for cooking cauliflower, as well as some suggestions for using beetroot.

Alongside the Q and A, Jay chats to Mat Short from Stray's at The Ossington about the do's and don't of using coffee in food and drinks.

Producer: Daniel Cocker Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock Executive Producer: Ollie Wilson A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

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0:40.4	Hello, and welcome to the new series of the kitchen cabinet, the show that offers tips,
0:44.4	recipes and history, while answering food questions from a live audience, often about
0:48.7	bacon. This week, we've come to Newark in Nottinghamshire, or Newark on Trent, to be
0:53.3	formal. Newark is a historic
0:55.1	market town with its origins in roman times and it once belonged to the earl of mercia and his wife lady godiva
1:00.9	bearing all for your enjoyment are food writers and cooks Melissa thompson rob o'em brown and lorato
1:06.3	umashela and doubtless with the long view on naked people riding about on horseback it's our resident
1:10.8	food historian dr. Annie Gray.
1:12.3	Ladies and gentlemen, your kitchen cabinet panel.
1:22.1	Now, this town is home to a large and imposing castle
1:25.4	that sits chest out on the banks of the river Trent.
1:27.9	It's said that King John died after a feast at Newark Castle on the night of the 18th of
1:32.7	October 1216 from eating a surfeit of peaches. Panel, I won't ask you what food you'd happily
1:38.4	consume in such quantity that it brings about your death. Let's keep it light. Instead,
1:44.0	I want you to tell me about the food.
1:45.6	You simply cannot stop eating. Melissa Thompson, I'll start with you.
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