If you know one thing about English food culture it’s probably that it’s riven by class. But what is class? Is class a matter of taste or a matter of wealth, or both? And how do different classes affect contemporary politics?

Lewis speaks to sociologist Dan Evans about his book ‘A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie’.

And we’re back. After almost two years the Full English podcast is back!

I've been busy writing a book: The Full English: The Ways We Eat and Why is out now with Verso.

We’re kicking off this new season of the podcast with a truly exceptional guest. Fuchsia Dunlop is ‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’; she is a one woman gateway to the infinities of Chinese cuisine and it’s deep traditions of culinary culture.

Her new book Five Tastes: The Magic of Flavour in a Chinese Kitchen is out now with Penguin.

It's the final episode of the Full English and we're talking about Rick Stein and Keith Floyd, two of the most popular cooks on TV in Britain.

Lewis is speaking to the editor and writer John Merrick. Find his essay on Stein here.

The Full English is produced by Lewis Bassett. Mixing and sound design is from Forest DLG.

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