BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

The Kitchen Café

Factual: Food & Drink

Celebrate the joy of Scotland's larder with recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas!

Helping you get the best from Scotland's wonderful natural larder with weekly recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas from some of Scotland's top chefs!

The Kitchen Café: 06/03/2013

06/03/2013

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Café, 06/03/2013

Yotam Ottolenghi, Neil Forbes and Michael Smith with North Africa, garlic and cous cous.

Chef and writer Yotam Ottolenghi talks about his Mediterranean feasts, Neil Forbes gorges on garlic and Michael Smith makes spiced couscous in homage to his mother in law.

Chef, writer and restaurant owner Yotam Ottolenghi talks about the culinary journey he made through the riads of Morocco to the exotic eateries of Istanbul, from the souks of Tunisia to the eclectic food markets of Israel for his television series, Mediterranean Feasts. He shares stories from his childhood, recall when his passion for food and cooking began and talk about being something of a pioneer for vegetarianism, despite not being a vegetarian himself.

Far from being the cliché we used to associate with French cuisine, garlic has become one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen. Chef Neil Forbes talks about the sheer range in varieties, how they differ in terms of taste, colour, size and texture, gives tips on how to get the best out of your garlic and shares his ideas for cooking with it.

Best known for his love of Scottish ingredients, chef Michael Smith exposes his true food love of rich spice combinations in this week's Takeaway recipe when he makes a spiced cous cous from North Africa, inspired by his Tunisian mother-in-law.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Kitchen Café

06/03/2013

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

About BBC Radio Scotland