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
8. A Celebratory Recipe of One's Own
The Salmon Pink Kitchen ends 2021 with a live recipe swap!
For this episode, Irene and Margaux missioned their listeners to send through recipes that celebrate the cooks they are and/or their kitchens. Grab a snack and a drink of your choice and settle in as we dress 10 supper tables in honour of the women artists and writers we celebrated in our newsletter through 2021.
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N.B. make sure you have a pen and a notebook: this episode is filled with recipes and tips!
Our menu for this episode:
Supper one: The Table of Babe Paley (04:22)
Giulia’s beetroot, goat’s cheese and rocket risotto (@pizzalikesgiulia)
Supper two: The Table of Marguerite Duras (06:54)
Cécile’s leftover soup (@cecil.rdt)
Supper three: The Table of Eileen Chang (08:24)
Matt’s spiced aubergine rice (@mattb085)
Supper four: The Table of Maya Angelou (11:27)
Chiara’s cotoletta (@chiarariviezzi)
Davide and Claudia’s ragù (@clajolivo & @bomberalba_9)
Valentina’s chocolate cake (@v4le.p)
Supper five: The Table of Nora Ephron (22:13)
Alyce and Alexis’ halloumi and mushroom burgers (@alycegabrielle)
Sean’s brutti ma buoni (@seanoftheshire)
Supper six: The Table of Natalia Ginzburg (26:08)
Alessandra’s crazy cabbage (@muchwritingaboutnothing)
Ludo’s minestrone
Supper seven: The Table of Betsy Talbot Blackwell (32:35)
Jack’s tuna ragù (@jackclondon1992)
Jemima’s Belgian biscuit cake (@jemimaforrester)
Supper eight: The Table of Jan Morris (38:06)
Diya and her father’s biryani (@diyas.dinner)
Georgina’s sponge cake (@georginabbrookes)
Supper nine: The Table of Tove Jansson (48:02)
Lauren’s red pepper sauce (@sneezykitchen)
Maria’s open sandwich (@mariadinca)
Elisa’s pesche dolci (@ipnotista_dottssaelisacassi)
Supper ten: The Table of Toni Morrison (55:43)
Graham’s pasta pie (@gzoxley)
Elisa’s risotto with gorgonzola, pear and walnuts (@elyyogalife)
Dragos and Nora’s banana bread (@dragospopescu92 & @norracs)
Midnight snack with Louise Bourgeois (1:04:44)
Irene & Margaux’s 2021 round-up:
Our top Book Club Reads of 2021:
Irene: Once Upon a Time in the East by Xiaolu Guo
Margaux: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Our top Fiction Reads of 2021:
Irene: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Margaux: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Our top Non-Fiction Reads of 2021:
Irene: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Margaux: In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova