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World Service,30 Apr 2026,26 mins

The food writers

The Food Chain

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Ever wondered how anyone gets a job writing about food? Ruth Alexander, talks to writers and editors about how they broke into the industry, how their work shapes our tastes and why they think columns about cake matter more than you might think.

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