Written by Okakura Kakuzo the Book of Tea was first published in 1906. Kakuzo discusses the impact of tea (and what he refers to as teaism) on Japanese culture especially the virtue of simplicity.
A Librivox recording.
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An Englishman In Search of a Tea Ceremony
Andrew Jefford
2000
Andrew Jefford presents a five-part exploration of the world of tea.
1) Tea as Commodity (17th January 2000)
Jefford examines the international tea trade - and prepares to experience his first
Hardeep Singh Kohli joins people as they meet and indulge in that very British ritual, a cup of tea and a biscuit.
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This is a most unusual bit of food history.
The Frozen Water Trade (BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week)
Gavin Weightman
2002
Gavin Weightman's book (published in 2002) tells the extraordinary story of Frederic Tudor,
the man behind the 19th-century trade in na
No food this time, just drink.
Binge Drunk Britain: The Musical
Paul Dodgson
December 5, 2008
Paul Dodgson's drink-sodden comic odyssey tells the story of a man's attempt to get home to his wife, in Newport, after a lads' night out in Bristol.
It is the
Here are three fun cookbooks in PDF, representing the cuisines of
Nanny Ogg from Discworld
Nero Wolfe
Sherlock Holmes
The last of this series (at least for today)
High Noon at the Sad Cafe
Val Syms
2003
Pleasant comedy-drama about the disillusioned owner of a run-down cafe. His new wife runs off with all his money and Hughie from Condiments of Distinction. Then his eld
The Woman Who Would Be Cook
Neil Cargill
23 December 2005
A comic recipe derived from disaster as would-be TV chef Tilly Kitchiner struggles to cook the perfect Christmas dinner - with the help of her celebrity guardian angels.
Tilly Kitchiner is as bitt
If you thought Vanilla was bizarre ..
Sweet Tooth
Mel Calman
Set in a cafe, Sweet Tooth is a play about adultery and pastries which follows the daily meetings of Alice (Morag Hood) and George (Denis Lawson). Running commentaries on the lovers' rendezvou
This one is a bit bizarre ...
Vanilla
Lesley Bruce
Wyndham's first love was his mother. As he fed at her breast, he was set on a path to obsession.
Wyndham (Derek Jacobi) becomes obsessed with his mother's special vanilla ice-cream
With Adjoa Andoh, Gavi
Third in the group
Wild Lunch
Katie Hims
2003-11-25
An absurdist comedy. A terribly English, civilised lunch party gradually disintegrates on the day a man is hanged by an unspecified government. Even when the world is falling apart around them, there ar
This is the second in a series of BBC comedy-dramas related to food and drink.
Baguettes and Barms
Christine Marshall
2006
Anne has just started as a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless. She's also organising the big 'Do' to celebrate her husband's i
There are a number of BBC comedy-dramas which have a food or drink theme.
Mangosteen Mania
Charlotte Cory
20 Dec 2005
On board a ship from Bombay to Southampton in 1901, a rare mangosteen plant travels by Royal Appointment from Queen Victoria herself. A
The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in multi-cultural, cosmopolitan Cairo during the Second World War.
Read by Barbara Flynn.
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Who Ate All the Pies?
Ian MacMillan
Ian MacMillan travels the country to sample local varieties of pie.
Programme 1
This edition finds him in Greenwich to taste the wares offered by Goddard's Eel and Pie Shop
Programme 2
This edition finds him i
Billy Kay celebrates the Scots drouth for ale, whisky and the great wines of Europe.
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"Cassandra" (Bill Connor) was a Fleet Street legend during the Daily Mirror's heyday, with his column running non-stop, not counting global hostilities, for 35 years until 1967. Some of Cassandra's best columns, however, were not about people or ins
Read more…I'm sure this has been posted elsewhere but it seems to fit here also.
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