Something to Eat and Something to Read
Episodes
What we read, cooked, watched and loved this summer
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! We’re back for another year of reading and cooking and are kicking off with a big, juicy summer round-up. In this episode, we share 16 books ...
An Audible Advent
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reading and cooking are doorways into Christmas for many of us.And because this year we need it, and perhaps you might too, we have made ourselves an ...
Tart - Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! And welcome back to Something to Eat and Something to Read, a podcast for people who love reading and eating and talking and thinking about bot...
Happiness and Love
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have talked about dinner parties in literature before, but none have been quite so much of a struggle to sit through as this one! Happiness and Lov...
Winter cooking and reading, and holding on and letting go.
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What books will you never let go of? What recipes will you cook forever? In this episode, we talk about letting go, holding on and the recipes and boo...
Lonely Mouth, hunger and soup
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Lonely mouth is a Japanese expression. It means, like, you feel like you want to eat something, but you don’t know what it is. You’re looking f...
Travelling through books and food
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you read before you go away? Do you research your trips/holidays through ‘place-rich’ novels? What genre do you prefer while ‘in transit...
On optimism and how reading and cooking helps
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of Something to Eat and Something to Read, a podcast for people who love cooking, reading and talking about both! Hosted by...
On distraction and finding peace in books and cooking
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of Something to Eat and Something to Read, a podcast for people who love reading and eating, and talking and thinking about...
Summering in 2025
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to the 2025 season of Something to Eat and Something to Read!!! This is a podcast for people who love to eat and read and talk abou...
The Kamogawa Food Detectives and Christmas miracles
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a year… and in the past we have made our Christmas episodes about anticipating good food, extra reading time and getting into the festiv...
Jilly Cooper's Rivals - Emergency Debrief
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After dedicating an entire episode to Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rivals earlier this year, we were quick off the mark to watch the tv adaptation the second...
Getting Emotional about Cooking and Reading
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you cook and read when feeling all the feels? This special episode is a recording of a panel discussion on cooking and reading with our emotio...
Comfort food and the Secret of Cooking
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On comfort food, the power of a wooden spoon, the only diet, rituals, crunch and the things we cook to anchor and soothe. Our book guest this week is ...
Butter, by Asako Yuzuki
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our book this episode is Butter, by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton). And it sparked a very ‘alive’ conversation on appetites, cake bound...
Jilly Cooper's Rivals
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For a little light relief in a heavy time, in this episode, we are talking about Jilly Cooper’s Rivals and the many Shepherd’s pies, Dover soles, ...
Food as a plot point
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is mostly about psychological thrillers, and how food and scenes around food can build words, develop characters, turn our stomachs and s...
Summer reading round-up
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hope you enjoy this episode of Something to Eat and Something to Read, a podcast for people who love to eat and read, and to think and talk about b...
Christmas Minisode 2023!
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Christmas from us both! We hope you enjoy this episode where we talk about our doorways into Christmas this year, thanks to our patron saint Jea...
S3 Episode 9 - A DELICIOUS ROM COM
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our book for this episode is Karina May’s Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast, and the conversation it sparks floats around how romantic comedies feed us...
S3 Episode 8 - Tom Lake
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Something to Eat and Something to Read, a podcast for people who love reading and cooking and reading about cooking. In this episode, we’...
Eating and cooking alone - Minisode
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! And welcome to our episode dedicated to the joys or otherwise of cooking and/or eating on our own. This one is rich in books celebrating, obser...
Dinner Parties! Mini episode
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is in honour of dinner parties - with all their stress, drama, and magic, all for that perfect moment, when you’re all at the table, th...
S3 Episode 5 - My first popsicle
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month we are discussing a book of essays that could be described as a “literary potluck”.My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings...
Breakfast in books
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So much goes on at the breakfast table, especially in books. Don’t you think? We do. So much so that we dedicated a whole (mini) episode to our favo...
S3 Episode 3 - Milkfed
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our book this episode is the book Milkfed by Melissa Broder. And it sparks a big conversation covering appetite, disordered eating, faith, sex, frozen...
S3 Episode 2 - A Gentleman in Moscow
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow is one of our most requested books, and now we get it. In this episode, we chat about the important role that foo...
Summer Reading Special 📚⛱
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Something to Eat and Something to Read for another year!We have a lot of cooking and reading-related things to talk about s...
Christmas special, 2022!
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our Christmas special!Also special as we recorded this episode in front of our first audience at the Henley Community Garden with the Glade...
Episode 5, season 2 - Something to Eat and Something to Read
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes us from contemplating the ways the kitchen can be the “endeavour of serious thought”, the good meals that heal, to the bad meal...
Episode 4, Season 2 - Something to Eat and Something to Read
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This one is all about recipes with story arcs, the wonderful writing of Ella Risbridger (her latest book, The Year of Miracles, is our episode's book)...
Episode 3, Season 2 - Something to Eat and Something to Read
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 3, Season 2!This might be my favourite episode so far (Sophie talking here!); a really gentle and hopefully comforting chat about b...
Episode 2, Season 2 - Something to Eat and Something to Read
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! We’re so happy to share this episode with you, a conversation between two book and food lovers, for our fellow book and food lovers! I...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 1, Season 2
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to episode 1/season 2 of Something to Eat and Something to Read - a podcast all about food and reading and reading about food. Our b...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 8
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! It’s been a longer than expected break between episodes but we’re back and we have A LOT to talk about. Mostly, of course, to do wit...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 7
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome back to Something to Eat and Something to Read, and happy new year! We got together last week - in person! - to record episode seven...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 6
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation about the solace and joy that reading and cooking can bring us. About comfort reading, re-reading, and a favourite book of ours...
Something to Eat and Something to Read Christmas Special!
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where we decide to get into the festive spirit a little early and explore a cold, snowy Christmas read alongside celebrating bright, colourful Austral...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 4
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well here we are at episode four of our podcast! And this one is a special edition of Something to Eat and Something to Read where we talk to author S...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 3
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 3 and reading-wise we have a new experience for Sophie and a familiar one for Germaine. It’s the world of the psychological thriller ...
Something to Eat and Something to Read, Episode 2
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode two of Something to Eat and Something to Read in which we discuss Sarah Winman's Tin Man and the shape her other novels have also left on us; ...
Something to Eat and Something to Read
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Something to Eat and Something is a podcast about cooking and reading, and reading about cooking. Hosted by food writer Sophie Hansen and Bibliotherap...