Sound the trumpets! A brand new monthly feature starts this episode, Cocktail of the Month, brought to you by our special guest and cocktail enthusiast, Stephen Dunk!  Whilst he's been shaking up cocktails, Steve has been visiting the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Royal Academy and realising he's getting a little out of step with London living.  Which sets him off on a bit of a rant, so prepare yourselves! Meanwhile, Charlotte has been getting back into hosting dinner parties and the pair...

This episode, Charlotte is throwing around Valentine present suggestions whilst highlighting the very fragrant (and medicinal) Witch Hazel tree.  There's a generation (well, Steve) that thought it came in a bottle! Our seasonal ingredient is Kale with some great serving suggestions and an easy but tasty brunch or supper recipe.  Rick Stein's recent book Rick Stein at Home comes under Steve's beady eye, who loves the wide range of cuisines featured.   All that, plus a few barks from Archie...

With Charlotte's chickens starting to lay again, we crack open different varieties of eggs and discuss the ultimate convenience food!  Steve meanwhile is eagerly anticipating the new series of BBC Two's Great British Menu and highlights a fantastic online resource GreatBritishChefs.com. The beautiful and fragrant Mimosa tree is featured in Charlotte's Corner and the pair are eager to support local cinemas, as Steve has just had his first visit to the community run Rex Cinema in Wareham...

Wondered about Wordle?  Charlotte explains it all to a very confused Steve!   We celebrate Chinese New Year on 01 February by focusing our attention on the wonderful cookbook Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop.  Steve is keen to delve into the fifth taste, Umami whilst Charlotte has a fascinating way of nurturing amaryllis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

Its our birthday!  This week marks one year since the first episode of Voyage Around My AGA!  So what better way to celebrate than to follow up on our first ever discussion.... marmalade! With a new growing season upon us, Charlotte offers some great advice for getting prepared and we dig a little deeper into the humble potato, with an interesting way to tell whether it's waxy or floury.  Could the celebrations get any wilder?! Don't forget to follow us on instagram and facebook at Voyage...

For the first episode of 2022, Steve and Charlotte are catching up on their respective Christmas and New Year.  Whilst Steve had a great holiday, returning home came with a few issues!  Charlotte's brined Turkey was a huge success and she's learning to trust her own judgement. Follow us on facebook and instagram at Voyage Around My AGA and email us [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

In our final episode of 2021, Steve is urging everyone to see Steven Spielberg's new version of West Side Story and manages a very neat segue to National Theatre's At Home streaming service and Lin-Manuel Miranda's film directoral debut, Tick Tick Boom! Meanwhile, Charlotte has been holding her Christmas wreath classes, to great success.  Steve even attended one and found his creative flair!   Thank you for listening to our podcast this year and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year....

This episode, we discuss our Christmas traditions and what to do with all those leftovers from the festive season.  Charlotte has been researching cranberries and discovered the unusual way they are harvested.  And Steve is feeling his (real) age! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

Steve is back from Hungary and raving about Budapest, a wonderful city.  Fabulous restaurants, food markets, architecture and museums, what's not to like!  Meanwhile Charlotte is in charge of social media for a week for the british flower membership assocation,  Flowers from the Farm. Following on from our last episode, where we discussed our favourite Christmas cookbooks and recipes, this time we focus on Christmas desserts.  And Steve discovers Charlotte's absolute dislike of...

Having both been in London for a few days, Charlotte and Steve are full of the Christmas spirit!  They discuss the huge growth of advent calendars and some of the many options now available.  Thoughts are also turning to planning for big family events and they look at what to think about, menu planning and what to cook in advance plus what are their go-to Christmas recipe books. And with Adele releasing a new album, the pair discuss her Audience With TV special and Steve raves about...

This episode, we give a very helpful round-up of new recipe and food related books to give you some Christmas gift ideas. Charlotte offers some great ideas for cabbages, including a very interesting use for Savoy cabbages and we discuss the british staple, bangers and mash plus our favourite sausage recipes. Follow us on instagram and facebook at Voyage Around My AGA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

In a poetic episode, Charlotte and Steve are catching up on the autumn reality shows ranging from cooking to word-working to portrait painting. The BBC Good Food brand including the 101 Guides, website and magazine come under the spotlight as does quince, just coming into season now. Charlotte has been planting over 800 tulips and gives an update on her recent garden activity and the pair go back to their childhoods with Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat. Don't forget you can follow...

With Steve sporting a black eye and Charlotte full of cold, the pair have had to deal with power outages, road closures and technical issues to put this episode together! The first book from Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, Shelf Love, is our cookbook of the week and we discuss mushrooms - apparently there are over 15,000 varieties in the UK alone. Charlotte talks about where she gets her plant inspiration and seeds from including well-known growers such as Sarah Raven, Chiltern Seeds, David Austin...

This episode, Steve and Charlotte are joined by Sasha Dorey, the Truffle Huntress.  In a wide ranging interview, Sasha gives a fascinating insight into the world of the elusive delicacy, how she hunts for truffles with her dogs and her favourite ways to use truffles. Steve has become obsessed with the award-winning hit US TV show, Succession and the pair discuss the complexities of some of the Great British Bake Off technical challenges.  Filo pastry, anyone?! For more information about...

With Halloween fast approaching, Charlotte is on a mission to convince Steve of the culinary delights of pumpkins and squash.  She is also encouraging a reevaluation of the much maligned chrysanthemum. Plus, using Dorling Kindersley's The Preserving Book as our guide, we look at different ways of preserving fruit and veg. And Steve is full of love and joy having recently attended a very special wedding. As always, thanks for listening and don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram...

This episode we're joined by Sophie Weld-Davies, owner of the successful artisan home fragrance company Made at Milldown, to discuss her business and the secrets of candles. We also explore food-related books including Scoff by Pen Vegler, The Land Where the Lemons Grow by Helena Attlee and Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them. Plus, Steve has returned from his campervan holiday with Archie - was it a success? You can find more details...

Charlotte's feeling very relaxed after her holiday and considering becoming an HGV driver to help with the global flower shortage - and petrol deliveries! However, Steve's mind is on his first ever campervan holiday with Archie. The Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink award-winning debut cookbook The Pie Room by Calum Franklin is under review, together with another long-winded story! And someone is just a little over-excited at Russell T. Davies' return to Doctor Who...... --- Send...

We're back!  In the first episode of Season 3, Charlotte has discovered libraries(!) and getting ready to head off to sunnier climes!  Steve meanwhile has just returned from Scotland and is joined by a special guest, Stephen Dunk, to talk about the North Coast 500 route. The delightful Dahlia is taking root in Charlotte's Corner whilst Steve has been delving between the covers of a whole range of restaurant cookbooks. Don't forget to subscribe to Voyage Around My AGA on your favourite...

Voyage Around My AGA returns in two weeks for our third season, with fantastic guests,  cookbook reviews, our usual banter and much, much more.  Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform so that you don't miss an episode.  All episodes from season one and two are available now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

Much excitement in the Voyage Around My AGA kitchen, as the autumn edition of the "catalogue of dreams" arrives..... We also take a closer look at the cookbook voted "the most useful of all time", Simon Hopkinson's Roast Chicken and Other Stories.  Versatile aubergine (or eggplant) is our seasonal ingredient - apparently, it's technically a fruit.  Charlotte orbits around Cosmos and we have a very short, but very useful tip!  All that and Steve rambles on about Doctor Who. We'll be taking a...

We're celebrating summer in this episode by revisiting Delia Smith's classic Summer Collection and as the runner bean comes into season, looking at how to get the best out of this summer veg. Steve has some recommendations on essential kitchen knives and Charlotte explains how versatile mint can be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voyagearoundmyaga/message

We’ve been hit by COVID this episode, with Charlotte isolating due to a positive result, and Steve isolating due to track and trace!  But the podcast must go on, so despite some technical issues, this week, we rave about Mark Diacono’s new book, Herb: A Cook's Companion.  Charlotte's seasonal ingredient is blueberries, which always reminds Steve of Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! We have an avocado themed tip and in Charlotte's Corner, she highlights the edible...

Whilst Steve has been channelling his inner Kylie in Jersey, Charlotte has been in the big smoke exploring Constance Spry, and you can hear all about their adventures in this episode! We also celebrate the influential Madhur Jaffrey CBE - actress, travel and food writer, who brought Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere, including through her 1982 TV series and book Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery.  We stretch the boundaries of seasonal ingredient a little by focusing our attention on...

It's felt almost normal again here at Voyage Around My AGA - a trip to the cinema to see the joyous musical film In The Heights and a fun barbeque with friends!  But we've still had time to riffle through our bookshelves and this episode we're going back-to-basics with the classic Complete AGA Cookbook by Mary Berry and Lucy Young plus offering our tips on AGA essential equipment. Charlotte is looking at different recipes for her home-grown courgettes and  bringing the simple beauty and...

We're going down under this episode as Charlotte celebrates the best-selling Australian cookery writer, Donna Hay, and her beautiful book "Modern Baking - cakes, cookies and everything in between".  Steve explores british cheese, highlighting Rollright from King Stone Dairy, Winslade from Hampshire Cheese Company and the Isle of White Cheese Company's Blue.  The pair have some time-saving freezer tips and Charlotte has an interesting story to tell about Foxgloves. Find us on instagram and...