Welcome back to Forts on Food. This week, the Forts are joined by none other than the wonderful Andi Oliver. Chef, broadcaster, singer, actor, restauranteur, host of GBM - is there anything she can't do? Tune in to hear about Andi's career beginnings in the post-punk band Rip Rig and Panic; life as a broadcaster; cheese toasties and sea shanties; joining Matthew on the Great British Menu; the influence of her caribbean heritage on her cooking; her brilliant new cookbook, and of course, her dirty dish. (Note: a pie MUST have a bottom and a top to be considered a pie.) Andi's long awaited debut cookbook, "The Pepper Pot Diaries: Stories From My Caribbean Table", is available on the 27th April 2023. ---- Follow us on Instagram: @fortsonfood Hosted by Matthew Fort and Lois Fort Produced by Teän Stewart-Murray<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Fishy Business

‘What’s the podcast all about?’ I asked my daughter, Lois. ‘Food, Dad,’ she said. ‘Ah, but food in what shape or form?’ I said. ‘Well, it’s about how we cook what we cook and why we cook it,’ she said. 'And how we eat what we eat and why we eat it,’ I said. 'That goes without saying’, she said. ‘There’s no cooking without eating.’ ‘What else, then?’ I said. ‘There foods we hate and foods we love, food on tv, how not to waste food, restaurants we remember and why. There are recipes and tips and hints. There are stories, memories, reflections. There’s -‘ she said. ‘All of life, in other words,’ I said. ‘Pretty much,’ said Lois. ‘Hmm,’ I said. ‘And you’re quite well known, Dad,’ she said. ‘Food Editor of the Guardian. Award winning writer. Award winning author. TV hero.’ ‘Steady on,’ I said. ‘What about you?’ ‘Let’s just say I take a different view from you.’ ‘Quite right too’, I said. So there you have it - dad &amp; daughter; the wisdom of ages and the spirit of youth; united and divided; chatting about food, glorious food. And cooking and eating. What more could you possibly want?&nbsp; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.