The Food Podcast

On today's episode, there will be...huge smiles. Baby pink long boards. The biggest bunches of flowers. Bacon cooked over an open fire. A chef on horseback wearing a vintage dress - basically the stuff that Australian food and lifestyle photographer Luisa Brimble captures on the daily. Lindsay Cameron WilsonIG: lindsaycameronwilson Twitter: @lcameronwilson Website: lindsaycameronwilson.ca/the-food-podcast/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Today on The Food Podcast, Lindsay sits down with Jessie Kanelos Weiner, an artist, author, food stylist and long term American living in Paris. Her latest book, Paris in Stride, takes the reader on an illustrated walk through Paris. I wanted to be that reader, so I ask Jessie to walk us through her Paris. We visit its beauty, its challenges, and discover how finding a voice as an artist, using a touch of animation and truth, allows Jessie to celebrate the everyday and find value in the familiar. It’s a walk through Paris, with stops in Chicago, Milan and a picnic on the Seine... So pull up a lawn chair (as one does in Jessie's studio) slice into wedge of camembert, and enter the world of an artist living in Paris. Lindsay Cameron WilsonIG: lindsaycameronwilson Twitter: @lcameronwilson Website: http://lindsaycameronwilson.ca/the-food-podcast/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Today on The Food Podcast Lindsay sits down with Alexander McCall Smith, Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. What begins as as a conversation on his use of tea in writing becomes a deep dive into tea etiquette, kindness and the importance of ritual. Of course the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is discussed; tea breaks are at the heart of detection, I’m sure Mma Ramotswe would say. Meditation is also woven in, along with the importance of packing tea (and a tea pot) when traveling. So put the kettle on, curl up, and have a listen. But remember to be polite, unless of course you switch to coffee.  Many thanks for listening.  Lindsay Cameron Wilson Host of  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Baking it Out with Claire Ptak On Episode 24 of The Food Podcast we talk to Claire Ptak, a Californian born chef, food writer, columnist, podcaster, collaborator and owner of Violet Bakery in London. We chat about her childhood in the kitchen, working at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, before moving to London and launching a business. Being a working mum is folded in, along with notes on style and seasonal baking. We dive into one of my favourite topics, Female Collaboration and hear from long time collaborators Cliodhna Prendergast and Imen McDonnell. We explore the importance of getting into the kitchen to BAKE IT OUT. This means finding order in the disorder, a practise Claire swears by. And hey, there’s some This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Tea towels - they are form and function. But if you look deeper into the fabric, you'll find stories about design, history and propaganda. Episode 23 unpacks these stories while meeting, along the way, Alissa Kloet, textile artist and owner of KeepHouse. Alissa shares her story of living as an artist in Nova Scotia, and how the land, the ocean and her love of hospitality led to KeepHouse. Oh and we also travel to Scotland, schmooze with royals, drink orange squash and hear about a tea towel collection that began in a tiny house in England. It's all about while lies deep inside the fibres, today on The Food Podcast.    Many thanks for listening.  Lindsay Cameron Wilson Host of This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Today on The Food Podcast, Lindsay sits down with JUNO award winning musician Old Man Luedecke. There will be tunes, Christmas morning ham on rye with a perfectly fried egg, sardine songs and we’ll crack open the Joy of Cooking. Merry Christmas!     This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

This episode is all about SEAWEED: where to find it, how to eat it and the stories it holds. We’ll take a walk along the Ring of Kerry with seaweed forager John Fitzgerald of Atlantic Irish Seaweed. We’ll make a seaweed smoothie with a Mermaid. We’ll learn about dulse, how it sustained monks, Vikings and Lindsay’s grandfather. It’s a salty, briny, wild episode full of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, today on The Food Podcast.  https://mermaidfare.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Julia Turshen is a NY cook, writer, journalist, and food activist. And she makes the best turkey ricotta meatballs, ever. You'll find them in her cookbook Small Victories, along with tips that will have you celebrating victories in the kitchen daily. Julia is a champion of home cooks, and a champion of Food Activism. We talk about all of this, and more good stuff, on this episode of The Food Podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

What's the story behind your favourite wooden spoon? Where did it come from? Is it stained from use? Did you scorch it on the stove? Was it a disciplinary tool? On this episode we talk with Terron Dodd, a cherished wooden spoon carver from Cape Breton, NS. Terron says, "I can make a wooden spoon, but the trees, they do all the work." On this episode we hear about those trees, his process, and how his sister's wedding cake launched his career as a wooden spoon maker. Skye Manson from the podcast My Open Kitchen and radio doc maker Dick Miller also share the story behind their favourite wooden spoons. It's all about hand made beauty, strength and discipline on this episode of The Food Podcast.     Follow Skye on Instagram @skye_manson   Follow The Food Podcast on Instagram  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

  Did you grow up in a place that you didn't appreciate until later in life? A place that your father chose, a place you didn't understand, a place you couldn't wait to escape from, only to find, many years later, that you too love that place, and your father was right all along? Yes me too. Canada turns 150 on July 1st. To honour this day, Episode 18 celebrates both the east and west coasts of Canada with Grant Lawrence - music journalist, musician, writer and story teller.  Grant shares stories from Desolation Sound, a small inlet on the Coast of British Columbia, a place he once loved, then hate This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

