restaurateur and author, rick stein. and author rick stein.'m going to meet him to find out how his love of simple ingredients and travel informs his writing and his cooking. in restaurant kitchens, everything is all prepped up before you start. this is a way of cooking fish which i really like, which is actually cooking it under the salamander. it's quite a sort of pure way of cooking. so there we go. rick stein, hello, and welcome. you have, as i say, written a lot of books. do you find the act of writing quite difficult? because you did at first, didn't you, the very first one you did? yeah, my first book was called english seafood cookery and i called myself richard stein, because "rick" sounded a bit racy, a bit american. was it difficult to write that one? yes, it was, because... now i have people helping me cook recipes, so the books i do now, i work with a girl called portia, and we talk food all day long, we cook together and then i write up the recipes, but in those days, i did everything myself, and the only way i could test the rec

rick stein, thank you very much. it has been really nice, gavin. properly. look at that. i'd be happy to eat that. i'd be happy to eat that! in fact, i might eat that! hello. a story of two halves across the country today, england and wales seen the country today, england and wales seen the lion's share of the sunshine, a good deal of it. there was some cloud at times, things hazy, and the cloud was stubborn to go in scotland and northern ireland, where it thickened up enough to bring outbreaks of brain in scotland for a time. while high pressure was the dominating feature, and it will continue to build at the weekend, this weather front came across the far north of scotland. overnight, those outbreaks of rain will be mainly confined to the north and west of the highlands. elsewhere, dry, with clear spells in southern scotland. the clearest skies in england and wales, where there could be some patchy mist and fog. lows overnight, 11 to 16, not as warm as the nightjust gone. high pressure with us tomorrow, most will be dry and settled and again plen

rick stein, thank you very much. it has been really nice, gavin.roperly. look at that. i'd be happy to eat that. hello. if you had the sunshine on saturday, there is more to come on sunday. like saturday, though, there will be more cloud once again across northern ireland and scotland and, at times, more on that in a moment. some patchy rain for a time across the western start of scotland. some bright sunny spells the northern ireland even though there is a lot of cloud. but the lion's share of sunshine once again across england and wales. some fairweather cloud developing through the day. highs of 15 to 19 celsius for scotland. 21 for northern ireland. mid to high 20s celsius for much of england and wales, and getting close to 30 celsius for east anglia and south—east england. for many, it is a fine evening to come on sunday, with late spells of sunshine and clear skies overnight. but further north and west, i'm sure you can see, the cloud increasing, outbreaks of rain coming into scotland, northern ireland and slowly sinking its way south and eas

one of those responsible is is rick stein.ingredients and travel informs his writing and cooking. in restaurant kitchens everything is all prepped up kitchens everything is all prepped up before you start. this is a way of cooking fish which i really like, under the salamander. a pure way of cooking. rick stein hello, and welcome. you have written a lot of books. do you find the act of writing quite difficult? yes, my first book was called english seafood cookery and call myself richard stine because rick sounded a bit racy and american. now i have people helping me cook recipes so i worked with people and talk all day long, put together and then write up recipes. but back then i did everything myself. we had lunches of seafood, with the load of recipes i had got down and the waiting staff would try out the recipes and hear what they said. there is a discipline to writing. it took me two years. the only way to do is to a little bit each day, particularly when i did the autobiography. you have to say i going to do a thousand wo

and at 10.30am in talking books, gavin esler talks to the chef and author rick stein on how british foodas improved dramatically over the last 30 years. the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, believes an attempt has been made on his life. officials said drones loaded with explosives were flown towards a military parade he was attending — they exploded, injuring seven national guards. the president, who was in the middle of a speech, was unharmed. shortly afterwards, he spoke of a right wing conspiracy against him, involving domestic enemies and neighbouring colombia. lebbo dissekko reports. president maduro is in the middle of his televised speech when this happened. the camera shakes, his wife looks up and then he does. the pictures then cut to soldiers at the event, who we see running. officials say two drones packed with explosives had been flown towards the parade and exploded, injuring seven soldiers. and in the aftermath have come recriminations. the communications minister said the opposition was behind the attack. it's not hard to see why mr maduro might feel imbattled. police

and at 8.30 in talking books, gavin esler talks to chef and author rick stein on how british food hasdramatically over the last 30 years. detectives searching for the midwife samantha eastwood, who's been missing for more than a week, have found a body near caverswall, in staffordshire. a 32—year—old man arrested on sunday on suspicion of kidnap has been rearrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur correspondent sarah corker is in caverswall — and has this report. samantha eastwood was described by her family as warm, generous and a selfless midwife. these cctv images of the 28—year—old leaving the royal stoke hospital after a night shift last friday were the last time she was seen alive. after an extensive search of woodland and fields around the village of caverswall in rural staffordshire, a body was discovered by police at midday. those living nearby said there had been a heavy police presence here for days. just a lot of police activity, a lot of people about, and a police helicopter in the field hovering around, you know, which is normally a quiet lane. as we came back into the farm t

and at 4:30 in talking books, gavin esler talks to the chef and author, rick stein, on how british foodmproved dramatically over the last 30 years. good afternoon. the president of venezuela, nicolas maduro, says an attempt has been made on his life using drones carrying explosives. he was addressing a military parade in the capital, caracas, during a live television broadcast when the alleged attack occurred. mr maduro escaped without injury, but officials say seven soldiers were hurt. here's matt cole. addressing crowds with a speech on the economy, with his wife alongside, nicolas maduro was unexpectedly interrupted. all eyes looked up, seeking out the source of the two loud bangs. set out in precision formation, the national guard had been listening to their leader. but look to the right of the screen. after the bangs, a handful break ranks, followed by a stampede for cover. it's claimed two drones exploding above were the source of the panic. later, and clearly furious, president maduro spoke about what he termed an attempted assassination. translation: i have no doubt that everyth

and at 2:30pm in talking books, gavin esler talks to chef and author rick stein on how british food hasamatically over the last 30 years. two—thirds of plastic food containers which householders put in their recycling bins — actually end up being buried or burned — because they can't be recycled. the mixture of plastics used in many yoghurt pots, ready meal trays and other containers, limits the ability of councils to recycle them. that's according to the local government association of england and wales. it's calling for a ban on low—grade plastic. ministers say recycling rates are rising, but acknowledge there's "much more to do". jayne mccubbin reports. the costs to the planet are well—documented, but local authorities are warning that, despite their best efforts to recycle more plastic, they are being let down by manufacturers. while almost all local authorities collect plastic bottles for recycling, around a quarter refuse to collect otherfood packaging because of the way it's manufactured. the rest ends up here in landfill. it seems totally unfair that the burden of un—recyclable

then the secretary of energy, rick perry, is going to come up and give some remarks, and then he's going to be joined on stage by david rubin stein who is the cofounder and coexecutive chairman of the can carlyle group, and they're going to have what i can promise you is a very lively discussion. if you've ever seen either one of them, you know that to be true. you put them together, and we may have a molotov cocktail here. so let me just set the frame for this discussion that they're going to delve into. and i'd like to take us to the year 2050 and talk about what the world is going to look like and what our relationship with this region means going out that far. so in 2050 the world's gdp is going to have grown by about 250 %. we're going to have added two the billion with a b people to this planet. and seven of those nine billion people are going to live in cities. energy-intensive cities. cities that need a lot of energy. people that need a lot of jobs that require a lot of energy. and while the demand for energy in 2050 is hard to forecast, and i can tell you rick perry's own energy administration's forecasts out to 2050 are

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