Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith
211 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago -Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith is the winner of The Guild of Food Writers' Best Broadcast or Podcast Award 2022, and was shortlisted for Fortnum and Mason Best Podcast 2022.
It's about all of life from climate change to culture and politics to people through the prism of food. It's for foodie book lovers who want to hear something more profound about the way we live, making the link between delicious food and the impact of food production on the land - through books.
Hear how A-lister food writers have changed the conversation about food as Gilly talks through their four chosen food moments from their latest books. As she joins the dots between stories from the old country and food identity, plant-based recipes and climate change, she shows how a deeper connection with food really could save the planet.
Listen to all your favourite food writers from Claudia Roden to Yotam Ottolenghi, Tom Kerridge to Anna Jones, Prue Leith to Elisabeth Luard, Gill Meller to Olia Hercules, Dan Barber to Raymond Blanc as Gilly finds what's cooking in the minds of our food writing stars.
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Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith is rated in the top 2.5% of global podcasts by ListenNotes and in the top 40 of food podcasts globally by FeedSpot
Theme music by Willy Zygier
Gilly Smith is also the presenter of the delicious. podcast and Leon's How to Eat to Save the Planet which was highly commended in the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2021. She won the Investigative Food Work Award for Right2Food (now known as the Food Foundation Podcast) in the same awards.
She also produced The Big Table for Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming, and is the multi-award winning author of Taste and the TV Chef: how storytelling can save the planet (Intellect Books 2020)
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Episodes
Anna Jones: One Pot, Pan, Planet
May 20, 2021 06:11 - 27 minutes - 22.4 MBThis week, Gilly is with Anna Jones, vegetarian queen of simple, creative, delicious sustainability in the kitchen on the four food moments from her latest book One Pot, Pan, Planet, how Jamie Oliver helped to light her fire, cooking for the Obamas and how a simple life really is the way to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Anas Atassi: Sumac
May 13, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, Gilly is in the Syria of Anas Atassi's childhood which inspired his book Sumac. He and his family left the country before the war began in 2011 which has left more than 380,000 people dead and devastated its ancient cities and their cultural heritage. But as Syrian refugees spread across the world, its food has become its identity, and as Anas takes us through the food from the old country, he tells us why it matters so much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Rob Howell: Root
May 06, 2021 05:04 - 29 minutes - 24 MBThis week, Gilly talks with Rob Howell whose book Root tells the story of one of the new stars of the Bristol sustainable food scene. Root the plant-focussed restaurant, comes from the stable of Josh Eggleton, a long-time advocate of the field to fork movement at the Michelin -starred Pony and Trap, and co-founder of the Eat Drink, Bristol Fashion festival which promotes the importance of food sustainability. Rob talks through the four food moments from the book which bring us up to date with...
Laurie Woolever on Anthony Bourdain
April 29, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week, Gilly Smith remembers the late great Anthony Bourdain, surely the most exciting storytelling in food who shocked the world by taking his own life in 2018. His assistant, lieutenant, gate-keeper and co-author is Laurie Woolever who had just begun to put together their next book, a travel guide to some of Bourdain’s favourite cities. As she talks through her four food moments from World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, the book that it became, we journey into the mind of a man who had s...
