<p>20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is!&nbsp; Turnips made him famous, so today Tony is talking turnips in history: have they always been so unloved, a food fit only for animals and peasants like Baldrick, or is this a recent British bugbear? And when did the potato steal their veggie crown? Tony’s guests today are food historians Rebecca Earle and Serin Quinn alongside a chef for all seasons who loves to cook with turnips, Oliver Rowe.</p><br><p>Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson</p><br><p><a href="https://twitter.com/tony_robinson?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sirtonyrobinson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></p><br><p>With</p><br><p>Professor Rebecca Earle | <a href="http://www.rebeccaearle.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.rebeccaearle.co.uk</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An historian of food at the University of Warwick, Rebecca is interested in how ordinary, every-day activities such as eating or dressing shape how we think about the world and how others view us.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/earle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/earle</a></p><br><p>Oliver Rowe | <a href="http://www.oliver-rowe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.oliver-rowe.co.uk/</a> | IG:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliver_rowe_london/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliver_rowe_london/#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">oliver_rowe_london</a></p><br><p>Chef and author whose work focuses on local and seasonal food. Oliver’s book, Food for All Seasons, a personal wander through the food year is published by Faber and available online and from all good bookshops.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serin Quinn</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, interested in all things vegetable!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/turnips-how-britain-fell-out-of-love-with-the-much-maligned-vegetable-201007" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/turnips-how-britain-fell-out-of-love-with-the-much-maligned-vegetable-201007</a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Follow the Show:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>X <a href="https://twitter.com/Cunningcastpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cunningcastpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cunningcast/featured" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcast</a></p><br><p>Credits:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X <a href="https://twitter.com/Melissafitzg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@melissafitzg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cover Art: The Brightside</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Zinc Media Group production</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you, Love Tony x</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Tony Robinson's Cunningcast

Zinc Media Group

A Totally Tremendous History of the TURNIP (Baldrick’s Favourite Vegetable)

APR 25, 202448 MIN
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast

A Totally Tremendous History of the TURNIP (Baldrick’s Favourite Vegetable)

APR 25, 202448 MIN

Description

<p>20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is!&nbsp; Turnips made him famous, so today Tony is talking turnips in history: have they always been so unloved, a food fit only for animals and peasants like Baldrick, or is this a recent British bugbear? And when did the potato steal their veggie crown? Tony’s guests today are food historians Rebecca Earle and Serin Quinn alongside a chef for all seasons who loves to cook with turnips, Oliver Rowe.</p><br><p>Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson</p><br><p><a href="https://twitter.com/tony_robinson?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sirtonyrobinson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></p><br><p>With</p><br><p>Professor Rebecca Earle | <a href="http://www.rebeccaearle.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.rebeccaearle.co.uk</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An historian of food at the University of Warwick, Rebecca is interested in how ordinary, every-day activities such as eating or dressing shape how we think about the world and how others view us.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/earle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/earle</a></p><br><p>Oliver Rowe | <a href="http://www.oliver-rowe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.oliver-rowe.co.uk/</a> | IG:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliver_rowe_london/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliver_rowe_london/#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">oliver_rowe_london</a></p><br><p>Chef and author whose work focuses on local and seasonal food. Oliver’s book, Food for All Seasons, a personal wander through the food year is published by Faber and available online and from all good bookshops.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serin Quinn</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, interested in all things vegetable!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/turnips-how-britain-fell-out-of-love-with-the-much-maligned-vegetable-201007" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/turnips-how-britain-fell-out-of-love-with-the-much-maligned-vegetable-201007</a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Follow the Show:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>X <a href="https://twitter.com/Cunningcastpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cunningcastpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcastpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cunningcast/featured" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cunningcast</a></p><br><p>Credits:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X <a href="https://twitter.com/Melissafitzg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@melissafitzg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cover Art: The Brightside</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Zinc Media Group production</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you, Love Tony x</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>