Who We Are

Anne-Marie Minhall
A food-loving broadcaster & journalist who loves wireless, Vaughan Williams, culinary exploits, travelling, cricket and, oh, fizz.

Rob Jones
Writer, broadcaster, voiceover and podcast maker, who loves travelling, cooking, foraging and making (non-lethal) mistakes.

Food Philosophy

AMM - Eat to be happy & well. Leftovers to be cherished.
RJ - Try anything once, but not twice if it’s horrid.

Favourite Foods

AMM - Roast Chicken or Beef with a golden & crispy salted spud or five. Gravy, too.
RJ - Sunday Roasts, Beef Stew and Dumplings, Faggots and Peas, Full English Brekky.

Food Dislikes

AMM - Okra & Tofu.
RJ - Celery, Pickled Eggs and Gherkins.

Favourite Places

AMM - Vancouver & Lyon.
RJ - Fuerteventura, Ibiza and Prague.

Most Likely To Say

AMM - “Mmmmm ..”
RJ - Is it edible? How do I cook it?

Least Likely to Say

AMM - “I’ll have the Okra & Tofu starter ..”
RJ - I’m not hungry.

Best Moment Ever

AMM - Dinner at Scott’s in London & mistaking Bryan Ferry for a waiter.
RJ - Eating pizza with Prue Leith in the Alps (with AMM.)

Most Bizarre travel Moment

AMM - Going to Kazakhstan. (With Robert.)
RJ - Going to Kazakhstan (With Anne-Marie.)

Oddest Thing You’ve Ever Eaten

AMM - Jellyfish, rubbery, tasteless.
RJ - Snap! Jellyfish. Horrible.

Food Ambition

AMM - To keep on learning & exploring & cooking tasty things to please.
RJ - Travel the world and being shown how to cook things.

Cooking Implement You Couldn’t Do Without

AMM - Long lasting pans & utensils. Wireless for company.
RJ - A jolly good knife.

Best Ever Ingredient

AMM - The onion & garlic.
RJ - Garlic, Ginger, Olive Oil, Butter and Salt.

Worst Cooking Disaster Ever

AMM - **Thinks** That could be a separate blog.
RJ - “Wait, I have a list here somewhere.”