SIM Ep 84, Chops 27: Ruby Tandoh Eats Up

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This week, we have a Chops appropriate subject matter, as our Maddie Hickish, the erstwhile unheard member of the Standard Issue Team, meets columnist, author and one-time Great British Bake Off contender, Ruby Tandoh. They chatted about Ruby's new book, Eat Up!, the "clean eating" backlash, and the joy of food. Plus, remember Supermarket Sweep? Just WHAT can you buy for less than a tenner in a newsagent, these days? Our Maddie and Ruby find out...

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and sees apply check the Uber app. And the standard issue for all women. This week, this week Sunday Chops is brought to you by me, Maddie Hickish.
0:47.0	Now you won't have heard my voice before,
0:49.0	although I may have chipped in on a previous podcast ages ago
0:52.0	and you might have heard me laughing at the back of one of the
0:54.5	lesser square theatre gigs but basically I'm the one that Mickey or Hannah thank at the end of the
1:00.6	live shows I press record and make sure that the
1:03.7	the podcast and all the wonderful contributions from our guests don't just
1:07.5	disappear into the ether. But yes, anyway I'm here with my own Sunday
1:11.6	chops which is really exciting and I'm very glad to have been given
1:14.3	the opportunity thank you very much. This week we're going to hear from the food writer and cook Ruby
1:20.5	Tandow who you might also remember from Series 4 of the Great British Bake-Off.
1:25.2	If you haven't come across her work before, I should introduce her by saying that Ruby is an
1:29.9	absolutely remarkable voice in food writing and just writing about the world in general.
1:35.7	She's written two straight recipe books and she's also economist and she writes regularly
1:40.6	in The Guardian but her latest book is a bit different. It's called
1:44.3	Eat Up and it's described as a manifesto that celebrates the fun and pleasure in
1:48.9	food. And it's especially interesting because I feel like it flies in the face of a culture that's taken much of the pleasure and joy out of eating and made it complicated and stressful.
1:59.0	On that note actually, the reason we chose to feature Ruby this week is that from the 26th of February to the 4th of March, it is Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
2:08.0	And this is an issue that's very close to my heart and one that I've only just become a bit more confident talking about
2:14.4	despite the fact that it's affecting me for a very long time. Now I know I'm not alone in having
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