{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e441f14c1617af6101e395d/620fd2ee92877000122d2cd1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Andre Simon Shortlist Special: Mark Diacono","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e441f14c1617af6101e395d/1645442909435-6d5ca9dd1ef5ca1388fac22473bb01be.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the 4th episode of the Cooking the Books <a href=\"http://www.andresimon.co.uk/awards.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Simon Shortlist Special</a>, we meet <a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/author/mark-diacono/169181\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Diacono</a>, gardener, author and cook. He's no stranger to the Andre Simons; his stunning book <a href=\"https://www.otterfarm.co.uk/about/mark-diacono/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Year at Otter Farm</em></a><em> </em>won the Food Book of the Year in 2014. Before we hear his four food moments from his shortlisted <a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/herb/mark-diacono/9781787136359\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Herb</em></a>, we hear from food assessor, <a href=\"https://www.davidhigham.co.uk/authors-dh/yemisi-aribisala/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yemisi Aribisala</a> on why she's chosen it as one of her seven best books of 2021.</p>","author_name":"Gilly Smith"}