Objeks & Tings

On this episode of Objeks and Tings: The Kitchen Table Talks edition, Lynda and Catherine continue their journey into 18th century Caribbean cooking. This time around they’re joined by Richie Brave, host of 1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave. They discuss Richie’s journey into broadcasting and how his upbringing has shaped his culinary preferences, all while enjoying some fantastic Caribbean food from days gone by. This episode was a Message Heard production brought to you in partnership with Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell of The National Caribbean Heritage Museum: Museumand. If you want to find out more about the dishes cooked in this episode, head to museumand.org to get all of the info about our cookbook, One Dish at a Time, Preserving Caribbean Culinary Culture. This podcast was made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to a brand new series of Objeks and Tings. This time around, our hosts will be cooking up some delicious 18th century Caribbean dishes. And we have some special guests along for the ride!  In the season premiere, Catherine and Lynda speak to Chef Dom Taylor - winner of Channel 4’s Five Star Kitchen, where he wowed the judges and won the competition. In this episode, Chef Dom tells Catherine and Lynda about his experience of his Good Front Room residency at the Langham Hotel, the role Caribbean food plays in his identity and why he doesn’t “cook for money”.  The guests will also be trying some oil down, and we learn the amazing story behind another Lynda creation - avocado cream… This episode was a Message Heard production brought to you in partnership with Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell of The Caribbean Heritage Museum: Museumand. If you want to find out more about the dishes cooked in this episode, head to museumand.org to get all of the info about our cookbook, One Dish at a Time, Preserving Caribbean Culinary Culture. This podcast was made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our brand new season of Objeks and Tings: The Kitchen Table Talk Edition, we dive deep into the enticing flavours and intriguing origins of Caribbean food from days gone by. Join us - mother and daughter, Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell, as we cook our way through Caribbean dishes from the 1600s and sit down with celebrity guests to tuck in and explore how our culinary legacy connects us to our Caribbean ancestry.  As founders of Museumand - the UK's first museum dedicated to celebrating Caribbean heritage, culture and social history, our first series explored the objeks and tings that mean the most to people with Caribbean heritage. This season, we're going in a delectable new direction over five delicious episodes to give you a taste of the past and the flavours and ingredients that made us.  All the dishes cooked by us will be in our brand new cookbook One Dish at a Time - Preserving Caribbean Culinary Culture.  Find out more about the work we do to showcase amazing Caribbean stories in the UK at https://www.museumand.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s our last episode of the series so we are ending on a sentimental note and talking all things youth clubs with famed choreographer Boy Blue a.k.a Kenrick Sandy. Kenrick is a world class choreographer and earned his stripes in his local youth club as a teenager. Youth clubs play a vital role in the upbringing of many young Caribbeans in the UK and in this way are a key part of the village that it takes to raise a child. So now with an MBE under his belt and choreographing events such as the London Olympic Opening Ceremony, Kenrick likes to give back to the institution that helped him flourish and volunteers at youth clubs whenever he can.  This episode was a Message Heard production brought to you in partnership with Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell of The National Caribbean Heritage Museum: Museumand. To find out more about the amazing work Museumand does to showcase Caribbean stories in the UK click here: https://www.museumand.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're talking all things music - our guest Chris is a hip hop musician who made an album in celebration of his British and Caribbean culture. In his music he touches on gentrification, racism, tolerance, acceptance, how British life feels like for him today and what it meant for his grandparents. This episode was a Message Heard production brought to you in partnership with Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell of The National Caribbean Heritage Museum: Museumand. To find out more about the amazing work Museumand does to showcase Caribbean stories in the UK click here: https://www.museumand.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices