Let Them Eat Books
Let Them Eat Books is a podcast hosted by Claire Reynolds and Colin Herd about all the food you have and haven’t tried in all the books you have and haven’t read. Leaving jammy fingerprints on book jackets, reading every last word on the back of packets, we combine the two things that make us who we are: a shared passion for the culinary and the literary! We also visit food and book locations around Scotland and further afield.
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Episodes
Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Just popping in to the studio for our Popcorn Episode! Colin and Claire offer up a snack size treat focusing on the poem Popcorn by Lucy Heuschen.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Sweeter than sweet as always, Claire and Colin talk about Marmalade, with reference to poems by Dorothea Grossman and Roddy Lumsden and the Antarctic Expedition diary by William Gordon Murdoch.
Friday Apr 17, 2026
Friday Apr 17, 2026
Colin and Claire relive recent and not so recent road trips through the lens of car snacks. They discuss writing by Zain Rishi, Jayne Cortez Bertolt Brecht and Claire Reynolds.
Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Thursday Apr 09, 2026
It’s our birthdays and we’ll podcast if we want to!!! Colin and Claire celebrate Birthday Cake with featured poems by Meg Bateman, Bill Berkson, Eunice De Sousa and Karólína Rós Ólafsdóttir, as well as A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. At the end of the show, Colin shares a poem - Birthday Kale - from his new collection Aquafaba!
Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Colin and Claire wake up and smell the coffee discussing a poem by Ron Padgett and the novels Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad.
Friday Mar 13, 2026
Friday Mar 13, 2026
Claire Reynolds and Colin Herd talk about the multi-layered and surprisingly dramatic history of the croissant, and discuss writing by Camilla Grudova, Natascha Ewert and Eva Baltazar.
Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
A couple of nerds (Colin and Claire) discuss meatballs through texts by Selima Hill, Roberto Bolaño, Ty Raso and Chris Newens. Thinking about meatballs from world cuisine including Koofteh Tabrisi, Kofta, Polpette, Frikadeller and Palotte. We also go to Eusebi’s deli in Glasgow’s west end to check out their Polpette!
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Soupy, indulgent and altogether warming as always, Claire and Colin talk all things Risotto in this latest episode, including discussion of Anne Enright's novel The Green Road, Frances Mayes' Under the Tuscan Sun and Anna Ansari's Silk Roads.
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Unchained from the studio mics, Colin, Claire and New Podcast Fav Andrew Meehan snuck out to the iconic and long-standing Cafe Gandolfi in Glasgow City Centre to discuss his novels One Star Alive, Best Friends and new book Hey Man. We also discuss writing and food of course and also love!
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Dripping with Honey, this episode features Medovik, the traditional Ukrainian Honey Cake, and Claire and Colin have been busy bees combing books for honey references, including poems by Victoria Adukwei Bulley and SA Whitley and Andrew Meehan's novel Best Friends.