Hoovering

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.Click on anything in capitals for a link to whatever I’m on about!This week my guest is LOUISE GRAY, and environmental and food writer whose incredible book THE ETHICAL CARNIVORE gave me a fundamental gear shift in the ways I was thinking about meat eating and the environment and the whole big picture. It was an honour to talk to somebody both so well-informed and articulate. We have a truly brilliant conversation (hence this episode being so long) about the ethics of eating, outing our disordered eating, working through it and finding both stress but also great joy in eating. Ooo and she cooked me a wild Scottish rabbit. Mind and mouth: blown. Honourable MentionsHERE is the brilliant Observer article about being a food

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week my guest Mock The Week regular and star of Netflix’ amazing ALMOST ROYAL, a real kind-lovely-man of comedy - ED GAMBLE Get the full pasty origin story, hear the confessions of two really-not-real-vegans and learn what an Australian ananab is. RecipesI made us a VEGAN BORSCHT, as ever, click on the bit in capitals for the recipe. And I didn’t know what ‘vegan sour cream yogurt’ was, as I haven’t ever seen that in the UK yet so I stuck some of OTTOLENGHI’S TAHINI SAUCE on the roof instead. Honourable MentionsYou can get tickets to see HOOVERING LIVE in London in January by clicking on the big bit. You HAVE TO GO AND SEE ED ON TOUR from 2019 - tickets through his website. A

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week my guest is someone I’ve had more requests to have as a guest than anyone else - someone whose genuinely trying to change the world for the better and who is treating the world for the wounds it currently has when it comes to poverty and specifically what poverty means for eating. It’s the funny and formidable Jack Monroe. Honourable MentionsJack’s stuff that you should check the f**k out of are: the blog where it all began COOKING ON A BOOTSTRAP. To buy Jack’s amazing new book of the same name CLICK HERE and whilst you’re at it Jack’s on PATREON as well. The totally delicious vegan cheese we were eating is called TYNE CHEASEThe vegan chicken stock is called OSUM but I can’t find a link to anywh

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week’s episode is/ was LIVE from the inaugural and excellent Manchester Podcast Festival. I was joined by a panel of excellent guests: Claire Goodwin from Bake Off, Cherylee Houston who plays Izzy in Coronation Street and the excellently funny Rachel Fairburn of the hilarious and fascinating ‘All Killa, No Filla’ podcast. We cover everything from Harold Shipman to Bruce Bogtrotter.RecipesClaire’s cake recipe is a magic secret which I will beg to make available for our Patrons at some point but I don’t yet have for general consumption! My bad - there are other sexy cake recipes on her website though HERE Honourable MentionsClick HERE to get tickets to the next LIVE Hoovering Shows in London

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week my guest is the extraordinarily talented comedian, writer, activist and also new Mum, Josie Long. I’m lucky enough to be allowed round hers to meet her new little baby and partner. We eat an Ottolenghi aubergine feast and her tiny daughter feeds too, live, which is a wonderful Hoovering first! Josie’s experiences and opinions on everything from diet culture or buffets are the most glorious waterfall of fresh joyous hope and wonder. What an excellent woman. RecipesI made us the aubergine and lentil stew from Ottolegnhi’s new book ‘Simple’. For the recipe click HERE and I can’t recommend the book enough. I’m already obsessed. I just used a bit of Alpro single cream instead of creme freche. Honourable MentionsOttoleng

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m taking a slightly indulgent detour from my usual sort of guest because I feel like I’ve been getting to talk to such huge, brilliant, megastars that I’ve earned this as it’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages - I’m talking to my Nana. Irene Greenway. She’s 89 and she’s incredible. As you’ll see. Her memory is a flighty thing so I wanted to get this conversation in while I can. I was pretty moved by the whole thing and I really hope you enjoy it. Also - she’s not exactly shy of a scandal or two!Honourable MentionsFirst up click HERE for tickets to my live show in Manchester on 6th October! And if you wanted to come to see me do new stand up along with my funniest friends in London, for dirt cheap in advance, then click&

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week my guest is only Countdown mega-brains and former superstar of Strictly… RACHEL RILEY. We’re talking living in an ex-brothel, overcoming mega-health issues. And guess which animal’s willy she’s seen?! RecipesRachel made lots of lovely fresh salads and smoked humous from Riverford as well as the creamiest guacamole, ever. And I made a pinto bean dip - which I’ll take photo graphs of the recipe and add them to the Facebook post for this podcast which you and click to get to HERE.Honourable MentionsYou can get tickets to see HOOVERING LIVE at the MANCHESTER PODCAST FESTIVAL by clicking HERE.We spoke about the comically rude but brilliant vegan cookbook THE THUGS COOKBOOKThe veg boxes we both use ar

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to the brilliant Mickey Noonan from The Standard Issue Podcast. There’s some excellent underhand solo podcasting from Mickey. We’re out and about so there’s a bit of background noise but nothing too annoying this time. There’s drugs, Billy Bear ham and shitting, oh and we start by fixing the patriarchy. As usual - links to everything important that we mention are below. Though I’ll be honest, I was too nervous to google ‘bill bear ham’ - I’ll leave that to you. Honourable MentionsFirst up click HERE for tickets to my live show in Manchester on 6th October! And if you wanted to come to see me do new stand up along with my funniest friends in London, for dirt cheap in advance, then click HERE.If you’ve ne

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking-to the mega-lovely, wonder-chef Dave Coulson off of The Great British Menu. We met in his glorious restaurant in Newcastle called Peace and Loaf. I love bread and I hate wars, so I knew I’d have a great time. I brought him a disguising durian fruit which caused a stir and a stink in the kitchen - fun to be the one bringing some drama. And he made me something incredible out of the bits of pigs that are usually destined for the dustbin. He’s so fun and honest about what his local Michelin star inspector looks like and all the acute cuisine he feeds his son (not). This one was so fun and exciting to record. We met in a working kitchen, so there’s some background noise, but who cares, ey. Honourable MentionsClick HERE&nb

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to a master of the comedic craft, James Acaster. There are some TOP TIPS in terms of mushroom cookery and off-menu-items. Not to even start on the blistering series of American puddings that get a shout out. This is was such a fun, funny, easy episode to record and I think it shows. Once you’ve listened to this watch James’ trilogy of incredible shows on Netflix: Repertoire. Honourable MentionsTrader Joe’s in the States where he bought the frozen banana pieces dipped in chocolate. Magnolia Bakery off of Sex And the City. I couldn’t find the beautiful Smack the Pony sketch where everyone’s given everything up but actually I found THIS ONE which is, if anything, more fitting Tom A

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to Nahel Tzegai - actor in the West End smash hit ‘The Jungle’, all about the Calais jungle. There are Eritrean recipes, admissions of the downsides of fully immersive theatre (farts) and it turns out I do know what dissonance means. Considering we’re on the set of one of the most heartbreaking plays I’ve seen in years, this is a very very happy episode. RecipesI made her vegan courgette apple muffins https://deliciouslyella.com/2012/08/20/vegan-zucchini-apple-muffins-gluten-dairy-and-sugar-free/Honourable MentionsThe play is called ‘The Jungle’The Camden based Arab food market is called PheoniciaEthiopian Restaurants Labilel and Addis, both in Kentish Town And Nahel’s funny sounding recommend

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m in Yorkshire talking to comedian and huge-cooking-enthusiast Peter Brush. We are out for lunch and he tells me all about wanting in another life to live in someone’s shed and do all their cooking. We get into the politics of ethical eating and politics full-stop. We skirt around hypochondria, the pitfalls of sugar and the circumstances in which he’d eat a person are amazing. Honourable MentionsIF YOU’RE IN EDINBURGH THIS LAST WEEKEND GET DOWN TO PETER’S SHOW - CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!We ate lunch in Nichols Vegetarian Eatery in Chapel Allerton in LeedsAnna Jones’ Chilli (and other recipes in a brilliant looking Guardian article from 2016)The Honest Guys Youtube Channel for zoning out and sometimes even gett

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week my guest is none other than super star chef, restauranteur and co-host of Sunday Brunch amongst loads of other brilliant stuff - it’s the excellent Simon Rimmer. Simon is delightfully open about times where he’s overdone it on the workload, about the media-luvvie bubble it’s too easy to slip into and about the time he ate some whale. His stories about guests on Sunday Brunch are hilarious and his honesty about his journey and imperfections is disarmingly lovely. Honourable MentionsHere’s a link to Simon’s inaugural, incidentally vegetarian restaurant ‘Greens’ and here’s a link to ALL THE BOOKS he’s written like a legend. Most importantly here is Richard Blackwood on Sunday Brunch: https://w

