The SPK Book Club
A voracious book club podcast, hosted by friends Irene and Margaux. You can expect conversations on books, rabbit holes about authors’ lives, rediscovered classics and author interviews. This podcast may contain details about the food we eat while we read.
The SPK Book Club
3. On Food and the City with Safia Shakarchi
In this third episode, Irene and Margaux welcome Safia Shakarchi, a British Iraqi baker, food writer, photographer, stylist and creative food consultant.
With Safia, we talked about baking, food photography and styling, crackers & hummus, travelling, granddads, the London food scene and the resilience of the hospitality industry.
You can find more about Safia and her work @dearsafia and https://www.dearsafia.com/
Check out our Salmon Pink Kitchen culinary tour of London with Safia Shakarchi:
Charles Artisan Bread, E5 - @charlesartisanbread
Little Duck, The Picklery, E8 - @littleduckthepicklery
P Franco, E5 - @pfranco_e5
The Bull & Last, NW5 - @thebullandlast
The Cheese Bar, NW1 - @thecheesebarldn
Pophams Bakery, E8 - @pophamsbakery
Violet Bakery, E8 - @violetcakeslondon
Koya Soho, W1D - @koyalondon
Arganic Argan Oil, one of Safia’s key pantry ingredients - @arganic
One of Irene and Margaux’s favourite restaurant scenes in books: the truite au bleu scene extracted from ‘Define This Word’, The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (Daunt Books, 2017)