Cooking the Books Live: Ali Honour

About this episode

Gilly Smith hosts a live episode with Ali Honour, discussing the culinary and environmental benefits of beans.

This week we’re in Brighton for Cooking the Books live with bean queen, Ali Honour.   The author of Beans describes herself as a chef and food systems agitator, which brings together the best things about beans – how delicious they can be while saving the planet and the health of the nation. In front a live audience of keen beans and bean deniers – let’s call them beanos - we find out why.    Pop over to Gilly's Substack for Extra Bites of Ali and a recipe from Beans by clicking here . And do follow Bang in Some Beans on the Food Foundation podcast, produced by Gilly and presented by Melissa Hemsley. Here's episode 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gilly

Guest: Ali Honour

Topics covered

• beans
• food systems
• sustainability
• cooking

Keywords

• Brighton
• live audience
• chef
• food systems agitator

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Beans

Books & works: Cooking the Books Live, Cooking the Books, Beans, Gilly's Substack for Extra Bites of Ali, Bang in Some Beans on the Food Foundation

Places: Brighton

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