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Welcome to the final episode of Season four. If you’ve been here for a while, you’ll know that ‘season’ is a loose word. Season one lasted about 5 years… Since then we’ve tidied things up around here with eight episodes per season. And here we are, at number eight. There’s never been a theme to the seasons, but looking back over season four, I see a thru-line connecting the episodes. The theme is Nova Scotia - the place where I produce these episodes, the place where I live.Above is an image of the Halifax Central Library where I record The Food Podcast. It’s a bright, white space with stairs, bridges and atriums connecting the five stories. On the second floor is a sound studio that’s open to the public. It has become my room of one’s own, my quiet space, uninterrupted and sound proofed from the outside world, just two blocks from my house.In episode one of the season - Balancing in the Middle- I promised to look back at where we began, where we’ve ended, and what we’ve learned in between. So here I am at

Cake, Pudding and the Space In Between with Colleen Thompson -  is officially live! Yes we are back to regular programming after a little pause in the season. I haven’t been toes up and eating cake - I mean pudding - this whole time. I’ve been sorting out the semantics of dessert. It can be confusing, so the episode begins with a short primer on the sweet and savoury world of cakes and puddings, and how their names vary from place to place. The cake above, a Malva Pudding, is where a pudding and a cake intersect. It is also where the magic of science comes into play. The sponginess of this pudding happens when baking soda and vinegar meet- sweet bubbles and growth, that’s what this pudding/cake is all about. And the space in between? That’s the story that lives in this cake - its journey from South Africa to a little restaurant in Canada, and the story of writer and photographer Colleen Thompson who wrote a cookbook capturing the flavours of these places. And woven through the in between is music, because as

Here I am, on a sunny day back in October, savouring a Shore Lunch sushi bowl in the sun. I am sitting on a red adirondack on the wharf in Lunenburg, NS. A few tourists are milling around. A ship is tied up in front of me. Water is lapping against its sides. I take this picture then put my phone away. This food takes all my focus. Yellofin tuna. peppery greens. Chickpeas. Seaweed salad. Nori Flakes. Sesame Chickpeas. Miso Whip. Later I will see Amy Funk’s art exhibition at the Lunenburg School of the Arts. Amy is also the chef behind the Shore Lunch food truck. She made this bowl. This episode is the story of how Amy Funk, and artist and chef who has lived far and wide, has landed here, on the south shore of Nova Scotia. Cooking, painting, and feeding me in the sun. We discuss life. Hardships. Ingredients. Wanting the big time, and finding it in Nova Scotia. Here in this bowl.Thanks for listening, x LindsayLinks:* Shore Lunch Food Truck* Tipping is a Legacy of Slavery by Michelle Alexander* Lincoln Street Foo

This episode began with a prompt in my writing class - to explore a threshold moment. It could be an ending, a beginning, leaving something behind or entering into something new. It could be a boundary, a tipping point, the edge of an experience. I began by making lists, but like all good prompts, I found myself transported to a place I hadn’t expected - my grandmother’s apartment overlooking the Bedford Basin. And as I walked through the memory, images, flavours, aromas and textures emerged. And a recipe too. So here is it, an episode through the lens of my grandmother Vivian. I hope it transports you into your own threshold memories. Feel free to share a taste of them with me in the comments below. I’d love that.Thanks for listening, x LindsayCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Jenn Grant Follow: @thefoodpodcast and @lindsaycameronwilson Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

A Measure of My Dreams is a lyric from A Rainy Night in Soho by the Irish band The Pogues. The lyric speaks to love and loss, but it also touches on the transient nature of life, and the fleeting beauty of moments, and the profound impact brief encounters can have. Liz Chute has made a life from profound encounters. For 25 years Liz has owned and run The Pebble Bed and Breakfast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Liz is from Listowel, Ireland, and her family, her home, her business and her kitchen is full of Irish love and passion. This episode is Liz’s story, told through the lens of music, food, family, dancing, running, pressed sheets and a passion for authentic hospitality.It’s a special one. I hope you enjoy it!X LindsayLinks:* The Pebble B&B * That review on Tripadvisor * The Food Podcast - A Field Guide to Christmas* The Pogues - A Rainy Night in Soho* Simon Pearce Glassware* Frette Linens* Molton Brown * qualifying for the Boston MarathonCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTh