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to sisters in comedy (and life) Flo and Joan (or as they’re known in real life, Nicola and Rosie). These sick, funny bastards came round to mine for a mushroom risotto that I winged, I’m afraid - so no recipe. I had a mushroom glut and I made it up as I went along. They brought me homemade chocolate brownies and we talked about everything from sticking an octopus up your arse to Rosie telling me exactly how she’d butcher me and which bits she’d eat first. Oh God. (This was a funny one)Honourable MentionsSteam Whistle Lager from Canada and Sriracha Veganaise Warner Edwards Rhubarb Gin and my favourite OpihrOH, AndIf you have got a couple of extra quids a month I’m on this great site called 

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to comedian, journalist and author Viv Groskop. We met in the Riding House Cafe in Fitzrovia, London which we both love but I had totally underestimated how crazily loud it is in there. Always. So it’s loud, but you CAN hear us. We get pretty deep into the cons (in my view) of the diet industry and the misery and insanity of a life of YoYo dieting. Viv has incredible stories of pushing buttons for champagne and meeting Uraguyian plane crash surviving cannibals. Honourable MentionsViv’s Edinburgh Show Vivalicious - get tickets here! Here’s where to buy Viv’s latest, brilliant book ‘The Anna Karenina Fix’ We met and had breakfast in The Riding House CafeBob Bob Ricard, the restaurant where you ring a bell

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to a really huge star - it’s only blooming Fay Ripley! Off of Cold Feet, a million other shows and author of three, yes three, cookery books. We met in Fay’s drop dead gorgeous north London home where I bring a vegan carrot cake and Fay makes a jaw dropping passionfruit and pistachio drizzle. She wins. We learn that I can’t pronounce the word walnut and that I can accidentally make a question sound like code for a deeply intrusive sexual interrogation.RecipesHere’s the vegan carrot cake recipe I used. And here is a link to Fay’s books where you’ll find the recipe for the cake she made! Honourable MentionsMamma Dough pizza places across South East London and they are SO FIT.The swanky wanky restaurant Fay mentioned in

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to one my my favourite new comedians whose going to be a household name in the next few years, Rosie Jones. She’s already been on 8 out of 10 Cats and the Last Leg and she’s taking her first hour up to the fringe this year. She’s got cerebral palsy, a ruthlessly filthy mind and a connoisseur-level-love of incredibly fine, swanky pants food. That and a borderline ‘problem’ with creme eggs. There’s a postcard to Bridlington and an excellent celebrity-restaurant-spot story. RecipeI made us a (vegan) puff pastry tart laden with tonne of green veg (Rosie’s favourite), some very slow cooked sweet red onions, pine nuts and homemade pesto. Honourable MentionsThis is where to buy tickets to see Rosie in her show ‘Fifteen

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking an MP, no less - it’s the totally brilliant Jess Phillips. Jess talks about everything from the bleak reality of food poverty to much more profound statements such as, and I quote, “Bovril is my touchstone”. From the ridiculous to the heartbreaking in this episode, Jess shares stories from her community we go DEEP on the topic of supermarkets (as per). Her partner sounds like a genius and of COURSE she’ll tell us what crickets taste like. RecipesI made us these vegan double chocolate chip cookies Honourable MentionsPax Max Chicken soup and the mighty Small Heath ASDAHer funny and moving book ‘everywoman’ is on Amazon HEREOH, AndIf you have got a couple of extra pounds a month I’m on this great site

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to my dear friend writer, actor and broadcaster Hatty Ashdown. We tuck into some improvised ratatouille I’d done to use up all my fridge veg and Hatty got us a lovely chocolate and raspberry pudding combo. We explore the fact she’s very very pregnant, bemoan the pitfalls of teaching our toddlers our own crappy habits and get pretty honest about the disordered slimming club type bollocks we got wrapped up in, for various reasons as kids. Honourable MentionsCoconut Collective Chocolate Puds OH, AndIf you have got a couple of extra quids a month I’m on this great site called Patreon where I exchange for rewards including exclusive content for your hard earned cash which means I can keep doing and improving

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to King of Podcasts, broadcaster and kind, funny food-keen-heart Geoff Lloyd. Geoff makes me an Indian feast to make the heart SING, seriously fine hoovering. We talk about everything from alcoholism to farting on the magna carter and we find a very unlikely cure for climate change. Honourable MentionsThe Queen of modern Indian-ish cooking Meera Sodha and world’s best milk bar I’d never heard of, MomofukuOH, AndIf you have got a couple of extra pounds a month I’m on this great site called Patreon where I exchange for rewards including exclusive content for your hard earned cash which means I can keep doing and improving the podcast. Click on the word Patreon, either of them  See