In this extra episode we chat to a chef (Seaneen Sullivan) and an environmentalist (Odile Le Bolloch) about reducing food waste every day and especially during the holiday season. And we sneak preview a few items coming in our Christmas blockbu

At the Table Everyone is Equal

Dec 8th, 2020 34m 30s

Catherine interviews strategy consultant and “bon viveur” Jonathan O’Grady and app developer Matt McCann of Access Earth about their love of restaurants and how accessing them could be made easier for everyone.

Teaser: 'At the table, everyone is equal'

Dec 7th, 2020 1m 56s

Teaser: 'At the table, everyone is equal' by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Food and cooking in Antarctica (cormorants are not on the menu)

Nov 24th, 2020 36m 25s

This episode Juliana interviewed Luke Glazzard, a chef who recently worked for the British Antarctic Survey. To hear what cooking at the South Pole used to be like, we spoke to Seamus Taaffe of the Athy Shackleton Museum. And Catherine looks fo

How to Cook a Cormorant S2 Ep8 A taster

Nov 23rd, 2020 1m 14s

Juliana talks to chef Luke Glazzard about what it's like to work as a chef in the extreme environment that is the Antarctic and we hear from Seamus Taafe of Athy's Shackleton Museum about a chef from the 1950's who wrote a cookbook based on his

The tree episode with Jim & Davi

Nov 10th, 2020 32m 54s

Catherine Cleary spoke to farmer Davi Leon who (with his wife Hazel) runs a CSA in Wicklow (https://wicklow.farm) and to scientist Jim McAdam of Queen's University Belfast who has been studying agroforestry for decades. Find a tree to hug (or j

Trees with Jim & Davi Teaser

Nov 9th, 2020 1m 51s

Trees with Jim & Davi Teaser by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Ericka Lassair: 'A lot of emotion in the food business'

Oct 29th, 2020 31m 43s

This episode Juliana spoke to New Orleans entrepreneur Ericka Lassair about her food business (Diva Dawg Food Truck)and its ups and downs. Claire Cunningham filled us in on Lafcadio Hearn's time in New Orleans.Music: 'Pork chops and gravy' p

Ericka Lassair Teaser

Oct 28th, 2020 1m 34s

Ericka Lassair Teaser by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Precious Matumba: "That's the easiest way to get people talking...over a meal"

Oct 13th, 2020 34m 39s

This episode, Catherine Cleary spoke to Precious Matumba who arrived in Ireland from Zimbabwe seeking asylum and spent about a year in Mosney Direct Provision Center.

Precious Matumba Teaser

Oct 12th, 2020 2m 10s

Precious Matumba Teaser by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Hasia Diner: "There is no place or time in the world that can't be studied through the lens of food"

Sep 29th, 2020 36m 27s

This episode Juliana interviews historian Hasia Diner of NYU about food and migration. Catherine tastes Aunt Babette's potato latkes. Music:Pork chops and gravy: performed and recorded by Ross HannonAmerica, ich lieb' dich: Archie Gottler,

Hasia Diner Teaser: "Eating was something the English did"

Sep 28th, 2020 1m 37s

Hasia Diner Teaser: "Eating was something the English did" by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Trish Deseine "She's ok, she really loves eating"

Sep 15th, 2020 36m 6s

This week Catherine spoke to cookbook author Trish Deseine about her food adventures in France, past and present. Music: 'Pork Chops and Gravy' performed and produced by Ross Hannon'C'est si bon', Yves Montand on archive.orghttps://archive

Trish Deseine Teaser: "A huge delicious playground"

Sep 14th, 2020 1m 31s

Trish Deseine Teaser: "A huge delicious playground" by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Lydia & Lydia

Sep 1st, 2020 34m 54s

Juliana Adelman interviews her mother about a family cookery writer and about how she escaped from a childhood of formal family dinners and Catherine Cleary tastes the matriarch's Indian Pudding.Music:'Pork chops and gravy' performed and pro

Lydia & Lydia Teaser

Aug 31st, 2020 1m 36s

Lydia & Lydia Teaser by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

'For me, cooking IS home. It's a way of making home, a way of declaring home.'

Aug 18th, 2020 32m 49s

Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary discuss the new season. Catherine interviews writer and New Yorker Adam Gopnik about cooking during lockdown, his tumultuous relationship with the 19th C food writer Elizabeth Pannell and the future of rest

Season 2 'One of the minority breed of cooking New Yorkers'

Aug 17th, 2020 1m 13s

Season 2 'One of the minority breed of cooking New Yorkers' by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Episode 12 "No one wants a hairy chop."

Jun 9th, 2020 48m 39s

This week Catherine chats to Jess Murphy of restaurant Kai in Galway about reopening. We have two pandemic pantry recipes from Ritchie Keane and Brenda Lawlor. Frank O'Shoonahoon demonstrates his prawn whispering talents. Additional material

Teaser "Hairy chops, hamster wheels and reopening restaurants"

Jun 8th, 2020 1m 36s

Teaser "Hairy chops, hamster wheels and reopening restaurants" by Juliana Adelman and Catherine Cleary

Episode 11

Jun 2nd, 2020 38m 56s

This week Catherine Cleary talks to writer Aoibheann Sweeney about writing and rhubarb. Wuu Kuang Soh provides a recipe for Chinese tea eggs, perfect for a picnic. And we introduce Frank O'Shoonahoon. Additional material by Jason Flynn. Pro