Grace Regan: Spicebox
April 22, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBThis week, Gilly is with the star of the future of the British curry house, vegan cook and serial entrepreneur Grace Regan, a Young British Foodies street food finalist, a Red Magazine Women of the Year short-lister and long-lister for the BBC Food Rising Star Award. Her street food stall, curry house and now book, Spice Box draws on her great aunt Dolly’s food from the old country and her annual trips travelling off the beaten track in India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Naved Nasir: Dishoom
April 15, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week, Gilly is walking through the back streets of old Bombay with Naved Nasir, executive chef at Dishoom to find the Irani Cafes which inspired the book and the restaurant chain, and to talk about nostalgia, cultural appropriation and how to save a restaurant in a Pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ollie Hunter: Join the Greener Revolution
April 08, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week, Gilly is with Ollie Hunter, activist chef and hyper local champion whose restaurant The Wheatsheaf near Hungerford won the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s Business of the Year award in 2019. A former Masterchef finalist, he’s a philosopher. an alchemist and a revolutionary, and his latest book Join the Greener Revolution is his manifesto to eat to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emiko Davies: Torta della Nonna
April 01, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, Gilly's in Florence with Australian-Japanese food writer, Emiko Davies who has made Tuscany her home. In her latest book, Torte della Nonna, she digs deep into the culinary and family history of Florentine sweets to find a tradition sticking deliciously to what it does best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Durkhanai Ayubi: Parwana
March 25, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBThis week, Gilly is with Durkhanai Ayubi whose book Parwana tells the story of her family’s memories and recipes from her native Afghanistan set against a sweeping history of a country ravaged by power plays and unwelcome international interference. To access the recipes from Parwana as well as a curated collection of hundreds of the world's greatest cookbooks with over 87,000 recipes, CKBK is offering listeners a 25% discount if you use the code cookingthebooks on checkout. Hosted on A...
Katie Caldesi: The 30 Minute Diabetes Cookbook
March 18, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week, Gilly is with food writer, Katie Caldesi who wrote The 30 Minute Diabetes Cookbook with her husband, the Italian chef Giancarlo Caldesi after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. With a foreword by Dr David Unwin, the pioneering low carb GP whose diabetic patients have seen astonsihign results, and expert nutrition advice from Jenny Philips, it’s a must read for anyone with a tell-tale big belly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Theo Randall: The Italian Deli Cookbook
March 11, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week, we hop into the back seat of chef Theo Randall’s parent’s car and head through 1970s Italy, stopping at markets and stalls, delis and trattoria to find the inspiration behind some of the best food in London and Theo’s Italian Deli Cookbook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brad Carter: Staff
March 04, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week, Gilly is virtually in Birmingham with chef Brad Carter whose book Staff tells the story of his journey through DJing and all-night raves to his Michelin starred restaurant, Carter’s of Moseley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
JP McMahon: Food on the Edge and Lessons from Lockdown
February 25, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week, Gilly is with JP McMahon, chef patron at Michelin-starred Aniar and the brains behind Galway’s food symposium, Food on the Edge. His activist influence is vast, and even in a pandemic he’s doing his bit with a new book, Lessons from Lockdown, an anthology of thought-provoking letters to an imaginary young chef from his vast network of brilliant chefs around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dan Barber: The Third Plate
February 18, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week, Gilly is at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, chef Dan Barber's restaurant deep in the countryside of New York. In his 2014 book, The Third Plate, Dan wrote a new manifesto in food, taking us right back to its roots to tell a story which has changed the way many chefs all over the globe are thinking about the way we eat. And this month at the top of the show, we’re finding out about SuperLooper, the children’s clothing rental business that could save the planet. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Pen Vogler: Scoff
February 11, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week Gilly Smith talks British food and class with food historian, Pen Vogler in a romp through etiquette and faux pas, dysfunction and obsession around food in her new book, Scoff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Seafood Shack: Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick
February 04, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week, Gilly Smith talks to Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick about winning the Jane Grigson Trust award for new food writers with their debut cookbook The Seafood Shack. As they take her through their four food moments, the stories of the sea, the local fishermen and the scallop divers set against the 80 delicious recipes reminds us that food is much more than what’s on the plate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sam Rice: The Midlife Method
January 28, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 20.1 MBThis week, Gilly talks to Sam Rice, co-author with Mimi Spencer of The Midlife Kitchen whose new book The Midlife Method offers a more holistic approach to the way we eat as we get older. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sam Gates: The Batch Cook
January 21, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 22 MBThis week, Gilly is with Sam Gates’ whose Batch Cook Book went straight to number one on Amazon when it came out at the end of last year. It's a sure sign that people are desperate for tips on how to get the most out of their Lockdown cook ups but also, perhaps it's an indicator of an interest in reducing waste. Plus the last of the soundbites from this year’s online version of the Oxford Real Farming Conference which you can now watch for free at orfc.org.uk, Dr Vandana Shiva, a modern da...