  'Stories from the Kitchen Table with Molly Wizenberg' (The Silent Witness) Molly Wizenberg is a Seattle-based writer, blogger, restaurant owner, podcast co-host, home cook and a story teller. Her stories are real, the kind filled with all the flavours of life. Molly's Instagram profile reads: Orangette / Spilled Milk / A Homemade Life / Delancey / Essex / stuff. On this episode of The Food Podcast we dive into all of that, especially the STUFF. The real stuff. The flavourful stuff. The stuff people don't always want to talk about. Molly spoke to me from her kitchen table, where she writes, shares meals, skypes podcast hosts, sews and does her taxes. Like all kitchen tables, Molly's table is witness to life, to STUFF. This episode explores her stories from her kitchen table, with a little side exploratio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

A Joyous Look at Fat, Sugar and Moderation   Fat, sugar, heart attacks and moderation - not to worry, episode 16 isn't a downer, it's Joyous! This episode stars Joy McCarthy, founder of Joyous Health. She'll share her story from daily afternoon M&M's and chronic sickness to a career as an inspiring holistic nutritionist, writer and best-selling author. We'll also hear from Michelle Book from the Canadian Health Food Association. She'll set us straight on the role sugar is playing in our lives today, and simple steps we can take to avoid it. This is an episode exploring choices, not restrictions. So fill your plate with the good stuff- but pay attention to that plate. Over the years they have grown in size. Who knew?    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Episode 15 Life After Gluten  On this episode, our 15th, I talk to Aran Goyoaga of the site www.cannellevanille.com and Paul Graham, author of the memoir In Memory of Bread. Aran is a Basque - American living in Seattle; Paul lives in upstate New York. They've never met. But they have something in common - both learned they could no longer eat gluten, long after their lives were shaped by the stuff. This episodes explores how they have approached life - gluten free. It's all about adversity, tears, triumphs and the making of new food memories on this episode of The Food Podcast. PS - and we dive a little into tinnitus. Sorry if I've over-shared...   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

On Episode 13, I went to Apple School. You could say on Episode 14, I go to Whiskey School, but this time personal stories are woven in between the sips. Specifically, from women. We’ll hear Tracy Cameron's story, from Olympic Medalist to Whiskey Distilling in Nova Scotia at http://caldera.ca/.  We’ll taste whiskey with Julia Ritz Toffoli, founder of Women who Whiskey, an experimental whiskey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Episode 13: The Apple School This episode is a celebration of the apple - from its origins, to the fruit, to the branches and its soil below. We’ll visit Josh Oulton of Tap Root farms, a request for a recipe comes in from Sistah J of sistahspeakproductions.com, and Jennie Dobbs, owner of Morris East, a woodfired-pizza restaurant in Halifax (morriseast.com) teaches us all about the power of apple wood in a wood-fired oven. The secret? it burns slow and hot. It’s apple 101 today, on The Food Podcast.  We're on: Facebook, TWITTER, This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

Pepper. It's something I twist (and at one time shook) onto my food several times a day. But rarely have I thought about the peppercorns themselves... until I met Louise and Nigel Biggar of DRØM PEPPER. They call themselves peppermongers. Yes episode 12 of The Food Podcast is all about pepper. But, as always, we delve into more than just the story of an ingredient. We learn the Biggar's story, and the story of Cambodian peppercorns. We talk about the bittersweet path that Cambodian farmers have taken to revive the peppercorn industry after the Khmer Rouge years. We talk about the Biggar's fresh start in Toronto. We talk about saying YES in life, and the power of personal connections. And, there's a little gelato chat in there too. We also touch on: salt and pepper shakers - do people still use them? Or are they just cherished just by collectors? Or museums in Spain? Connections with people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis

Daily ritual is an obsession of mine. I work from home, and when I come across others who do the same, with success, I want to know exactly how they do it: how their daily flow, from food, to sleep, to the time they awake, sparks creativity in their day. So, for episode 11, I ask three of my favourite ‘work from home’ creatives to share their daily rituals with me.   1. Mason Currey, the author of Daily Rituals, shares his secret clothing item that helps his focus. 2. Claire Cameron, also a writer, guns it through the dark, early in morning, then breaks the flow with something her husband makes for her… 3. Andrea Dorfman, animator and filmmaker, sneaks a little skinny dip in before her day begins. I once asked her what she thinks is the difference between routine and ritual. She replied - routine + spirituality = ritual.   But what do the academics have to say about ritual? Dr. Martha MacDonald s a folklorist who works as the acting d This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs

On this episode, Lindsay talks with Beth Kirby - stylist, photographer, writer, teacher and woman behind the award winning blog, LOCAL MILK. Beth talks about beauty - beauty in darkness and light, and all that lies in between. And the importance of taking time to slow down and carve out time for creativity. Because there’s a beauty in switching off, slowing down. and you know what? When you live slowly, you might find that love speeds up. Disclaimer We’re talking from the Local Milk HQ, Beth’s studio kitchen in Catt Tennessess... you might here a little beep from a firealram that needs a battery the house has just been remodelled,... it’s all a work in progress... We're on: Facebook: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

On today's episode of THE FOOD PODCAST, Lindsay sits down and talks with apron maverick Ellen Bennett about her kitchen wear empire Hedley & Bennett!! We're on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefoodpodcast/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thefoodpodcast STITCHER: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-food-podcast-with-lindsay-cameron-wilson Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-food-podcast/id1020743099?mt=2   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com

On today's episode of THE FOOD PODCAST, Lindsay sits down and talks with New York Times best selling THUG KITCHEN authors: Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway. This episode is a f*cking great one! We're on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefoodpodcast/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thefoodpodcast STITCHER: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-food-podcast-with-lindsay-cameron-wilson Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-food-podcast/id10 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com