Bakers behaving badly, farmers fighting drought and can Nigella Lawson save GBBO from crumbling?
Any Way You Slice It PodcastShow Notes
Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of our new podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng. This week, we're bringing you our favourite food stories and content we've gobbled up recently, and discussing the magnificent choice of bringing in Nigella Lawson (@nigellalawson) as a judge on The Great British Bake Off (@thebakeoff), and whether she can bring the show back from the brink of staleness with a turn in her mee-cro-wa-vey. Snacks and starters: Freeloader #7 by Kieran Morris and Joe Bish https://freeloader.beehiiv.com/p/freeloader-7 Pickle hype in The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/pickle-flavor-snacks-drinks-541ae075 Terry Bakes gets in big trouble https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/26474513.12-people-report-terry-bakes-trading-standards/ George Monbiot in The Guardian on farming, drought and food security https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/britain-food-crisis-government-summer-weather-war-stockpiles The temporary disposable barbecue ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jlyqdj6geo The branded baby foods in breach of sugar and salt guidelines https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/21/baby-foods-uk-too-much-sugar
Mains: The Great British Bake Off is back on Channel 4 in September – with new host, @nigellalawson. Watch the new trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2P93GwpbhI
Dessert: Napoli on the Road, Soho's new pizza tasting menu @napoli_ontheroad Bute Brewery's bananalaga beer @butebrewco https://isleofbutedistillery.com/collections/beer Julie Lin's Chicken with rendang, lime & lemongrass recipe for Waitrose https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/chicken-with-rendang-lime-lemongrass Tean's Gourmet Malaysian Tumisan Rendang Dry Curry Paste https://www.orientalmart.co.uk/tean-s-gourmet-rendang-curry-paste-tumisan-rendang Bret's Salted Butter Crisps https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/brets-salted-butter-crisps
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