Lecker

A visit to the Ideal Home Show, with author Eli Davies.
Eli's book The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics and Pleasure in the Single Woman's Kitchen is out now! [aff link]
Find Eli online:
Instagram: @elidaviesss
Substack: elidavies.substack.com
Related episodes:
Trophy Cabinets (Kitchens episode 1) [LINK]
Moving House, Moving Kitchen [LINK]
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Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.
Looking for something else to read? Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
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How still life reflects - and defines - the food of an era, featuring artist Ben McDonald and author Katie Goh.
Find Ben online:
Instagram: @ben___mc
Ko-Fi store: ko-fi.com/benmc/shop
Find Katie online:
Instagram: @katie_goh_
Website: katiegoh.co.uk
You can find a list of books referenced and artworks mentioned at leckerpodcast.com
Related episodes:
A Personal History of the Orange with Katie Goh [LINK]
Oranges and Lemons [LINK]
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Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.
Looking for something to read? Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker:
Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

Merch:  leckerpodcast.com/merch

Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
Instagram: @leckerpodcast

Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

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Sculptor and miniaturist Alice Hewitt explains the secrets of her tiny kitchen tables.
There's also a lo-fi video version of this episode with images of the tables discussed on YouTube. You can also buy the book from the exhibition, with images of each table and their accompanying texts HERE.
Find Alice online:
Instagram: @alicemakesathing
TikTok: @alicemakesathing
YouTube: @alicemakesathing
Website: alicemakesathing.co.uk
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Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.
Looking for something to read? Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]
Support Lecker:
Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729
Merch:  leckerpodcast.com/merch
Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
Instagram: @leckerpodcast
Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com
Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Have you ever thought about what you might put on your gravestone? A quote, a poem....a recipe? Rosie Grant, the world's leading expert on gravestone recipes, explains all.

About Rosie Grant:
Rosie Grant is a writer, researcher, and archivist whose work explores the intersections of archives, folklore, and family storytelling. She is the creator of @GhostlyArchive, where her exploration of gravestone recipes and the histories behind them has reached hundreds of thousands of followers across social media. TO DIE FOR: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes is her first book.

Find her:
Instagram: @ghostly.archive
TikTok: @ghostlyarchive

Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]

Further Listening:
Sunday Roast Rites: on death and cooking
Moots: on the food related traditions of Hop-tu-Naa, the Manx celebration of Samhain

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Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.

Support Lecker:
Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

Merch:  leckerpodcast.com/merch

Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
Instagram: @leckerpodcast

Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

Lecker is part of Heritage Radio Network - heritageradionetwork.org

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Joké Bakare on Nigerian Food, Michelin Stars and West African Hospitality

Chef Joké Bakare joins Lecker for a live recording at the Festival of Encounters in Brixton - the same neighbourhood where she first emerged from the tube in 1999 to encounter the bright lights of Brixton. From selling 300-400 meat pies every Sunday outside her church to becoming the first Black female Michelin-starred chef in the UK, Joké's journey is one of persistence, community, and staying true to the food she grew up with.

We talk about growing up in a multi-ethnic Nigerian household where food was a celebration of Yoruba and Igbo cultures, the specific ripeness of plantain that matters more than most people realise, and why she refuses to call her cooking "elevated."

Many thanks to Van Gogh House for including Lecker in the 2025 Festival of Encounters programme! Special thanks to Anna Bromwich and Elysia Krishnadasan Torrens for all their work putting it together. And thanks to everyone who came to the event. 

About Joké Bakare: Joké Bakare is a Nigerian chef and founder of Chishuru Restaurant in Fitzrovia, London. She started her business with a food van outside her church in Southeast London, won a competition for a popup residency in Brixton Village, and in 2024 became the first Black female Michelin-starred chef in the UK.

Find her: Instagram @jokebakare / @chishuru / chishuru.com

Related Lecker episodes:
Permission to Write with Melissa Thompson - on navigating a violent colonial legacy in the food of your heritage
Matooke Goes With Everything - on the significance and specificity of sourcing ingredients

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Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.

Support Lecker:
Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

Merch:  leckerpodcast.com/merch

Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
Instagram: @leckerpodcast

Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

Lecker is part of Heritage Radio Network - heritageradionetwork.org

Music by Blue Dot Sessions