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May 2024

A Sweet & Crunchy Cabbage Salad for the Buckets
(With apologies to Vanessa)
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Sam Bilton
The Trouble With Charlie...
‘Will any one of the children’s books written in the past thirty years be alive and beloved one hundred years from now?’ mused children’s author Eleanor…
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Sam Bilton
S2 Episode 8: A Chocolate Horror Story
Roald Dahl’s second children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates its 60th birthday this year. In this episode I’m joined by Dr…
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Sam Bilton
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Dr Alessandra Pino
, and 
Vanessa Baca
52:03
S2 Episode 7: Brownie Angles
Listen now | In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Bradley Borougerdi Professor of History from Tarrant County College in Arlington, Texas and drug…
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Sam Bilton
57:27

April 2024

The Evolution of the Brownie
For something that is a relative newbie in the cake world, the brownie’s origins obscure. In fact their dense form defies the notion of an airy sponge…
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Sam Bilton
2
Chocolate Wine Torte
My necromancy skills have failed me. I was unable to bring John Nott back from the dead to recreate his wine chocolate recipe for chocolate historian…
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Sam Bilton
S2 Episode 6: Whatever Happened to Fry's?
In Episode 6 I am joined by chocolate historian, archivist and novelist Alex Hutchinson to discuss the rise and fall of the Bristol based Fry’s…
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Sam Bilton
46:23
Chocolate Puffs
An almost authentic 18th century recipe
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Sam Bilton

March 2024

Easter Biscuits
With a touch of gold....
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Sam Bilton
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S2: Bonus Easter Egg Episode
Before you tuck into your chocolate eggs today I thought you might like to hear a little bit about how they came being. In the UK Fry’s of Bristol are…
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Sam Bilton
2
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S2 Episode 5: Meet the Tosiers
Listen now | In this episode I explore the life of some extraordinary business women in the eighteenth century chocolate house owner Grace Tosier and…
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Sam Bilton
49:24
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