The Kitchen Cabinet

Jay Rayner and the panel are answering questions from an audience of keen home cooks in Bolton.

Joining Jay are chefs, cooks and food writers, Mallika Basu, Rob Owen Brown, Tim Hayward and Nisha Katona.

They discuss new ideas for cooking with paneer, suggest interesting recipes using the humble sliced white loaf, and recommend the best seasoning mixes for a listener starting a new spice business.

Later in the show, they chat all things paneer with Nomy Rauf from local Pakistani restaurant, Ayaan's Restaurant in Bolton.

Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Assistant Producer: William Norton

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and the panel are answering questions from an audience of keen home cooks in Abergavenny.
Joining Jay to discuss toasties and mead are chefs, cooks and food writers, Rob Owen Brown, Angela Gray, James ‘Jocky’ Petrie and resident food historian Dr Annie Gray.
The panellists share their best ideas for perfecting the humble toastie, discuss ideal recipes for batch cooking and provide their opinion on the age old debate of Ketchup or Brown Sauce on a sausage sandwich.
Later on, Jay chats to local mead brewer, Matt Newell from Hive Mind Meadery about the process and flavour profiles of mead.
Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and the panel of chefs, cooks and food writers are in Cambridge discussing romantic recipes for vacuum flasks and the complex history of the pineapple.
Joining Jay at Wolfson College, Cambridge are chefs, cooks and food writers Lerato, Tim Hayward, Sophie Wright and resident food historian, Dr Annie Gray.
The panellists explore Cambridge's connection with pineapple, debate the essential condiments every fridge should hold, and consider the most pressing of questions - do chefs use too much butter?
Later, Jay chats to professor Melissa Calaresu of Gonville and Caius College about the discovery of the fruit in Europe.

Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and the panel are in Margate answering questions from an audience of hungry home cooks.
Joining Jay are chefs, cooks and food writers, Maria Bradford, Jeremy Pang, Rob Owen Brown and Melek Erdal.
The panellists discuss budget meals for four, ideas for savoury donut fillings, and the question that every home cook has ponderedn- do we really need to salt water for pasta?
Jay welcomes local co-founder of the Margate Crab Museum, Chase Coley to discuss why crabs have fascinated the public for so long and how the renaming of the British Spider Crab intends to shift perceptions and create an appetite for more local produce.
Executive Producer: Ollie Wilson
Producer: Matt Smith
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and the panel are at the Institute of Making at University College London. Joining Jay to answer questions from an audience of keen home cooks are chefs and food writers Melissa Thompson, Jocky Petrie, Tim Anderson and, on home turf, materials expert Dr Zoe Laughlin.
The panel discuss the trials and tribulations of fermentation at home, the Peruvian delicacy involving bacteria from feet, and whether Jocky's knife collection is excessive. Later in the show, Zoe puts the noisiest of foods to the test with her very own UCL food 'choir' to assess which lunches make the loudest crunches.
Produced by Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4