2024-11-12
50 分钟My guest today is Melissa Thompson Melissa is a writer, author and broadcaster. A columnist for BBC Good Food magazine, she is also ambassador for Weber Grills and an award-winning writer covering food for publications including The Guardian, Waitrose Magazine and Stylist. Her debut book Motherland was published in 2022 to critical acclaim. It is an extraordinary combination of recipes from Jamaica and an exploration into the island’s history and the influences on the food. By others she’s been described as "a creative powerhouse" : On her own website Melissa describes herself as a London-based food & drink writer with a love of ice cream, fried chicken and anti-racism. Thank you so much to the brilliant Maldon Salt for sponsoring this season of Desert Island Dishes. I am a huge fan and long-time genuine customer so to be working with them is a dream come true. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe if you enjoy today's episode and you can find me over on Instagram @Desertislanddishes or over on the website www.desertislanddishes.co. You can also sign up for my newsletter where I send you one easy and delicious weeknight recipe over at www.dinnertonight.substack.com This episode was produced by Rutherford Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This season of Desert Island Dishes is sponsored by Maldon Salt, the finest natural sea salt flakes handcrafted from the British coastline.
They are, quite frankly, the masters of salt, putting craft, care and passion into everything they do.
You only have to read one of my recipes to know that I use mold and salt every single day for all of my cooking.
To say I am a fan is an understatement, so to be working with them this season is a dream come true.
I'm often asked about the secret to getting better at cooking and my answer is, honestly, always the same.
It comes down to seasoning and not just as an afterthought.
You have to season at every stage.
And that's why I love Maldon Salt.
It's light and delicate due to the soft and crunchy pyramid shaped flakes, and it's just the easiest way to take simple dishes to the next level.
Trust me, your cooking life will not be the same.
Thank you very much to Maldon Salt.
Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven desert island dishes.
These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the desert island.
The question is, what would you choose as your last meal?
Hi.
I hope you're all very well and having a lovely week.
This week has flown by and I know maybe we shouldn't be talking about it, but it does feel like Christmas is zooming towards us at quite an alarming rate.
Today's episode is with the brilliant Melissa, who I'm sure lots of you will know from the kitchen cabinet, if not from her food writing.
I loved reading her book in preparation for this interview and can highly recommend it.