Hosted by Gilly Smith.
Interviews run alongside other formats here, more often than most Food & Drink shows, so a guest slot is a normal part of the schedule.
Measured against every food & drink podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.
| This show | Category average | |
|---|---|---|
| Episodes featuring a guest | 30% | 18% |
| Episodes in the last 90 days | 9 | 9 |
| Typical episode length | 30 min | 39 min |
| Episodes published in total | 340 | 157 |
| Reach percentile | 90 | 50 |
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Cooking the Books is about all of life through the prism of food, from climate change to culture and politics to people. It's for foodie book lovers who want to hear something more profound about the way we live, making the link between delicious food and the impact of food production on the land, all through four food moments from the books of our favourite food writers. Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith is the winner of The Guild of Food Writers' Best Broadcast or Podcast Award 2022, and was shortlisted for Fortnum and Mason Best Podcast 2022 and 2024. Hear how A-lister food writers have ch
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Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.
Yes. Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.
It publishes about once a month. There are 340 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 30 minutes.
Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.