{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/967e26c1-c193-4515-a123-d79245fca658/1eb49533-6283-4663-951e-ae74e6734ca2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hoovering - Episode 108: Meera Sodha","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611f8db54804724774143ef6/611f8e08339e610011ec201b.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to&nbsp;HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an&nbsp;interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.</p><p><br></p><p>I’m only bloody hoovering with one of my culinary heroes this week. It’s the absolute superhero food writer&nbsp;Meera&nbsp;Sodha. WAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I FUCKING KNOW. She’s the absolute best, and poetic in how articulately she tells her stories. What a massive treat for everyone involved.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Everything written below in&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/thehooveringpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CAPITALS</a>&nbsp;is a link to the relevant webpage.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Tickets to see Hoovering LIVE in 2019</p><p><br></p><p>The next live hoovering is on&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Saturday 2nd May at the beautiful&nbsp;<a href=\"https://machcomedyfest.co.uk/show/2020/jessica-fostekew-hoovering-podcast-2/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL</a>&nbsp;at 7.15pm. Come come come!</p><p><br></p><p>Then on 13th May we’re up in Hull at the first and best ever official&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hoovering-podcast-live-with-jessica-fostekew-tickets-83313207045\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NORTHERN PODCAST FESTIVAL</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Honourable Mentions</p><p><br></p><p>If you don’t already follow&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/meerasodha\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MEERA&nbsp;SODHA</a>&nbsp;on social media, you must. And if you don’t already won her latest book&nbsp;<a href=\"http://amzn.to/2SsdLGO\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EAST</a>, get it now, not just for you but for everyone you’ve ever loved.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>I would very much love to have you come and see my stand up show&nbsp;<a href=\"https://sohotheatre.com/shows/jess-fostekew-hench/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HENCH</a>, which now up and off on&nbsp;<a href=\"http://jessicafostekew.com/my-doings/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TOUR</a>&nbsp;all around the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://jessicafostekew.com/my-doings/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UK, IRELAND and MELBOURNE</a>. Come! All my tickets are on sale now and they’re selling out like wildfire.</p><p><br></p><p>Outside of that I’ll be doing new material gigs and I’m always sticking new dates on&nbsp;<a href=\"http://jessicafostekew.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MY WEBSITE</a>&nbsp;so have a check. The Hoovering Live dates go on there too.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/jan/26/meera-sodha-recipe-vegan-salted-miso-brownies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">THIS IS THE RECIPE</a>&nbsp;for the salted miso brownies that&nbsp;Meera&nbsp;made us.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>She mentioned an extraordinary sounding posh Italian restaurant in north London called&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.trullorestaurant.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TRULLO</a></p><p><br></p><p>Turns out we studied at the same time at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lse.ac.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>I rave about the dosas I had in Leicester at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.herbrestaurant.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HERB KAYAL</a></p><p><br></p><p>She talks about training at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://stevieparle.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DOCK KITCHEN</a>&nbsp;which no longer exists but it redirects to its creators.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Meera&nbsp;taught me about a load of important food people. Bread activist&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.breadmatters.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ANDREW WHITLEY</a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Henderson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FERGUS HENDERSON</a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://surreykitchen.com/tag/niki-segnet/\" rel=\"noopener...","author_name":"Jessica Fostekew"}