Spirit&Spice

Spirit&Spice

Welcome to Ghillie Basan's Podcast, Spirit & Spice, an opportunity to tune into the lives and passions of authors, chefs, producers, distillers, athletes, adventurers - basically anyone with a tenuous link to food and drink!

  1. Mould, dynamite, dizzy fruit flies, Fat Cow and Minger with Rory Stone of Highland Fine Cheeses

    2022-02-27

    Mould, dynamite, dizzy fruit flies, Fat Cow and Minger with Rory Stone of Highland Fine Cheeses

    Join Rory Stone, the best Cheddar maker in Tain, as he takes me around his mouldy old dairy and tells me how and why he makes such fabulous mould-ripened cheeses, some of his which could be lazy pseudonyms for members of his wife family!.

    22 min
  2. Childhood memories, marriages and men, finding freedom in the kitchen in herself with Sumayya Usmani

    2021-03-15

    Childhood memories, marriages and men, finding freedom in the kitchen in herself with Sumayya Usmani

    A peculiar childhood on board ship, finding freedom in the kitchen with the women in her family and a penchant for young men, the Queen of Pakistani food, Sumayya Usmani, has a lot to talk about!

    33 min
  3. Islay spirit with Billy Stitchell, Simon Coughlin, James Donaldson, and the legendary Jim McEwan

    2020-04-01

    Islay spirit with Billy Stitchell, Simon Coughlin, James Donaldson, and the legendary Jim McEwan

    Stories of spirit, stories of characters, stories of community with Islay whisky heavyweights - Billy Stitchell (Caol Ila), Simon Coughlin (Bruichladdich), Jim McEwan (Bowmore and Bruichladdich) and James Donaldson (The Botanist)

    54 min
  4. Fish skin bikini, bush toothbrush, gin-flavoured cheese, goose burgers and the Orkney spirit

    2020-02-27

    Fish skin bikini, bush toothbrush, gin-flavoured cheese, goose burgers and the Orkney spirit

    Smoked tomato chutney, fish skins, foraging, flavoured cheese and goose hunting with Liz Ashworth, Ann Rendall, Anna Canning, Callum McInnes and Richard Shearer during the Orkney International Science Festival and Foraging Fortnight 2019.

    34 min
  5. Whisky tasting and whisky tales at Scapa Distillery with Alan Winchester and Mick Swanney

    2020-02-14

    Whisky tasting and whisky tales at Scapa Distillery with Alan Winchester and Mick Swanney

    Whisky tasting and whisky tales at Scapa with Alan Winchester, former Master Distiller of The Glenlivet, and Mick Swanney who makes the fruity spirit.

    30 min
  6. Neolithic grains and Strictly Come Dancing with Liz Ashworth at the Barony Mill, Orkney

    2020-02-02

    Neolithic grains and Strictly Come Dancing with Liz Ashworth at the Barony Mill, Orkney

    Neolithic grain and Orkney bannocks with Liz Ashworth, the author of The Book of Bere, at the magical Barony Mill. With thanks to Ellen Hay, Margaret Phillips, Issy Grieve, Karen Budge, the Orkney Science Festival and Foraging Fortnight.

    25 min
  7. Buffalo feasts, whisky confessions, and the big buffet of life on Orkney with Rosemary Moon

    2019-12-27

    Buffalo feasts, whisky confessions, and the big buffet of life on Orkney with Rosemary Moon

    Buffalo feasts, whisky confessions, fine women, the joys of Orkney and the big buffet of life!

    20 min
  8. Grandad's pickles, pissing contests, illness and strength with KJ and Al Gilmour

    2019-07-24

    Grandad's pickles, pissing contests, illness and strength with KJ and Al Gilmour

    From her grandad's pickles to winning awards for her busy cafe in Aviemore, Kirsten Gilmour has come a long way from that little girl on the farm in New Zealand. She has shared her story and recipes in the Mountain Cafe Cookbook, but her success has been bittersweet as she and her husband, Al, have had to face the challenges of his cancer and treatment while trying to keep her passion for food and the cafe alive. Kirsten and Al talk candidly about how this has affected their lives.

    34 min
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Welcome to Ghillie Basan's Podcast, Spirit & Spice, an opportunity to tune into the lives and passions of authors, chefs, producers, distillers, athletes, adventurers - basically anyone with a tenuous link to food and drink!

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  • Creator
    Spirit&Spice
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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