8. A Celebratory Recipe of One's Own

The Salmon Pink Kitchen ends 2021 with a live recipe swap! 

For this episode, Irene and Margaux missioned their listeners to send through recipes that celebrate the cooks they are and/or their kitchens. Grab a snack and a drink of your choice and settle in as we dress 10 supper tables in honour of the women artists and writers we celebrated in our newsletter through 2021. 

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N.B. make sure you have a pen and a notebook: this episode is filled with recipes and tips! 

Our menu for this episode: 

Supper one: The Table of Babe Paley (04:22)
Giulia’s beetroot, goat’s cheese and rocket risotto (@pizzalikesgiulia)

Supper two: The Table of Marguerite Duras (06:54)
Cécile’s leftover soup (@cecil.rdt)

Supper three: The Table of Eileen Chang (08:24)
Matt’s spiced aubergine rice (@mattb085)

Supper four: The Table of Maya Angelou (11:27)
Chiara’s cotoletta (@chiarariviezzi)
Davide and Claudia’s ragù (@clajolivo & @bomberalba_9)
Valentina’s chocolate cake (@v4le.p) 

Supper five: The Table of Nora Ephron (22:13)
Alyce and Alexis’ halloumi and mushroom burgers (@alycegabrielle)
Sean’s brutti ma buoni (@seanoftheshire)

Supper six: The Table of Natalia Ginzburg (26:08)
Alessandra’s crazy cabbage (@muchwritingaboutnothing)
Ludo’s minestrone 

Supper seven: The Table of Betsy Talbot Blackwell (32:35)
Jack’s tuna ragù (@jackclondon1992)
Jemima’s Belgian biscuit cake (@jemimaforrester)

Supper eight: The Table of Jan Morris (38:06)
Diya and her father’s biryani (@diyas.dinner)
Georgina’s sponge cake (@georginabbrookes)

Supper nine: The Table of Tove Jansson (48:02)
Lauren’s red pepper sauce (@sneezykitchen)
Maria’s open sandwich (@mariadinca)
Elisa’s pesche dolci (@ipnotista_dottssaelisacassi)

Supper ten: The Table of Toni Morrison (55:43)
Graham’s pasta pie (@gzoxley)
Elisa’s risotto with gorgonzola, pear and walnuts (@elyyogalife)
Dragos and Nora’s banana bread (@dragospopescu92 & @norracs)

Midnight snack with Louise Bourgeois (1:04:44)

Irene & Margaux’s 2021 round-up: 

Our top Book Club Reads of 2021:
Irene: Once Upon a Time in the East by Xiaolu Guo
Margaux: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Our top Fiction Reads of 2021:
Irene: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Margaux: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart 

Our top Non-Fiction Reads of 2021:
Irene: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Margaux: In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova