Food Britannia is The Sunday Times’ food book of the year, and the FT likes it too
Golly, the lovely Bee Wilson (who's book Swindled is a great read btw) has very kindly named Food Britannia The Sunday Times' food book of the year, and what a year it was for interesting foodie books. Other contenders included some big tomes from the big names like Jamie's Great Britain, Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets...
Review of Food Britannia on Guardian Books
Kathryn Hughes has reviewed Food Britannia in the Guardian Review (30th July). Here are some of the things she's said. In Food Britannia Andrew Webb embarks on a food-lover's tour of Britain, searching out regional specialities, meeting people who've started businesses from their kitchen table, and generally finding reasons to be cheerful about the state...
Me on Steve Wright’s show
A few weeks ago Steve Wright thumbed through a copy of my book on air and liked the look of it. I ask Random House's PR to see if they'd like me to come on the show and talk about it in person, which they did. Below is my interview with Steve and the crew,...
Me on Robert Elms’ show BBC London
Here's me talking about the food of London featured in Food Britannia on the Robert Elms show on BBC London 94.9. Robert's a fan of black pudding, and also knows his London food history, correctly saying that parsley liquer served with pie and mash was traditionally made with the water the jellied eels had been cooked...
Me on BBC Radio Newcastle
Today I appeared on Simon Logan's show on BBC Radio Newcastle. They cut the interview into three chunks, starter, main course and dessert after the news. You can listen to the whole 11 mins below. Andrew Webb on BBC Radio Newcastle 11mins If you've not got time for that then why not just listen to...
Food Britannia Off Cuts: Iffits and biffins
You’ve got to not only admire the chef that puts ‘dirty beef dripping’ on his menu, you’ve got to order it. So I did. And Tim Abbot, chef and manager of The Pigs pub near Holt, Norfolk, is the man that’ll prepare it for you. I can’t recall seeing dripping on a menu anywhere else...
Waitrose Kitchen Magazine: Fields of Gold
If you wanted an old Italian mama (or nona) straight out of 'central casting' to photograph making pasta by hand, you could not get better than 80 year old Vincenza Vicenti who learned the skill at her mother's side from the age of 10. To watch her work was a joy, she simply mixed flour and...
Video promo for Food Britannia
Here's a short promo for Food Britannia giving you just a taste of what the book's about, to see more of me on film visit the Showreel page
Food Britannia on Steve Wright’s radio show
Many thanks to Neil Davey for the tip off that Steve Wright discussed Food Britannia on his radio show. You can listen to Steve and the team here: Food Britannia on Steve Wright's The Big Show. BBC Radio2 No of them knew what Scouse was – though they do now. There was also mention...
Food Britannia offcuts: A Short History of the Pop Up Restaurant
The pop-up/guerrilla/underground restaurant phenomenon was born at Christmas time in the East End of London. The public were lowing, the waiters await, but not even Jesus could have sat down to a plate. Reindeer was its name, and open for just twenty-three days it naturally it became the hottest ticket in town. This was 2006,...
Yorkshire Old Wives’ Sod
The brilliantly named Yorkshire old wives’ sod is the sort of pudding one imagines Nora Batty feeding her hen-pecked husband Wally in Last of the Summer Wine. A curmudgeonly sounding pudding that must surely be a candidate for the best-named dish invented on these isles? The name, as far as I can tell, comes from...
Food Britannia: Off cuts and left overs
My tome, over a year in the making, is nearly finished, you can pre-order a copy here (out Spring 2011) Anyway, like self build furniture there’s always bits and bobs left over when writing a book. So some of them I’ve scrapped together here for your hopeful enjoyment. When things go wrong I’ve had to...
