Samin Nosrat from Netflix’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat creates an essential resource for food heads. Plus, a Grey’s Anatomy character goes under the microscope in a super-fun show about dubious people called Elizabeth
Chef Nosrat (author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat) and musician and podcaster Hirway (of Song Exploder fame) make the perfect double act for a new run of this series, which deftly toes the line between affectionate chatter and essential foodie resource. It begins with some excellent tips for jam-making, offbeat rhubarb recipes and a quest to recreate a listener’s lost family recipe. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly
Super-niche podcasts can be super-fun (Google “Dead Eyes” if you’re not sure). Here’s another, as Daily Show alumni Kathy Egan-Taylor and Gideon Evans consider infamous Elizabeths. First up is Elisabeth Finch, the Grey’s Anatomy writer whose lies were more outlandish than anything that happened in the TV drama. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
