Ormskirk Gingerbread with Anouska Lewis
Description
Niche topic alert! Today I am
talking to Anouska Lewis about Ormskirk Gingerbread.
Anouska is the writer and presenter
of the BBC Sounds podcast Hometown Boring? The first episode
being all about Ormskirk gingerbread
We
talk about how one lands getting a podcast series on BBC Sounds in the first
place; the ingredients of Ormskirk gingerbread, the town’s pride in its
gingerbread, the gingerbread ladies who sold them at the train station in the
Victorian period, Ormskirk’s link with Liverpool’s sugar and slave trade, and
the value of having difficult conversations – amongst many other things.
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Things mentioned in today’s episode:
Ormskirk Gingerbread on the Foods of England website
A Dark History of Sugar by Neil Buttery
Previous podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:
Upcoming events:
British Library Food Season 2024, 25 May at 2pm.
Ludlow Food Festival, Friday 13th September.
Warwick Words History Festival, Thursday 3rd October at 4.30pm.
Neil’s blogs:
Neil’s books:
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper
Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops.
Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email me at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or on twitter and BlueSky @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. My DMs are open.
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