Spirit and Spice
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sumayya Usmani
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen of the Pakistani kitchen has a lot to talk about!
Ep12-Eating like a feral animal, eating for physical fuel, eating for fun
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Food plays different roles in the life of Lee Craigie. Nomadic storyteller, elite racer, bike adventurer, mountain bike champion and Active Natio...
Ep11-Fish skin bikinis, the bush toothbrush, gin-flavoured cheese, goose burgers and the Orkney spirit
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the Orkney International Science Festival and Foraging Fortnight, Ghillie had the opportunity to talk to several local characters and contribut...
Ep10-Carry On Dramming with Bruichladdich Highballs, Cartwheels on Jura, spirit-filled Wellington Boots and the Botanist Gin
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a trip to the beautiful island of Islay for the first Taste Islay Jura festival to celebrate the local food and drink, Ghillie meets some of the wh...
Ep9-Fishing, community and being close to nature
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Walkers Shortbread is his life and his passion, but Jim Walker is also a community man and feels that his business and Speyside are intertwined. Relax...
Ep8-Whisky tasting, whisky tales, Scapa and The Glenlivet
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the Orkney International Science Festival and Foraging Fortnight, Ghillie can’t resist attending a special tasting at Scapa Distillery with t...
Ep 7-Buffalo feasts, whisky confessions, fine women and the buffet of life
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Orkney for the International Science Festival, Ghillie enjoys a special dram with renowned cookery writer, Rosemary Moon, who shares her...
Ep6-Swimming with watermelons and how to lure a husband
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before she appears at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, cookery author and teacher, Ozlem Warren chats to Ghillie about her fo...
Ep 5-Neolithic grains, Strictly Come Dancing and Orkney Bannocks baked every day
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the Orkney Science Festival, food writer and historian, Liz Ashworth, takes Ghillie to the Barony Mill where the ancient bere barley is still t...
Ep1-Eating Dirty with Scotland’s First Lady of Food
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ghillie joins Claire and Godfrey Macdonald for lunch with their dog Darcy. As Claire unleashes her thoughts about food, producers and chefs in S...
Ep4-Mrs Garlic says “it’s chic to reek”
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Really Garlicky Company is both a surprise and a delight. Who would have thought that some of the best garlic could be grown in Scottish Highlands...
Ep3-Aphrodisiacs, snails and hairy women
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yemisi Aribisala author of Longthroat Memoires has a lively chat to Ghillie about Nigerian culinary culture at the Edinburgh International Book Festiv...
Ep 2- Grandad’s pickles, pissing contests, illness and strength
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From her grandad’s pickles to winning awards for her busy cafe in Aviemore, Kirsten Gilmour has come a long way from that little girl on the farm in...