Every Bite

What makes a great Australian book? If your criteria include books that inspire, inform and instruct, then surely some of your flour-dusted, oil-stained cookbooks would be among the greatest. In this episode, we meet a woman who, during her 50 years in the Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen, witnessed several revolutions in Australian cookbook publishing, including the publication of The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book. And we ask a food writer with a huge online following, 'Do cookbooks still matter?'
You can vote in Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown.
Guests: 
Pamela Clark, former food editor at the Australian Women's Weekly, co-author of The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book
Julia Busuttil Nishimura, founder of the food website Ostro and author of several cookbooks, including Simple Pleasures
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Yotam Ottolenghi, the man who inspired a generation of cooks to seek out obscure ingredients and commit to hours of prep time, has a new mantra: embrace the shortcut. While he once believed the flavourful fruits of his kitchen labour were their own reward, Yotam says his primary concern these days is: 'Will someone actually cook this?' He preached this gospel in his 2018 cookbook Simple. But, he says, food and cooking have changed a lot since then. In Simple Too, he refines that approach.
Guests: 
Yotam Ottolenghi, chef, restaurateur and co-author of Ottolenghi Simple Too
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Trillions of micro-organisms are living inside you right now. For the most part, these microbes are working for us, breaking down food and producing chemicals that keep us healthy. They also train our immune system, and scientists now wonder if they influence our mood and behaviour. So which foods keep us and our microbes healthy? We have had a 'gut feeling' about those foods for millennia, but today's mod cons may be standing between you and a healthy gut.
Guests: 
Paul Froomes, gastroenterologist and author of Your Best Gut
Teresa Cutter, chef, nutritionist, trainer and the author of several health-focused cookbooks
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Every year, Australia wastes around 7.6 million tonnes of food at a cost of more than $36 billion, adding thousands of dollars to the average household budget. In this episode, we explore creative solutions to this urgent problem. Food loss and food waste occur at every stage of the supply chain, from paddock to plate. So, where does the greatest loss occur, and how can we all help prevent it?
Guests: 
Simon Lockrey, Professor at RMIT University's School of Design and REDUCE Program Leader at End Food Waste Australia
Frankie Cox, chef and owner of the salad bars Crop
Justine Schofield, host of Everyday Gourmet and author of several cookbooks, including the food-waste conscious Cook Ahead
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Guest presenter Matt Preston and three-Michelin-starred chef Kyle Connaughton of SingleThread consider how weather conditions, flowers in the room, colours on the plate, and even the plate itself can enhance the dining experience. Some of these phenomena are well documented by science, as Barry C. Smith, founding director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses at the University of London, explains.
Guests: 
Kyle Connaughton, chef and co-owner of SingleThread, awarded three Michelin stars and named joint number-one restaurant in the world by La Liste
Barry C. Smith, founding director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses at the University of London
Kyle and his partner, SingleThread's head farmer Katina Connaughton, are in residence at Sydney's Bathers' Pavilion until 23 August.
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This episode of Every Bite was produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.