Razzak Mirjan and Tom Cenci: From Beder's Kitchen
January 14, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week, as we head towards Blue Monday, the day when the credit card bills hit the door mat and midwinter can feel very bleak indeed, Gilly meets Razzak Mirjan whose recipe book From Beder’s Kitchen raises awareness around mental health as a tribute to his brother, Beder who took his own life. Razzak and chef,Tom Cenci talk about food and mood, mental health in the professional kitchen and the outpouring of love from the food community for the project. And listen in to Anna Lappe at the ...
Pinch of Nom: Quick and Easy
January 07, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, Gilly talks to Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone, two former restaurant owners from the Wirral who have made simple, healthy food accessible to millions of people who never learned to cook. What started as a WeightWatcher’s blog has became a triple whammy cookbook sensation, and here they take us through their four food moments from the latest in the series, Pinch of Nom: Quick and Easy. And throughout this season, we'll hear from the Oxford Real Farming Conference where the mo...
Carolyn Steel: Sitopia
December 31, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBThis week, Gilly talks with the visionary writer, architect and philosopher, Carolyn Steel whose book Sitopia was one of 2020’s most important reads. Through four food moments tracing right back to the beginning of civilisation, Carolyn redraws the lines around a food-shaped world, joining the dots in the history of how we eat, and pointing out where the breaks began which left us fighting to save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trine Hahnemann: Scandinavian Green
December 24, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBThis Christmas week, Gilly talks with Danish food writer and activist chef, Trine Hahnemann about a gloriously plant-based, uncommercial hygge Christmas in her latest book Scandinavian Green. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Rangoon Sisters: Authentic Burmese Home Cooking
December 17, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week, Gilly talks to doctors, food writers and supper club hosts Emily and Amy Chung, aka The Rangoon Sisters about the four food moments from their debut cookbook, which is number 8 in the Observer Food Monthly’s top ten food books of 2020. The sisters have been cooking up their Burmese family food since their first visit back to the old country in 2012, and find the food from their diaspora has hit the spot with a much wider community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Lara Lee: Coconut and Sambal
December 10, 2020 06:08 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week, Gilly is off to Indonesia with Australian caterer and food writer, Lara Lee to explore food and identity in her debut cook book, Coconut and Sambal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christine Smallwood: The World Vegetarian - Italy
December 03, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week, Italian food expert, Christine Smallwood takes Gilly Smith through the markets and osterias of Puglia to the cool new restaurants of Milan and childhood memories of Ischia as she discusses the place of the vegetable in Italian cuisine. This season is sponsored by Odysea whose range of Mediterranean foods are just what we need to get through a COVID winter. This week, home mixologist and Bake Off star, Tom Gilliford talks us through why molasses are a delicious alternative to refi...
The Pie Room: Calum Franklin
November 26, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBThis week, Gilly Smith chats to Pie Man, Calum Franklin about the four food moments in his new book The Pie Room. We learn how he pulled out pies from the depths of British culinary history and turned them into a story that has captivated his 120k followers on Instagram, had super star chef Thomas Keller send his teams over from California to watch and learn and beaten Jamie Oliver to the top spot on Amazon Books. This season is sponsored by Odysea whose range of Mediterranean foods are jus...
Tom Kerridge: The Hand and Flowers Cookbook
November 19, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBThis week, Gilly Smith talks to Tom Kerridge about the four food moments from his brand new book, The Hand and Flowers Cookbook. Expect insider tips on getting a first Michelin star, Instagram’s influence on curious young chefs and for a masterclass in Elizabeth David’s original crème brulee. This season is sponsored by Odysea whose range of Mediterranean foods are just what we need to get through a COVID winter. This week, honey sommelier, Sarah Wyndham Lewis at Bermondsey Street Bees te...
Mimi Aye: Mandalay
November 12, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week, Gilly is transported to Burma and the deeply exotic hills of the land of rubies through the childhood memories and family stories in MiMi Aye's beautiful book, Mandalay. This season is sponsored by Odysea whose range of Mediterranean foods are just what we need to get through a COVID winter. This week, we learn about Odysea's Extra Virgin Olive Oil, produced from polyphenol rich olives from groves in Messinia in the Kalamata region, where the olives are still harvested by hand. ...
