Life in Food with Laura Price

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In Life in Food, author and journalist Laura Price speaks to incredible guests about how food has helped them through some of their biggest challenges. With a different theme each week, we delve into everything from Food and Love to Food and Fertility, Food and Cancer and even Food and Grief. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food. Whatever you’re going through, this podcast will provide you with food for thought. Life in Food accompanies Laura's debut novel, Single Bald Female.For more information, visit Laura's website.
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S2 BONUS: Food and Passion with Sophie Haydock (plus an exclusive AA Gill clip)

Mar 07 2023 51 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I discuss Food and Passion with Sophie Haydock, author of The Flames, a novel about the four muses who posed for the artist Egon Schiele in Vienna more than 100 years ago. Sophie and I talk about the links between food, passion and art, the passion that runs through the women in her novel, and her passion for writing. She also

S2 E10: Food and War with Alissa Timoshkina

Feb 21 2023 57 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and War with Alissa Timoshkina, who co-founded the Cook for Ukraine fundraising initiative with her friend Olia Hercules. In the episode, we talk about her campaign to fight conflict and violence with food and love, what she has learned from Russia's war on Ukraine, and how her Jewish-Ukrainian grandmother ta

S2 E9: Food and Fashion with Lauren Bravo

Feb 07 2023 45 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Fashion with Lauren Bravo, author of the upcoming novel Preloved. In the episode, we discuss the fashion of food, whether it’s okay to follow the trends when it comes to restaurants and ingredients, and whether retro foods like baked potatoes and spam are due a comeback. We also touch on eating disorder

S2 E8: Food and Death with Dr Kathryn Mannix

Jan 24 2023 58 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Death with Dr Kathryn Mannix, a former palliative care consultant and bestselling author of two books: With the End in Mind, and Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations. In the episode, we talk about the link between food and death – what happens to our appetites as we die, how to celebra

S2 E7: Food and Identity with Daniela Soto-Innes

Jan 10 2023 58 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Identity with Daniela Soto-Innes, former chef-partner of Cosme in New York and winner of the World's Best Female Chef Award 2019. In the episode, we talk about how Daniela found her own identity as a Mexican immigrant in the US, how she built a kitchen culture that champions diversity and particularly Lat

S2 E6: Food and Menopause with Dani Binnington

Dec 13 2022 48 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Menopause with Dani Binnington, host of the Menopause and Cancer podcast. Dani is a wellness expert and yoga teacher who pivoted after a cancer diagnosis when she was 33, and now helps women as they navigate menopause and perimenopause. In the episode, we talk about weight gain and adapting the way we eat

S2 E5: Food and Social Media with Sara Tasker

Nov 29 2022 40 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Social Media with Sara Tasker, a podcaster, photographer and social media expert with a specialism in Instagram. Having built a hugely successful career around Instagram, Sara talks about the pros and cons of the platform, how to build and authentic brand - and how she started out posting pictures of saus

S2 E4: Food and Disability with Chloe Timms

Nov 15 2022 42 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak about Food and Disability with Chloe Timms, a novelist, podcaster and campaigner who lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Chloe is the author of the feminist dystopian novel The Seawomen, as well as the host of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, a brilliant podcast where she interviews first-time authors like myself about

S2 E3: Food and Roots with Charmaine Wilkerson

Nov 01 2022 38 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak to Charmaine Wilkerson, author of the New York Times bestselling novel Black Cake, about Food and Roots. Black Cake covers California, the Caribbean and the UK, and Charmaine lives in Rome, so she has plenty to say about how food shapes our experiences of settings and helps us to form memories. In the episode, we talk

S2 E2: Food and Family with Claire Powell

Oct 17 2022 44 mins

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak to Claire Powell, author of the brilliant 2022 debut novel At the Table. Centred around the Maguire family over a series of meals, At the Table follows Nicole and Jamie as they find out their parents are separating and their lives begin to unravel. In the episode, we talk about the politics of family meals, eating duri