Word of Mouth

RADIO 4, 4.00PM

 The series about words and language returns, and begins by considering the ways we talk about food. Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk to Great British Menu judge Andi Oliver about the ways that people on TV cookery shows come up with ever more elaborate ways to describe the food they are tasting that we at home can only imagine. They also discuss descriptions of food in literature with Niki Segnit, author of The Flavour Thesaurus, and how a vivid description of a banquet in a novel can make your mouth water.