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AnthroDish142: What Role Does Food Play in Fiction Writing? with Margaux VialleronOne of the most frustrating parts of watching Gossip Girl growing up was witnessing the elaborate breakfast spreads that the families had each morning, only for the main characters to grab a piece of toast and run away with anguish. When we think about fiction, food isn’t always central to how a story is told. But what happens when it is? My guest this week is Margaux Vialleron, a French-born and Glasgow-based interdisciplinary writer and cook. She is the author of two novels: Breaststrokes (May 2024) and The Yellow Kitchen (July 2022). Her story, Fernanda’s Fish Soup, was r...
2024-11-2632 min
The SPK Book ClubS.4.1. Leftovers: a history of food waste & preservation with Eleanor BarnettThe Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast is back for a fourth season! And we’re relaunching on a high with an episode recorded live during our book club meeting around Leftovers: a history of food waste & preservation by Eleanor Barnett. In this episode, Irene and Margaux join Dr Eleanor Barnett for a journey through the various historical periods covered in Leftovers, and the related recipes and inventions that came from them. We talked about tinned foods and the revolution they brought with them. We walked through Victorian Lond...
2024-06-2453 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeBreaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Author: Margaux Vialleron
Narrator: Beth Eyre
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 9, 2024
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitche...
2024-05-108h 17
New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeBreaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Author: Margaux Vialleron Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub ki...
2024-05-1003 minFeel The Captivating Full Audiobook Experience!Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Author: Margaux Vialleron
Narrator: Beth Eyre
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 9, 2024
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Sharply observed and painfully relatable, Breaststrokes is a novel that seems to emerge from the haze of our current time. This story of unexpected encounters and intimacies is perfect for fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are...
2024-05-098h 17Discover The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Binge-Worthy!Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Author: Margaux Vialleron
Narrator: Beth Eyre
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 9, 2024
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while...
2024-05-098h 17Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenBreaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Author: Margaux Vialleron
Narrator: Beth Eyre
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Release date: May 9, 2024
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while...
2024-05-098h 17
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenBreaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan by Margaux VialleronPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaststrokes: 'A study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life' – Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Author: Margaux Vialleron Narrator: Beth Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitche...
2024-05-0903 min
LeckerMoving House, Moving KitchenStories of moving house, and moving kitchen.
Episode contributors:
Ruby Mason
Ruby is an editor at SAND, a Berlin-based journal of contemporary writing and art (www.sandjournal.com)
Margaux Vialleron
Margaux writes the newsletter The Onion Papers: https://theonionpapers.substack.com/
Maria Agiomyrgiannaki
Maria is originally from Crete, now living in London. You can find her on instagram.
Stephen Rötzsch Thomas
Stephen writes the newsletter Ideas With Legs: https://ideaswithlegs.substack.com/
Matthew Curtis
Matthew is a co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Pellicle.
2023-09-0835 min
SoA SoundsThe SoA Advisory Clinic: Hello, can you hear me? Audiobook publishing for Independent Authors: strategies, contracts and tips The Audiobook market is growing exponentially. For authors this presents new opportunities: unlocking rights; discovering new readers (listeners, if you like!); and benefiting from fresh revenue streams. But as a self-published author (or a traditionally published author who has retained audio rights), how do you go about producing your work in audio format? What are the various options out there and how do you build a strategy that works for you? Join SoA Contracts Advisors Theo Jones and Johanna Clarke as they discuss the current audio landscape, how the production process works and the agreements you’ll req...
2023-04-0343 min
Confessions of a Debut NovelistEpisode 68. Margaux Vialleron - The Yellow KitchenIn this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Margaux Vialleron about her literary novel The Yellow Kitchen. In this episode we talk about the freedom and pleasure of writing in a second language, how she used her own diaries to write about the political landscape of 2019 and the unusual way she inhabits her characters – by texting herself in character! Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop*Buy The Yellow Kitchen: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781398508477Follow Margaux on Twitter: @MargauxVllnhttp://theonionpapers.substack.comhtt...
2023-01-0945 min
Not Too Busy To WriteMargaux Vialleron on writing about friendship and foodMargaux Vialleron is a French born, London based writer. Her debut novel The Yellow Kitchen centres around the friendship of three very different women over the course of a year, with a kitchen and the food prepared within it at its heart.Margaux speaks about why she is drawn to writing about friendship and food, how she uses her sense to dive into the English language and why she has chosen to write in her second language. We also talk a bit about her day job as a translation rights literary agent.Links...