Theo Michaels: Rustica
October 22, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 28 MBThis week, Gilly Smith is back in the Mediterranean – virtually of course - with Theo Michaels whose latest book Rustica explores the recipes of his family's village life in Cyprus. It's all sponsored this month by Montezuma’s, Britain’s greatest little chocolate company who believe that their beautifully produced and packaged chocolate is positively good for the planet. The ethically-sourced ingredients in their bars, buttons, bites and truffles are all free from gluten, GM, colourings and...
James Strawbridge: The Artisan Kitchen
October 15, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 25 MBThis week, Gilly escapes to the Cornish countryside (virtually, of course) with TV presenter and eco chef, James Strawbridge whose BBC series It’s Not Easy Being Green with dad, Dick Strawbridge of Escape to the Chateau fame, was way ahead of its time. It's all sponsored this month by Montezuma’s, Britain’s greatest little chocolate company who believe that their beautifully produced and packaged chocolate is positively good for the planet. The ethically-sourced ingredients in their bars, ...
Rukmini Iyer: The Roasting Tin Around the World
October 08, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBThis week Gilly is with the food writer who has sold more food books than anyone else in the UK after the Pinch of Noms, Jamie Oliver, Mary Berry and Joe Wicks. Rukmini Iyer’s Roasting Tin series does just what it says; it roasts in one tin the kind of inspiring and easy flavours that look and taste so good that the country can’t get enough. She gives Gilly her four favourite food moments from the latest in the series, The Roasting Tin Around the World. CTB is sponsored this month by Monte...
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage: Flavour
October 01, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 23 MBThis week, the king of vegetables, Yotam Ottolenghi and his test kitchen princess, Ixta Belfrage teach us some of the secrets of the alchemy behind the recipes in their latest book, Flavour CTB is sponsored this month by Montezuma’s, Britain’s greatest little chocolate company who believe that their beautifully produced and packaged chocolate is positively good for the planet. The ethically-sourced ingredients in their bars, buttons, bites and truffles are all free from gluten, GM, colourin...
Isabel Losada: The Joyful Environmentalist
September 24, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBAuthor Isabel Losada talks through the four food moments in her latest book The Joyful Environmentalist, a romp through how low we can go with our carbon footprint. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tom Hunt: Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet
September 17, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBEco chef Tom Hunt’s root to fruit philosophy has made him the king of sustainability in the food world. His restaurant, Poco Tapas in Bristol is a showcase of sustainable cuisine and his new book, Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet is a manifesto for getting our climate balance right. Gilly Smith whose book Taste and the TV Chef: how storytelling can save the planet is out this month, finds out how to make the changes we need to make save the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Di Murrell: A Foodie Afloat
September 03, 2020 05:00 - 18 minutes - 43.3 MBThis week, in an added extra to our virtual summer holiday and the last in the season, we’re off to Burgundy from Northern France by barge with Di Murrell. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Felicity Cloake: One More Croissant for the Road
August 27, 2020 05:00 - 32 minutes - 73.7 MBThis week, in the last of our summer holiday listens, Gilly Smith saddles up for Felicity Cloake's four food moments in her book One More Croissant for the Road, and a deep dive into the best of French gastronomy...by bike. This month Cooking the Books is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer. With 7 stores across London, they offer a huge range of products that lead the way in quality, specialty and vegan diets. Head over to @wholefoodsuk o...
Irini Tzortzoglou: Under the Olive Tree
August 20, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, Gilly Smith is, virtually, in Crete with MasterChef 2019 winner, Irini Tzortzoglou whose four food moments take us through her debut cook book Under the Olive Tree. Packed with stories of family and feasting, this is her extraordinary journey from rural Crete to the City of London and back to the food of her home, but this time as a champion. This month Cooking the Books is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer. With 7 stores acr...
Skye McAlpine: A Table for Friends
August 13, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week we’re off to Venice with food writer and columnist and Venetian local, Skye McAlpine to hear her four food moments from her latest book A Table for Friends. This month Cooking the Books is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer. With 7 stores across London, they offer a huge range of products that lead the way in quality, specialty and vegan diets. Head over to @wholefoodsuk or check out @alexandradudley for more information on the ...
