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A Is For Apple Podcast
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An Encyclopaedia of Food and Drink. A podcast written and produced by Sam Bilton, Neil Buttery and Alessandra Pino 🍎
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Do you like food history?
Have a look at this online festival happening on 18 October 2025 - it’s all about the stories, traditions, and tastes that shaped how we eat. 🍽️

🎟️ Tickets here:
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July 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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🌿 B is for Bay Leaves is live!

@mrssbilton.bsky.social joins @neilbuttery.bsky.social & @alessandrapino.bsky.social on @aisforapplepod.bsky.social to unpack the misunderstood magic of bay.

From stews to sweet puddings, you’ll never look at it the same way again.

Got a clever use? Tell us! 🍮✨
June 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Things are heating up at @aisforapplepod.bsky.social ! 🔥
In the latest ep, @neilbuttery.bsky.social dives into B is for Boiling- from bubbling pots to boiling as execution (👀 @alessandrapino.bsky.social couldn’t resist).
It’s steamy, strange & seriously delicious

#AisForApplePodcast #BoilingPoint
June 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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The final episode of Season B of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social has dropped! It's the now traditional Listener's Choice episode.

@mrssbilton.bsky.social , @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I will be back soon!

Did your choice get a mention?
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S2E7 B is for Boiling, Bayleaf & Bloody Mary
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June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Bonus Episode Drop: Brains and the BSE Crisis

New today on A is for Apple! 🍎

We’re rewinding to the 1990s and the mad cow panic that rocked Britain- aka the BSE crisis. 🐄🧠

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June 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The next ep of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social will be Listeners' Choice so we need your suggestions by 21 May. Foods, drinks, writers, books, food culture...beginning with B.

If you can, say a few words about why it would make a good topic.

Leave a comment or email aisforapplepod@gmail.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A new episode of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social is out now! The theme was "Meat" & we're in season B. What would you have choson? @mrssbilton.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social and I went for beef Wellington, brains & Bovril.

Available on all pod platforms inc:
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May 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Series 2, Episode 6: B is for Beef Wellington, Brains & Bovril

This one’s not for the faint-hearted…

@mrssbilton.bsky.social unpacks the regal layers of Beef Wellington, @neilbuttery.bsky.social gets into the nitty-gritty of brains as food, & @alessandrapino.bsky.social dives into Bovril.
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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ICYMI: the uncut interview with Joe Schneider about wonderful Stichelton Dairy is on the @aisforapplepod.bsky.social feed

@mrssbilton.bsky.social @alessandrapino.bsky.social

Just search 'A is for Apple' in your favourite podcast app!

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3PNV...
May 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Look sharp!

There's a new bonus episode of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social - the full interview between Joe Schneider of Stichelton Dairy & myself.

A big thank you to @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social for his sound engineering help!

Available on all podcast apps, inc. open.spotify.com/episode/3PNV...
BONUS EPISODE: Stichelton Cheese with Joe Schneider
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May 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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ICYMI: a new episode of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social landed with the theme "BLUE". A tricky one! What did @alessandrapino.bsky.social , @mrssbilton.bsky.social and I choose? What would you have chosen?

Available on all podcast platforms inc this one: open.spotify.com/episode/1ifa...
S2E5 B is for Blue Cheese, Blue Corn & Borage
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May 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Too B-loody right!! 😆💙
April 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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deliciouslegacy.bsky.social
B-loody good episode then!!!
April 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Have you caught up with the latest @aisforapplepod.bsky.social episode? B is for Blue & it was a tricky one!

@neilbuttery.bsky.social talked with Joe Schneider of Stichelton Dairy

@alessandrapino.bsky.social looked at blue corn

@mrssbilton.bsky.social focused on borage

Available on all apps🎧
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A new episiode of @aisforapplepod.bsky.social has landed. The theme was a tricky one: "BLUE".

I talked with Joe Schneider of Stichelton Dairy; @alessandrapino.bsky.social looked at blue corn; & @mrssbilton.bsky.social focussed on borage.

Available on all apps.

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S2E5 B is for Blue Cheese, Blue Corn & Borage
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April 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Episode 5 of our B season is here and it’s blue-tiful!
@neilbuttery.bsky.social gets funky with blue cheese, @alessandrapino.bsky.social goes deep on blue corn, and @mrssbilton.bsky.social brings borage into bloom.

Which blue food would you pick?

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April 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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B is for Bonus BBQ 🔥

We’re joined by the brilliant Thomas Ntinas, host of @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social podcast. Together, we talk open flames, ancient grills, global BBQ rituals, and the magic of cooking with fire, not just over it.

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BONUS EPISODE: Barbecue like an ancient Greek with Thomas Ntinas
Podcast Episode · A is for Apple: An Encyclopaedia of Food & Drink · S2, E5 Bonus · 16m
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April 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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There'll be some you can use. Cast iron pancake pans etc.
April 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Nothing. On good authority. Nothing 😞
April 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Have you caught up with our latest @aisforapplepod_ episode? @neilbuttery.bsky.social dives into the history and techniques of Bakestone cookery: from crumpets to oatcakes, it’s all about the magic of the griddle!

What’s sizzling on your bakestone today?Let us know!

#FoodHistory #BakestoneCookery
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Sorry this is a little late folks but a new episode appeared on the @aisforapplepod.bsky.social feed. The topic was techniques. @mrssbilton.bsky.social looked at béchamel, @alessandrapino.bsky.social barbecue, & I bakestone cookery.

Available on all apps.
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S2 E4: B is for Bakestone, Béchamel and Barbecue
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April 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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What’s your favourite bagel filling?🥯⬇️

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#BagelLove #FoodPodcast #AIsForApplePodcast #HistoryOnAPlate #RiseAndDine #BIsForBagel #BagelBanter #FoodieFun #EatTheStory #BakeTheWorldABetterPlace
March 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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B is for Bath Buns! 🍞🫖

Did you know that Bath Buns originally had little caraway seed confits in the dough?

🎧 Curious to know more? Head to the link in bio to hear all about it on the latest episode of A is for Apple.

Have you ever tried a Bath Bun? Let us know! 👇
March 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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S2 E3. B is for Baked Beans, Bath Buns, and Bagels.

It’s time for a new episode! The topic is baking 🍞 🥯 🥨@mrssbilton.bsky.social went for Baked Beans, @neilbuttery.bsky.social went for Bath Buns, and @alessandrapino.bsky.social went for Bagels.

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March 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM