The FOODBOD POD

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy welcomes Sophie Carey back to her home kitchen for a festive season finale devoted to a Christmas dessert – a Spiced Plum Baked Alaska Frangipane tart. Sound delicious? Sophie, who is the Bakery Development Manager at Matthews Cotswold Flour takes us through the entire process, including how to make American shortcrust pastry, frangipane and an amazing Swiss meringue snow to...

Join Elaine Boddy in her home kitchen for another Podbite, the shorter companion podcast to the main Foodbod Pod podcast series. In this episode Elaine is joined by her producer David Treadway as they discuss being confident with your sourdough starter and why you shouldn’t overthink it. They also touch on different flours and how regenerative flours behave. Plus, Elaine has some news about a sour...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy welcomes us back to her home kitchen for an entire episode dedicated to how to manage sourdough starters and doughs in the cooler months. Elaine mixes up several different doughs while discussing the do’s and do not’s and what to do if a starter is underperforming and how to get the best from it. She also discusses the advantages of using loaf pans, including her favourite k...

Join Elaine Boddy in her home kitchen for another Podbite, the shorter companion podcast to the main Foodbod Pod podcast series. In this episode Elaine looks forward to baking during both autumn and the festive season as she shops for ingredients to add to her bakes and anticipates what’s coming up in the podcast season for the remainder of the year. To find out more and see the recipes featured i...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy welcomes back home cook and social media food influencer, Sophie Rushton-Smith whose Instagram and TikTok pages provide countless ideas and inspiration for quick, one-pan meals that are flavourful and delicious. Sophie’s inspiration comes from whatever she finds in her cupboards and the fridge coupled with several key ingredients she always has at hand to create fast, easy m...

Bakery Development Manager at Matthews Cotswold Flour, Sophie Carey joins Elaine in her home kitchen to bake as well as talk about all things baking, having achieved so much since leaving university as the top student just a few short years ago and becoming a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Bakers, one of the City of London’s historic livery companies which traces its origins back to medieval...

Join Elaine Boddy for another Podbite, the shorter companion podcast to the main Foodbod Pod series. In this episode Elaine welcomes back expert pizza maker, author and Ooni Ambassador, Scott Deley as he concludes his masterclass in home pizza making. On this occasion Scott shows Elaine how to prepare and bake the “Red Top” – the classic Detroit deep pan pizza made with a focaccia dough rather tha...

Ooni Pizza Ambassador, UK Pizzaiolo of the year 2023 and author of “Scott’s Ooni Pizza Project”, Scott Deley visits Elaine Boddy in her garden to cook up and compare a variety of Neapolitan pizzas baked in his wood burning oven. We first met Scott in season 1 of The Foodbod Pod and in this episode he returns to give Elaine a masterclass in shaping, topping and baking pizzas and discusses the best...

Join Elaine Boddy in her kitchen as she presents another Podbite, the shorter companion podcast to the main Foodbod Pod series. In this episode, Elaine prepares a sourdough sandwich loaf using honey and coconut water while looking forward to the next full-length episode of the podcast in which she’ll be welcoming pizza guru, author and Ooni Pizza Oven Ambassador, Scott Deley to her home. To find o...

Join Elaine Boddy for another episode of The Foodbod Pod in which she meets Stu McDonald, the founder of high-quality peanut butter brand Manilife. Stu joins Elaine in her kitchen to discuss his passion for producing single origin nut butters that are made from only the best ingredients and tells the story of how Manilife came about. Elaine uses peanut butter as a key ingredient in two different s...

Join Elaine Boddy in her kitchen as she prepares three doughs for baking using a surprising choice of flour not normally associated with sourdough bread. Elaine also discusses a couple of meals she has made in her latest Podbite – the short podcast companion series to the main Foodbod Pod season. To find out more and see the recipes featured in the full length Foodbod Pod podcasts visit:  https://...

Join Elaine Boddy as she takes you on a tour of her favourite ingredients in her kitchen cupboards and prepares one of her appetising and delicious vegetarian meals. Elaine demonstrates how to cook the perfect grains without them becoming mushy along with some roasted vegetables in a basil oil. She also prepares her version of Loubia, a Lebanese dish of tomatoes, garlic, green beans and spices. Ad...

Join Elaine Boddy in her kitchen as she prepares food for the family for the week ahead in another Podbite – the short podcast companion series to the main Foodbod Pod season. On this occasion Elaine answers questions about storing sourdough, the best ways to keep it fresh and crusty and how to freeze the dough ahead of baking.   To find out more and see the recipes featured in the full length Foo...

Last year sourdough baker and food lover Anne Iarchy discovered she was celiac and had to change her diet dramatically. Not only did she have to cut out all foods containing gluten but she also had to adopt new ways of baking and develop gluten-free versions of her favourite bread from sourdough to challah as well as cakes and cookies. She also had to change the way she prepares foods and organise...

Elaine Boddy is back in her kitchen mixing up more sourdough recipes in another Podbite – the short podcast companion series to the main Foodbod Pod season. On this occasion Elaine is getting doughs ready for an on-line sourdough class in order to show the various stages of preparation, fermentation and proving. Find out more and see the recipes featured at:  https://foodbodpod.com   Watch Elaine...

Join Elaine Boddy as she welcomes David Treadway to her home kitchen and demonstrates how to make and bake sourdough with doughs at different stages of the process and discusses some of the issues home bakers face. Elaine has particular advice about fermentation and proofing times, how room temperature affects them and offers strategies and advice on how to manage them. There are two new recipes p...

In the first of a season of short Foodbod Pod Podbite companions to the main podcast series, Elaine Boddy invites you to join her in her kitchen as she puts together some new sourdough recipes and explains how she experiments with ingredients and comes up with ideas. It's a warm up for the next full edition of The Foodbod Pod due at the end of April 2024. 

Join Elaine Boddy for a brand new episode of The Foodbod Pod as she sets the agenda for a new season of podcasts all about food. Elaine and her producer and co-host David Treadway look back to the highlights of the last series and discuss what's coming up in the season ahead. And this time the focus will be on all things sourdough. There’ll also be other breads, gluten free options, pizza dough an...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents the second part of The Foodbod Pod’s festive celebration of A Lush Irish Christmas in which she and David Treadway return to Cherie Denham’s home kitchen where they are joined by Tracey Toner for some seasonal Irish cheer! Cherie and Tracey both hail from Northern Ireland: Cherie, who grew up in Co. Tyrone has thousands of followers to her Cherie Denham Cooks Instag...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents the first of two festive editions of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway return to Cherie Denham’s home kitchen where she is joined by Tracey Toner for some seasonal Irish cheer! Cherie and Tracey both hail from Northern Ireland. Cherie, who has thousands of followers to her Cherie Denham Cooks Instagram posts has just seen the publication of her first b...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents episode eleven of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway meet the founders of Yum Bug, the start-up company that is on a mission to change our perceptions about eating crickets and other insects. Leo Taylor and Aaron Thomas explain that insects have long been a staple part of people’s diets – more than 2 billion people in over 80% of the world’s countries e...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents episode ten of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway meet Master Butcher, Simon Boddy. Simon is Elaine’s brother-in-law and has developed his on-line and retail butchery, The Best Butchers over the past 20 years with a focus on traditionally butchered meat and poultry and customer service. Specialising in quality meat, sausages, bacon and poultry produced...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents episode nine of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway return to the Matthews Cotswold Flour Mill in Shipton Under Wychwood in the heart of the English countryside where eight generations of the Matthews family have been milling Britain’s finest flours since the 1800s. Managing Director Bertie Matthews takes Elaine on a guided tour to show her how flour is...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents episode eight of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway meet Shashi and Sanjay Aggarwal, Mamma Spice and Spice Boy respectively as they enjoy a flavour packed visit to the Spice Kitchen. From an idea invented around the family dinner table one Christmas, the Spice Kitchen has grown into a successful artisanal spice and tea business that ships spices and ble...

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents the seventh episode of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway meet Anne Iarchy and Karine Vignelles who discuss their food influences and deliver a lesson in how to braid challah dough. We also hear from members of the Sourdough with Foodbod Facebook group.   Anne describes the food she grew up with in Belgium and the various influences from her travels and...