Summary
Jay Rayner and the panel are in Newport, Wales offering their best culinary advice. Joining Jay are Angela Gray, Jocky Petrie, Jordan Bourke and food historian Dr Annie Gray.
The panellists share their favourite recipes involving figs and their fuss-free ways to spice up a home-cooked meal, and attempt to cure one audience member of his aversion to fishcakes.
We also hear from local chef Sergio Cinotti of Gem42 and Gemelli restaurants about how Roman flavours have influenced his cooking - be it libum bread or garum sauce.
Producer: Matt Smith Junior Producer: Dulcie Whadcock A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.1 | Hello and welcome to the kitchen cabinet, the show that serves up go-to culinary know-how, killer |
| 0:49.0 | recipes and food-based whimsy, which is obviously the best kind of whimsy. |
| 0:53.4 | This week, we're in Newport, South Wales, |
| 0:55.5 | known for both its industrial heritage and hearty cooking traditions. In 2014, the city made headlines |
| 1:01.0 | as the host of the NATO summit, bringing together world leaders, including Barack Obama, David Cameron, |
| 1:06.5 | Angela Merkel and Francoir Hollande, to discuss global security. What better setting then to bring together some of the leading voices in the world of food |
| 1:14.2 | for a different kind of summit, a much greedier one. |
| 1:17.2 | Welcome then chefs and food writers, James Jockey Petrie, Angela Gray and Jordan Burke, |
| 1:21.2 | and with them a woman mostly obsessed with the multi-course banqueting menus served to world |
| 1:25.4 | leaders at diplomatic summits down the ages. |
| 1:27.7 | It's our food historian, Dr. Annie Gray. |
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