Lauren Gerrie is my guest this week on The Food Podcast. She is a New York based chef, a dancer, teacher, artist, collaborator and community builder. She’s a flavour alchemist, a master in texture, a cheerleader and a woman who barbecues scallops on the windy shores of Nova Scotia in a leotard. This conversation is a celebration of community through the lens of food, friendship, The Two Fat ladies, dance, movement and celebration. And Pat Benatar. Thanks for listening.Links:* We Belong by Pat Benatar * Ryan Heffington - Ted Talk: How Dance can unleash your inner joy* Moves Pure Joy - Instagram @movespurejoy* Lauren Gerrie - Instagram @laurengerrie * The Two Fat Ladies Complete Series on Youtube* Books for Cooks Notting Hill, LondonCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Jenn Grant Follow: @thefoodpodcast and @lindsaycameronwilson Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

I’m jumping in here to welcome you to a re-leased episode of last year’s A Field Guide to Christmas. For those who celebrate, we do it every year, but somehow, we still need a field guide, a mentor, and calming friend to shepherd us through this beautiful, nostalgic and sometimes difficult time of year. At least I do, and I know there’s one other person too…I was sitting at a high school football game earlier in the fall, watching my son and nephew play. It was an away game -  A five hour drive. But the last of the fall leaves were still hanging on, there were thermoses of coffee in the cup holders, so it wasn’t such a bad drive. The Cape Breton autumn winds were whipping at our backs as we perched on metal bleachers. (I should say that the field guide to watching Canadian football would include pads to sit on  - we use the little cushions that come with our ikea outdoor furniture - they work like a charm and keep you warm.) Anyway, the turnout wasn’t so good for our team, spectators were thin, but those who

Welcome to season four, episode two of The Food Podcast! This episode is all about the storied history of the blue fin tuna, told through the lens of investigative food systems journalist Karen Pinchin. Through the writing of her book Kings of Their Own Ocean, a story that follows a tagged blue fin called Amelia back and forth across the Atlantic, we also learn about Karen. Karen and I are friends, but it wasn’t until I read this book that I learned how the story of what happens beneath the ocean can also uncover details of human life, Karen’s life. Thanks for listening, x LindsayLinks:* Karen Pinchin* Kings of Their Own Ocean - Penguin Random House Canada* Kings of Their Own Ocean on Audible And for a deeper dive into Kings of Their Own Ocean - * Gastro Pod: All About the Tuna Rollercoaster* Canadian Geographic * The American Scholar - On the Line* The New Yorker - The Magnificence of the Blue Fin Tuna* The Coast - The Reel DealCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTheme song is

New! Click to listen to the essay. It’s me, mistakes and all. I’m going for a done, not perfect, approach. Fits with today’s theme. Please let me know if this is a helpful/fun/user friendly/easy addition to the newsletter and if so, I’ll do it every time. I planted spring bulbs in a light hail storm yesterday. The ground was soft after heavy rain the night before; digging was easy. I wore my husband's sailing gear - waterproof overalls and a matching jacket, rain boots and gardening gloves. I was overdressed, but I had fifty dollars of bulbs to put in the ground, bought hastily the other day after my friend Piia texted with the reminder to get bulbs in the ground, asap, before it freezes. I didn’t have time to mess around.I bought the bulbs at Halifax Seed. I arrived just as woman in a teal Subaru was pulling up. She had bangs the same colour as her car. Together we dug through the dregs of their bulb collection, both with the frantic air of a late-November bulb shopper. Some were massive, the size of small o

