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Tales from the Veg Patch

Tales from the Veg Patch

By: Kathy Slack
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'Tales From the Veg Patch' is a new podcast by award-winning food writer, cook and veg grower, Kathy Slack. Come through the garden gate for 15 minutes of rural tranquillity as Kathy shares uplifting stories about growing and cooking her own food and the healing powers of gardening for mental health.


There’s 'The Love Story of the Overlooked Leek'; an essay on 'How to Buy Dirt'; and, musings on 'The Morals and Mysteries of Failing to Catch a Mole'. Plus lots of eating, weekly recipes and ideas for making the most of the harvest.


Tales, stories and essays to reconnect you with the food you eat and get you back to the land. Every Thursday.


FOLLOW:

kathyslack.com

Instagram.com/gluts_gluttony

Twitter.com/gluts_gluttony


Show music: Tom Dyson

Cover pic: Stephanie McLeod

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Episodes
  • Series Finale - The Promise of Autumn

    Series Finale - The Promise of Autumn
    Sep 8 2022

    It might be the end of the series, but it’s not the end of the growing season. So this week, things to look forward to in the autumn veg patch, plus some jobs to get done and recipes for the coming chill.


    Find the green tomato chutney recipe here:

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/04/nigel-slater-green-tomato-recipes


    And for the roast cauliflower soup with kale and walnut pesto which Kathy's talks through:

    https://www.kathyslack.com/blog/cauliflower-soup-kale-pesto


    Keep in touch with Kathy until series 2 begins:

    kathyslack.com

    instagram.com/gluts_gluttony

    twitter.com/gluts_gluttony


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    13 mins
  • Autumn Unbuyables

    Autumn Unbuyables
    Sep 1 2022

    Unbuyables – the class of produce only a grower has access to – are especially bountiful in early Autumn and none is more exciting than the imminent winter squash harvest. So this week, pumpkins – how to go them and what to cook with them.

     

    You can find all the recipes Kathy mentions in her cookbook, From the Veg Patch.


    Find the pumpkin tikka masala recipe here: 

    https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-tikka-masala-with-flatbreads/



    Keep in touch with Kathy:

    kathyslack.com

    instagram.com/gluts_gluttony

    twitter.com/gluts_gluttony

     


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    17 mins
  • Courgettes: A blissful tyranny

    Courgettes: A blissful tyranny
    Aug 18 2022

    It’s August so the courgette glut helpline is open and ringing off the hook. Kathy has plenty of ideas for your courgettes, plus an essay on the joys and tyranny of the bounty.

     

    This is an extract from Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch, where you’ll find all the recipes mentioned.

     

    For more info on the upcoming events Kathy mentions:

    https://www.daylesford.com/shop/events/cookery-school/market-garden-gather-and-cook-3

    https://thebigfeastival.com/chef-line-up


    Keep in touch with Kathy:

    kathyslack.com

    instagram.com/gluts_gluttony

    twitter.com/gluts_gluttony


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    14 mins
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