What to Eat Now
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What to Eat Now is a six-part series, broadcast on BBC Two
and presented by chef Valentine Warner
. The basic message behind the series is that people should eat food that is in season.
The series has covered autumnal foods, both meats such as rabbit
and pigeon, and fruits and vegetables and fungi, including apples, pears, pumpkins, chicory
, beetroot
and truffle as part of the series.
The programme was first broadcast on 15 September 2008.
In looking at apples, the show visited Benedictine
monks, and talked about how they could find the best apples to make a dish called "apple charlotte".
In looking at beetroot, the show visited a farmer who practiced biodynamic
farming, believing that the phases of the moon could affect plant growth.
The show travelled to Lindisfarne
to illustrate mussel catching. Warner has also published two books entitled "What to Eat Now" and "What to Eat Now - More Please!" to accompany the series'. http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/valentinewarner
A second series was broadcast in 2009.
The programme broadcast on 13 July 2009 dealt with food to take to take to a picnic
.
commented "do we need a return to the ways of the caveman? Is Valentine Warner the future of TV chefs?" in their review of the series.
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
and presented by chef Valentine Warner
Valentine Warner
Valentine Warner is a cook. He started his television career on the BBC in Autumn 2008 with What to Eat Now, a cookery programme based on his book of the same name....
. The basic message behind the series is that people should eat food that is in season.
The series has covered autumnal foods, both meats such as rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
and pigeon, and fruits and vegetables and fungi, including apples, pears, pumpkins, chicory
Chicory
Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons , or for roots , which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also...
, beetroot
Beetroot
The beetroot, also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet or informally simply as beet, is one of the many cultivated varieties of beets and arguably the most commonly encountered variety in North America, Central America and Britain.-Consumption:The usually deep-red roots of beetroot are...
and truffle as part of the series.
The programme was first broadcast on 15 September 2008.
In looking at apples, the show visited Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monks, and talked about how they could find the best apples to make a dish called "apple charlotte".
In looking at beetroot, the show visited a farmer who practiced biodynamic
Biodynamic
Biodynamic may refer to:*Biodynamic agriculture, a method of farming based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner*Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, based on the teachings of William Sutherland...
farming, believing that the phases of the moon could affect plant growth.
The show travelled to Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island and constitutes a civil parish in Northumberland...
to illustrate mussel catching. Warner has also published two books entitled "What to Eat Now" and "What to Eat Now - More Please!" to accompany the series'. http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/valentinewarner
A second series was broadcast in 2009.
Episodes
- Episode 6 : The final edition of the programme's first series featured Warner describing a modern version of the Cornish pasty involving mussels, which he calls "mussel empanada" (Radio TimesRadio TimesRadio Times is a UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC. It has been published since 1923 by BBC Magazines, which also provides an on-line listings service under the same title...
, 18–24 October 2008,p78).
The programme broadcast on 13 July 2009 dealt with food to take to take to a picnic
Picnic
In contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,...
.
Reception
The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
commented "do we need a return to the ways of the caveman? Is Valentine Warner the future of TV chefs?" in their review of the series.
Books
Valentine Warner has written two books to accompany the series - What to Eat Now and What to Eat Now - More Please! published by Mitchell BeazleyExternal links
- What to Eat Now at Optomen