Welcome to season four of The Food Podcast!In this episode, our first of the season, we mention - * Skyting Yoga * Kumi Sawyers* The poet Alden Nowlan * The Food Podcast Season 3 Ep 5 ‘All We Need is Here’ with Gillian BellThe Food Podcast is produced by Abby Cerquitella Get full access to Food Stories at lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode - * Amy Minichiello | Instagram | Website * Recipes in the Mail - Family Cookbook and Journal * Amy’s Instagram post from April, 2023 * The Food Podcast Season 3 Episode 7 - Homemaking with Jill Barber * Jill Barber’s song, My Mother’s Hand Episode Credits-@amy_minichiello_ Episode edited by @abigailcerquitella Host @lindsaycameronwilson @thefoodpodcast  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

Season 3, Episode 7, Homemaking with Jill Barber, is live!Mentioned in this episode:* Jill Barber | Website | Instagram* Clint Smith on Stephen Colbert - Clint Smith: Poetry is the Act of Paying AttentionVia Jami Attenburg’s ‘#1000 words of summer ‘* Maggie MacKellar on The Food Podcast - Flavours of Home with Maggie MacKellar* Maggie MacKellar’s Substack, The Sit Spot - “Lucinda Williams and Me” * Angela Garbes - Essential Labor Mothering as Social Change * Alison Roman’s Key Lime Pie Edited by Abby Cerquitella Music by Jill Barber + Jenn Grant 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

Season 3, Episode 6, Listen to the Tea, is live and ready for listening!Mentioned in this episode:* MFK Fisher’s A Map of Another Town: A Memoir of Provence* Discovering Tea with Margaret Ledoux * London based textile artist Rachna Garodia * The Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit* Weaver Sandra Brownlee in her studio (a Sandra Brownlee weaving is featured in the image above)* Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner * Hetty McKinnon’s Sheet Pan Pierogies with Brussels Sprouts and KimchiEpisode CreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Jenn Grant Follow: @thefoodpodcast and @lindsaycameronwilson 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

Gillian Bell has many stories to tell. She is an English cook, cake maker and social worker living in Brisbane. She can bake for a crowd with a broken oven. She loves poetry and the natural world around her. And, she travels the world making wedding cakes, only deciding on the direction the cake will take after she arrives at the venue, meets the couple and learns the flavour of their lives. This whimsical style of cake making invites intrigue, adventure, deep connection and, potential cake disasters. But as it turns out, Gillian doesn’t experience cake disasters - of course things go wrong, but nothing is a disaster when you see life through the lens of challenge and adventure. So this episode, the second in a two part series on cake disasters, has taken a turn. Yes there will be disasters, but Gillian guides us through them using ingenuity, resolve, extra buttercream and the most important tool in her cake-making kit: asking for help. Mentioned in this episode - * Gillian Bell Cake | IG @gillianbellcake | W

What do you do when things go wrong? This episode of The Food Podcast is all about learning to face disasters. Norwegian content producer Marianne Pfeffer Gjengedal, maker of the most colourful, delightful and fantastical tall cakes, shares her cake disaster story and wisdom on how to roll when things go awry. It’s an episode all about pushing through the pain, trusting, and practicing a lot so when disaster does strike, you’re ready for it. Links and things -Marianne Pfeffer Gjengedal’s InstagramEpisode 30 of The Food Podcast with Marianne PfefferMarianne’s Call Your Girlfriend Cake Video, inspired by @robynkonichiwa Sesame Street Disaster Cake SkitAn essay about the isolation birthday cake I made and slathered in the almost ruined Swiss meringue butter creamThis episode is written and hosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Nova Scotia singer songwriter Jenn Grant IG @thefoodpodcast and @lindsaycameronwilsonThanks for listening!x Lindsay This is a public

This episode is all about the wonder of the mussel, the edible kind. We’ll explore their beauty, resilience, innovation, taste and the ways they’re providing answers to food scarcity here on the east coast of Canada. We’ll beachcomb, cook, and learn how easy mussels are to make at home. We’ll meet Tiago Hori, director of Innovation at Atlantic Aqua Farms on Prince Edward Island, who will walk us through the biology of the mussel, and explain how they are cultivated in the waters off PEI. And, we’ll reminisce about the mark they’ve made on me, from jobs I’ve had to what they’ve taught me about living, all on this episode of The Food Podcast.  We mention:Atlantic Aqua Farms On Being episode featuring Janine Benyus Biomimicry.orgHeather Waugh Pitts IG Find her mussel shells at Conifer Shop IG Recipe for the Sweet Chili Thai Mussels on Food Stories, my newsletter that you can subscribe to herePeimussel.com - for recipes, information and those videos…CreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abigail Cerquit