The Official Giffords Circus Cookbook: Ols Halas
August 06, 2020 05:45 - 23 minutes - 19 MBThis week, Gilly runs away with the circus as Ols Halas, chef at Gifford's Circus restaurant Sauce and co-author with Nell Gifford of its official cookbook walks her through the glittering capes and pointy-toed ponies to peak behind life in the big tent. This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer. With 7 stores across London, they offer a huge range of products that lead the way in quality, specialty and vegan diets. Head over to ...
Ana Ros: Sun and Rain
July 30, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 31.8 MBThis week, Gilly Smith takes us - by the magic of remote recording - on a summer holiday to Slovenia, to the magical land of turquoise rivers and Dalmatian montains to visit top chef Ana Ros at her gourmet restaurant, Hisa Franko. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gill Meller: Root,Stem, Leaf, Flower
July 23, 2020 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MBThis week, Gilly talks to food writer and River Cottage chef Gill Meller about the four food moments from his new book Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower that ponder on his relationship with food and the land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
William Sitwell: The Restaurant
July 16, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week William Sitwell, restaurant critic at the Telegraph, host of the podcast Biting Talk and author of The Restaurant takes us through the history not just of eating out but the story of human life through the prism of how we’ve learned to eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ravinder Bhogal: Jikoni
July 09, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 32.1 MBAward-winning food writer, journalist and chef Ravinder Bhogal gives us her four favourite food moments from her new book Jikoni: proudly inauthentic recipes from an immigrant kitchen. Expect clucking aunties in dusty sandals and ancient pickle-makers with guard geese, wronged widows and the glee of ghee. Glorious stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Olia Hercules: Summer Kitchens
July 02, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBOlia Hercules, author of the award-winning Mamushka and Kaukasis takes us through four food moments from her latest book Summer Kitchens and paints an evocative picture of her Ukrainian childhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Veronica Henry: A Wedding at the Beach Hut
June 04, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week, Gilly Smith talks to award winning romantic novelist, Veronica Henry whose A Wedding at the Beach Hut is the latest in the Beach Hut series set in a hot Devon summer where barbecued mackerel is marinaded in harissa and the mark of a good man is in his desire to feed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Priya Basil: Be My Guest
May 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, Gilly Smith talks food philosophy with novelist and essayist, Priya Basil whose book, Be My Guest was shortlisted for this year’s Fortnum and Mason best debut food book award and is an evocative exploration of food, race and memory. Sponsored by http://www.city-books.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jeff Gordinier: Hungry
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week, Gilly is (virtually) in Manhattan in the home of Jeff Gordinier, former New York Times journalist and author of Hungry, to retrace the footsteps of what must be one of the best food journalist gigs ever, a rock ‘n’ roll road trip with Rene Redzepi, the greatest chef in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Joanne Harris: The Strawberry Thief
May 14, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week, Gilly Smith talks to author Joanne Harris twenty years after she first fell in love with Vianne, Anouk and Roux in Chocolat and then couldn’t wait to find them again in The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur le Cure and now The Strawberry Thief, the latest in the Chocolat series. Sponsored by http://www.city-books.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jo Thomas: Escape to the French Farmhouse
May 07, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week, Gilly talks to award-winning author Jo Thomas whose Escape to the French Farmhouse is the perfect Lockdown read to transport you to Provence this summer as our heroine Della reminds us of the lost art of cooking with lavender. Sponsored by http://www.city-books.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sara Paretsky: Dead Land
April 30, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 22.5 MBGuest presenter, Elizabeth Perry, aka E.C Reads on Instagram talks to Sara Paretsky about the food moments in Dead Land, the latest in the series to feature her private detective V.I. Warshawski. When Indemnity Only, the first, was published in 1982, Paretsky revolutionised the genre with this tough-talking female private eye, and in 2002 won the Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Elizabeth has been reading her since she was 14 and admits that she is massive nerd-level fan. ...