2022-10-2639 min
Make It Make Sense with Sureka Thanenthiran-DharumanMARGAUX VIALLERON, Foreign Rights AgentToday's guest is Margaux Vialleron, Foreign Rights Agent at David Higham Associates. She speaks to us about her love for bringing stories to different parts of the world. It's an area of the industry that I don't know much about but was excited to learn from one of the best. We speak about what is required to do well in this role and what interested might give you longevity in this area of the industry as it's quite a varied role from sales, to networking to admin-centred tasks. I hope you enjoy Margaux's infectious attitude to language and the...
2022-10-1247 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeThe Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yellow Kitchen
Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre
Narrator: Heather Long
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2022
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to...
2022-07-087h 12
Listen to Best Free Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeThe Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Kitchen Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always ret...
2022-07-0803 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Romance, LGBTQ+The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Kitchen Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to be...
2022-07-0803 minAccess Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Romance, LGBTQ+The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yellow Kitchen
Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre
Narrator: Heather Long
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2022
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to be reu...
2022-07-087h 12Experience: This Immersive Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yellow Kitchen
Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre
Narrator: Heather Long
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2022
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to...
2022-07-077h 12Savor Your Day With A Best-Selling Full Audiobook.The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yellow Kitchen
Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre
Narrator: Heather Long
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2022
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to be reu...
2022-07-077h 12Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yellow Kitchen
Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre
Narrator: Heather Long
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to be...
2022-07-077h 12
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth EyrePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Kitchen Author: Margaux Vialleron, Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Beth Eyre Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 7, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London E17, 2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated Sophie and political Giulia. They have the best kind of friendship, chasing life and careers; dating, dreaming and consuming but always returning to...
2022-07-0703 min
The SPK Book Club12. The Yellow Kitchen with Irene Olivo and Margaux VialleronToday the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast gets a yellow makeover for a special episode in which Irene and Margaux discuss writing processes and Margaux’s debut novel, The Yellow Kitchen (spoiler free). ‘A heady mix of politics, friendship, sex and food, poignant, provocative and utterly distinctive’ — Paula Hawkins ‘’An exquisite novel — beautifully rendered, powerfully told, and so deeply felt. I urge you to read this novel — you will never forget it’ — Lucia Osborne-Crowley The Yellow Kitchen is Books Are My Bag’s July #IndieBookoft...
2022-07-0555 min
The SPK Book Club11. On Storytelling in the Kitchen with Numra SiddiquiIn this new episode of the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast, Irene and Margaux welcome Numra Siddiqui, head chef and owner of Empress Market, to discuss storytelling in the kitchen. With Numra, we retraced her journey from an office job to running a hospitality brand where she combines food, family traditions and storytelling. From selecting ingredients to planning a menu, doing the maths and picking dishwares, this episode is filled with tips and Numra’s love for a good story. This podcast is introduced by the brilliant spok...
2022-05-031h 04
The SPK Book Club10. On Writing Cookbooks with Claire ThomsonIn this new episode of the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast, Irene and Margaux welcome chef and food writer Claire Thomson to chat all things writing cookbooks. Claire is the author of seven cookery books and her new book, Tomato, will be published in June by Quadrille Publishing. You can pre-order your copy now. With Claire, we took a journey through her cookery books, motherhood, feeding a family, working in kitchens, confidence, and using her Instagram account as a tool to spark ideas f...
2022-03-2945 min
The SPK Book Club9. Documenting Home Cooking with Rebecca May JohnsonIn the first episode of this third season of the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast, Irene and Margaux welcome writer and cook Rebecca May Johnson. With Rebecca, we returned to the basics of tomato sauce, cooking together over Zoom as we talked about documenting home cooking, Rebecca’s 10-year old dinner document blog, which has just been turned into a Substack, and her upcoming memoir Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen, which will be published by Pushkin Press in...
2022-02-211h 03
The SPK Book Club8. A Celebratory Recipe of One's OwnThe Salmon Pink Kitchen ends 2021 with a live recipe swap! For this episode, Irene and Margaux missioned their listeners to send through recipes that celebrate the cooks they are and/or their kitchens. Grab a snack and a drink of your choice and settle in as we dress 10 supper tables in honour of the women artists and writers we celebrated in our newsletter through 2021. Click here to subscribe to our monthly Salmon Pink Newsletter. N.B. make sure you have a pen and...