Welcome to episode two of our third season of The Food Podcast, where we peek under the hood of the show to see how ideas become stories. We’ll jump over stones in the river, learn to take criticism, try to tell the truth and tap into curiosity. We’ll also talk about the importance of putting our work out into the world, quickly. That’s what Jenn Grant does. And we'll find value in smelling like soup. Trust me! Thanks for listening!In this episode we discuss:Pauline Dakine Jenn Grant’s One More Night How to Fail with Elizabeth Day: Margaret Atwood on wisdom, witchcraft and womanhoodGloria Steinem on We Can do Hard Things PodcastThe Food Podcast : Finding the Light with Julie Van Rosenthal The Food Podcast : Finding Home with Fanny SingerAnd special thanks to friend and writer Karen Pinchin for guidance on teaching a classHelpful tools when creating a podcast:* Descript - an app that allows you to edit sound from text* Epidemic music - an excellent source for audio to sprinkle into stories * Temi - for transcr

We’re happy to welcome you back to The Food Podcast with our first episode of the season: The Jellyfish Buffet. It begins with a turtle soup savoured in a 19th Century Danish home, then travels to present day Nova Scotia, where Sea Turtles visit from the Caribbean every summer. We meet Kathleen Martin, Executive Director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, who explains why Sea Turtles find their way to Nova Scotia, and what challenges they face on their epic journey. We also learn about the lion’s main jellyfish, the Sea Turtle’s favourite food. It’s a meandering coastal exploration, on this episode of The Food Podcast. We discuss:Babette’s Feast Muppet Show Turtle Soup The Sea Turtle Scoop Kathleen Martin, Executive Director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network  Chef Oliver Rowe’s recreation of Babette Feast in Vice Magazine Food Stories - a Newsletter - lindsaycameronwilson.substack.comCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abby CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Jenn Grant Follow: @thefoodp

We’re happy to welcome you back to The Food Podcast with our first episode of the season: The Jellyfish Buffet. It begins with a turtle soup savoured in a 19th Century Danish home, then travels to present day Nova Scotia, where Sea Turtles visit from the Caribbean every summer. We meet Kathleen Martin, Executive Director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, who explains why Sea Turtles find their way to Nova Scotia, and what challenges they face on their epic journey. We also learn about the lion’s main jellyfish, the Sea Turtle’s favourite food. It’s a meandering coastal exploration, on this episode of The Food Podcast. We discuss:Babette’s Feast Muppet Show Turtle Soup The Sea Turtle Scoop Kathleen Martin, Executive Director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network  Chef Oliver Rowe’s recreation of Babette Feast in Vice Magazine Food Stories - a Newsletter - lindsaycameronwilson.substack.comCreditsHosted by Lindsay Cameron WilsonEdited by Abby CerquitellaTheme song is One More Night by Jenn Grant Follow: @thefoodp

This episode is for all of you who love the Christmas season - the traditions, the decorations, the nostalgia and the baking. It’s also for those who have softly cried on Christmas, because the traditions, the decorations, the nostalgia and the baking have pushed you over the edge. We understand, we’ve been there. Here you will find solace, comfort, and a primer from Vicki Grant - a mother, writer and Christmas Guru - on how to avoid those inevitable tears. So cozy up with a blanket, wrap yourself in Jenn Grant’s Christmas album that’s sprinkled throughout the episode, and breathe. All will be merry and bright, I promise.Nigel Slater, The Christmas ChroniclesListen to the Christmas Chronicles hereAnja Dunk, ADVENT - Festive German Bakes to Celebrate the Coming of ChristmasJenn Grant’s Forever on Christmas Eve Album Vicki GrantVicki says a Christmas party isn’t a Christmas party without Grease Babies. I wrote about them here - as for the recipe, here’s the gist: begin with white bread, crusts cut off. Add a te