Podcast Episodes

How to have a stress-free family meal

Are your family meals calm and connected?

Or have they become dominated by battles with fussy kids or awkward teens?

Mum-of-one Ruth Alexander gets ad…

2 months, 1 week ago

What to eat to run a marathon

What should runners should eat to train for, and complete, a marathon? With major races like the London and Boston marathons approaching, more peo…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Giving it all up for food

Ruth Alexander meets three people who gave up well-paid, high-flying careers to start all over again in the world of food.

Nisha Katona left a career…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The story of the sandwich

Shattering the myth of its aristocratic origins and exploring some of the boldest creations; Ruth Alexander finds out about the history, culture and …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Small kitchens

From Michelin starred kitchens to Hong Kong’s high rise tower blocks, via informal settlements in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Ruth Alexander hears fr…

3 months, 1 week ago

The risk takers

Every food company starts with a gamble - and not all of them pay off. In this episode Ruth Alexander speaks to business owners about the risks they…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

How to write a recipe

We all have recipes we turn to again and again, perhaps from the stained pages of our favourite cookbooks, or handed down through families. But have …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Can you learn to love the foods you hate?

Most of us have foods we refuse to eat - think coriander, or maybe olives. But where do those strong dislikes come from, and is it possible to change…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Fermented foods: A beginner's guide

Fermented foods are fashionable – kimchi, kefir, kombucha – they're all having a moment, many thousands of years on from where they were first produc…

4 months ago

Dinner unboxed

Meal kits have become a familiar part of food shopping in many countries, offering pre-portioned ingredients and recipes delivered to the door. But h…

4 months, 1 week ago