2021-12-211h 07
The SPK Book Club7. The Dinner Party with Anna Sulan MasingIn this episode Irene and Margaux welcome writer, poet, academic and editor Anna Sulan Masing for a salmon pink dinner party (oui oui, an actual IRL dinner party!). With Anna, we spoke about spirits, bread making and the pomodoro technique, collaborative work, food and academia, the fake meat industry, storytelling, culture appropriation in the kitchen, garlic and ginger and much more. Anna (@AnnaSulan) is the founder and editor-in-chief of both SOURCED and CHEESE, the ma...
2021-10-261h 10
The SPK Book Club6. On Food and Publishing with Marigold AtkeyIn this episode Irene and Margaux welcome Marigold Atkey, editor at Daunt Books Publishing, to chat about food writing in the publishing industry. With Marigold, we spoke about Daunt Books’ reissue of the work of M.F.K. Fisher, the role of food in literature, our favourite food writing, the rise of social media homecooks and so much more!Recommendations from today’s episode:Books:The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (1943)The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (1946)‘The Anatomy of a Recipe’, published in With Bold Knife and...
2021-09-2852 min
The SPK Book Club5. On Food and Community with Rhia CookIn this episode Irene and Margaux welcome Rhia Cook, founder and editor of Potluck Zine, a magazine about cooking, eating and sharing food.With Rhia, we talked about growing up cooking, being a vegetarian, our love for leftovers, community building over food and what it’s like to run a one-woman magazine.You can find Rhia on Instagram at @potluckzine and pre-order the new issue of Potluck Zine here! Remember that 10% of all sales goes to the Trussel Trust and 40% of the sales goes back to th...
2021-07-2754 min
The SPK Book Club4. On Food, Identity and Belonging with Jill DamatacIn this fourth episode, Irene and Margaux welcome Jill Damatac, a writer, filmmaker and photographer. Jill’s first book, Dirty Kitchen, a blend of memoir, food writing and history, will be published by Astra House in 2023. You can read an extract on The Margins, here: https://aaww.org/dirty-kitchen/. Jill tweets @JillDamatac. With Jill, we talked about Tinola, grandmothers, two kitchens, the word dirty, the migrant condition, grief and healing through the acts of cooking and eating. Recommendations from today’s episode:
2021-06-2145 min
The SPK Book Club3. On Food and the City with Safia ShakarchiIn this third episode, Irene and Margaux welcome Safia Shakarchi, a British Iraqi baker, food writer, photographer, stylist and creative food consultant. With Safia, we talked about baking, food photography and styling, crackers & hummus, travelling, granddads, the London food scene and the resilience of the hospitality industry. You can find more about Safia and her work @dearsafia and https://www.dearsafia.com/ Check out our Salmon Pink Kitchen culinary tour of London with Safia Shakarchi: Charles Art...
2021-05-2450 min
The SPK Book Club2. On Food and Sustainability with Pilar PedrinelliIn this second episode, Irene and Margaux welcome their first guest, Pilar Pedrinelli, who works in the capacity of Global Public Engagement Manager & Sustainability Advocate at The Rainforest Alliance to discuss Food & Sustainability. With Pilar, we talked about ladybugs, imposter syndrome, intersectional feminism, activism and the story behind the ingredients that make our meals. Bon appétit ! https://www.salmonpinkkitchen.com Instagram: @salmonpinkkitchen Salmon Pink Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/Salmon-Pink-Kitchen C...
2021-04-1247 min
The SPK Book Club1. Meet Irene and MargauxWelcome to The Salmon Pink Kitchen, a podcast that celebrates food and the sisterhood. In this first episode, hosts Irene Olivo and Margaux Vialleron introduce the podcast’s mission and cook together virtually in celebration of their friendship. Press play to meet us and scroll down to share our recipes: welcome to the salmon pink kitchen! In the upcoming episodes, we will invite guests whose professions or hobbies are broadly related to the food industry to join our virtual dinner parties to discuss how food, identity and culture intertwine in their lives. In our...
2021-03-0731 min