Ormskirk Gingerbread with Anouska Lewis

Niche topic alert! Today I amtalking to Anouska Lewis about Ormskirk Gingerbread.Anouska is the writer and presenterof the BBC Sounds podcast Hometown Boring? The first episodebeing all about Ormskirk gingerbreadWetalk about how one lands getting a podcast series on BBC Sounds in the firstplace; the ingredients of Ormskirk gingerbread, the town’s pride in itsgingerbread, the gingerbread ladies who sold them at the train station in theVictorian period, Ormskirk’s link with Liverpool’s sugar and slave trade, andthe value of having difficult conversations – amongst many other things.Support the podcast and blogs bybecoming, if you can, a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premiumcontent, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here.Listen to Hometown Boring? on BBC SoundsFollow Anouska on Instagram @history_hun and TikTok @historyhunThings mentioned in today’s episode:Ormskirk Gingerbread on the Foods of England websiteA Dark History of Sugar by Neil ButteryPrevious podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:Gingerbread with Sam BiltonUpcoming events:British Library Food Season 2024, 25 May at 2pm. Ludlow Food Festival, Friday 13th September. Warwick Words History Festival, Thursday 3rd October at 4.30pm. Neil’s blogs:‘British Food: a History’ ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ Neil’s books:Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential HousekeeperA Dark History of Sugar Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops. Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email me at [email protected], or on twitter and BlueSky @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. My DMs are open.You can also join the British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: