Lecker
An award-winning podcast documenting cooking, eating and domestic life. Often recorded in kitchens. lecker (German): delicious {adj} [food], tasty {adj}, mouth-watering {adj} Produced and hosted by Lucy Dearlove Part of Heritage Radio Network Logo design by Holly Gorne
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July 18, 2025 • 48 mins
On this month's Lecker Book Club, a regular interview series with authors writing in or adjacent to food culture, The Jackfruit Chronicles by Shahnaz Ahsan.
The Jackfruit Chronicles is a recipe book and memoir hybrid which integrates food into the text in a very specific way. In the book, Shahnaz tells the story of her family’s migration - three generations across three continents - which begins with the arrival of he...
The Jackfruit Chronicles is a recipe book and memoir hybrid which integrates food into the text in a very specific way. In the book, Shahnaz tells the story of her family’s migration - three generations across three continents - which begins with the arrival of he...
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June 13, 2025 • 49 mins
On this month's Lecker Book Club, a regular interview series with authors writing in or adjacent to food culture, Katie Goh's Foreign Fruit.
Foreign Fruit is a memoir which explores Katie’s experience growing up and existing as a mixed heritage person in the north of Ireland, but also documents alongside this personal narrative a history of the orange; how the fruit moved from East to West, gaining and shedding symbol...
Foreign Fruit is a memoir which explores Katie’s experience growing up and existing as a mixed heritage person in the north of Ireland, but also documents alongside this personal narrative a history of the orange; how the fruit moved from East to West, gaining and shedding symbol...
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May 9, 2025 • 56 mins
On Book Club this month: Heather Parry's Carrion Crow, a novel about a woman in the attic which encompasses class consciousness, turtle soup and Mrs Beeton.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
An A-Z of Chinese Food is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
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You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
An A-Z of Chinese Food is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, Apple Podcasts...
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April 11, 2025 • 54 mins
On Book Club this month: Jenny Lau's An A-Z of Chinese Food, an 'anti-glossary' offering a unique breadth of knowledge and insight into the Chinese diaspora and its food culture.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
An A-Z of Chinese Food is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on P...
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
An A-Z of Chinese Food is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on P...
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March 28, 2025 • 36 mins
Down a little alley in the centre of Hastings you can find Crêperie by the Sea serving traditional French buckwheat crêpes and galettes. Owner and chef Penelope Foster explains the fundaments of a good crêperie, and what it takes to spin perfect pancakes.
Find Crêperie by the Sea on Instagram.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
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Find Crêperie by the Sea on Instagram.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscribe...
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March 24, 2025 • 3 mins
Introducing....The Lost Food of Soho, a new audio piece commissioned and published by Vittles and written, narrated and produced by me (Lucy Dearlove).
This is just a very small taster, you can listen to the whole thing for free on Vittles itself, or on all good podcast platforms. https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-lost-food-of-soho
With big thanks to Jonathan Nunn and Adam Coghlan who I worked closely wit...
This is just a very small taster, you can listen to the whole thing for free on Vittles itself, or on all good podcast platforms. https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-lost-food-of-soho
With big thanks to Jonathan Nunn and Adam Coghlan who I worked closely wit...
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March 14, 2025 • 46 mins
On Book Club this month: Anna Sulan Masing's Chinese and Any Other Asian, an eye-opening and moving book about East and South East Asian identity in Britain.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
Chinese and Any Other Asian is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, Apple Po...
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
Chinese and Any Other Asian is out now. Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, Apple Po...
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February 28, 2025 • 41 mins
In the final episode of To Be Delicious, Anna considers the future of MSG in the UK. Drinks culture has an inherent playfulness and creativity that makes it the perfect experimentation lab for seeking out where MSG might go next. She meets two key figures in London (and the world!)'s bar scene to understand how they're using it as an ingredient, and how umami as a flavour presents itself in drinks.
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February 21, 2025 • 49 mins
On umami in diaspora, from chicken salt to bay leaves.
Dr Johnny Drain explains how garum is the root of many of our umami based sauces. Author and cook Kate Young prepares a classic Australian English mince on toast, with essential MSG. Chef Dara Klein reflects on how she's learned to find home everywhere, via the kitchen. Noby Leong considers adaptation and evolution in his family cooking.
Plus chefs SongSo...
Dr Johnny Drain explains how garum is the root of many of our umami based sauces. Author and cook Kate Young prepares a classic Australian English mince on toast, with essential MSG. Chef Dara Klein reflects on how she's learned to find home everywhere, via the kitchen. Noby Leong considers adaptation and evolution in his family cooking.
Plus chefs SongSo...
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February 14, 2025 • 47 mins
Chinese takeaways are a national institution in the UK, and have also - for many years now - been the frontline where public understanding of MSG comes to a head. Angela Hui, whose book Takeaway has shone a light on life growing up behind the counter, and her mum, Jin Tian, spend a day with Lucy and Anna; showing them around their home town in South Wales, then Jin Tian's garden and home kitchen, while considering and dispelli...
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February 7, 2025 • 46 mins
AKA infinite ways with a packet of instant noodles.
Georgina Quach, a journalist and archivist, makes her personalised ramen for Anna and Lucy, and considers the importance of comfort in the food she makes, as well as how her Vietnamese heritage informs the savoury flavours she uses in her cooking.
