Dawn OPorter, the best fish pie and a carignan blanc

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, 1 a.m.

b"Nick and Angela welcome an author and charity co-founder to Dish HQ.\\n\\n\\n\\nDawn O\\u2019Porter was born in Scotland but grew up in Guernsey with her aunt and uncle. She spent three years at the Liverpool School for Performing Arts but decided that acting wasn\\u2019t for her and got into TV instead. Dawn made her name making documentaries, which explored topics like dieting, dating, pregnancy and polyamory. She moved to LA and met her husband, actor Chris O\\u2019Dowd. In 2013, Dawn published her first novel Paper Aeroplanes and has released several books since, including the Sunday Times best-seller, The Cows in 2016. She is one of the founding members of the charity Choose Love which helps refugees all over the world.\\n\\n\\n\\nAngela prepares The Best Fish Pie by Martha Collison for seafood fan Dawn with garden peas while Nick pours a Waitrose Loved & Found Carignan blanc. Talk at the table turns to Dawn's love of hosting and her desire to be left alone in the kitchen, kids names and why a tortoise is the pet you never knew you wanted.\\n\\n\\n\\nJust so you know, our podcast might contain the occasional mild swear word or adult theme.\\n\\n\\n\\nAll recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes\\n\\nA transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish\\n\\n\\n\\nWe can\\u2019t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help.\\n\\nSend your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she\\u2019ll try to answer in a future episode.\\n\\n\\n\\nDish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose & Partners\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"