Chef and Chinese food creator Chin Taylor reflects on assumptions of how takeaway food is made and how they aff...
Georgina Quach, a journalist and archivist, makes her personalised ramen for Anna and Lucy, and considers the importance of comfort in the food she makes, as well as how her Vietnamese heritage informs the savoury flavours she uses in her cooking.
Chef and Chinese food creator Chin Taylor reflects on assumptions of how takeaway food is made and how they aff...
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January 31, 2025 • 46 mins
MiMi Aye, a Burmese chef and cookbook author, has used MSG in her cooking for as long as she can remember. While preparing a meal for Anna and Lucy, she reflects on her processes in the kitchen, and how a misinformed narrative around the ingredient has impacted her personally.
Also featuring insight into umami from Dr Kumiko Ninomiya of the Umami Information Center, and reflections on MSG 20 years on from his origina...
Also featuring insight into umami from Dr Kumiko Ninomiya of the Umami Information Center, and reflections on MSG 20 years on from his origina...
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January 28, 2025 • 2 mins
The brand new Lecker mini series launches Friday 31st January.
In To Be Delicious, Dr Anna Sulan Masing explores MSG - and more broadly umami - through the lens of East and South East Asian food heritage and diaspora food culture in the UK. From fritters to instant ramen, fermentation to takeaways, these five episodes open out the conversation around MSG and find a breadth of new ways for us to think about its usage w...
In To Be Delicious, Dr Anna Sulan Masing explores MSG - and more broadly umami - through the lens of East and South East Asian food heritage and diaspora food culture in the UK. From fritters to instant ramen, fermentation to takeaways, these five episodes open out the conversation around MSG and find a breadth of new ways for us to think about its usage w...
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September 27, 2024 • 51 mins
This month: Kin by Marie Mitchell. I met Marie in the days before the book was published in June and we reflected on grief, demanding more from attitudes to Caribbean food in the UK and the importance of flavours at the heart of her recipes.
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about i...
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about i...
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July 30, 2024 • 48 mins
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about it on Substack and Patreon. Join me there as well!
This month: London Feeds Itself, edited by Jonathan Nunn. This episode features Kurdish chef and writer, Melek Erdal, one of the contributors to the book, reflecting on the essay she wrote, Th...
This month: London Feeds Itself, edited by Jonathan Nunn. This episode features Kurdish chef and writer, Melek Erdal, one of the contributors to the book, reflecting on the essay she wrote, Th...
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July 14, 2024 • 46 mins
A meandering exploration of what surrounds our food: its packaging, history and meaning for our world.
Featuring Hugo Lynch, Sustainability Lead at Abel and Cole, Alice Kain, curator at Museum of Brands, Renée and Anshu, founders of Dabba Drop and Sohini Banerjee, chef and founder of Smoke and Lime supper clubs.
Dabba Drop are offering 50% off the first order for Lecker listeners in London zones 1-3! Enter LE...
Featuring Hugo Lynch, Sustainability Lead at Abel and Cole, Alice Kain, curator at Museum of Brands, Renée and Anshu, founders of Dabba Drop and Sohini Banerjee, chef and founder of Smoke and Lime supper clubs.
Dabba Drop are offering 50% off the first order for Lecker listeners in London zones 1-3! Enter LE...
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June 13, 2024 • 44 mins
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it.
This month: Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman by N.S. Nuseibeh.
Namesake is a collection of essays exploring what it means to be a young, secular Muslim woman today, told through the lens of stories of the author's ancestor, Nusaybah, the only woman warr...
This month: Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman by N.S. Nuseibeh.
Namesake is a collection of essays exploring what it means to be a young, secular Muslim woman today, told through the lens of stories of the author's ancestor, Nusaybah, the only woman warr...
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June 4, 2024 • 46 mins
A reflection on learning – and teaching – the fermented arts at the School of Artisan Food.
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, Apple Podcasts and now on Substack.
You can buy zines on BigCartel. You can also order print-on-demand merch at Teemill.
Music is by Blue Dot Sessions.
This ep isn't spons...
You can find a transcript for this episode at leckerpodcast.com.
Support Lecker by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon, Apple Podcasts and now on Substack.
You can buy zines on BigCartel. You can also order print-on-demand merch at Teemill.
Music is by Blue Dot Sessions.
This ep isn't spons...
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May 3, 2024 • 45 mins
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about it on Substack and Patreon. Join me there as well!
This month: Piglet by Lottie Hazell.
I first came across Lottie’s writing when she contributed to the first Lecker zine I curated and published in 2019: Plum Jam, a piece of short fic...
This month: Piglet by Lottie Hazell.
I first came across Lottie’s writing when she contributed to the first Lecker zine I curated and published in 2019: Plum Jam, a piece of short fic...
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November 30, 2023 • 51 mins
Welcome back to the Lecker Book Club. Every month I’ll pick a newly released food related book and talk to the author about the process of writing it. I’ll also be writing about it on Substack and Patreon. Join me there as well!
This month: Ramen Forever by Tim Anderson.
Ramen has ended up as a cornerstone of Tim Anderson’s life. As he writes in the book, it was originally his love of ramen - as well as Japan...
This month: Ramen Forever by Tim Anderson.
Ramen has ended up as a cornerstone of Tim Anderson’s life. As he writes in the book, it was originally his love of ramen - as well as Japan...
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