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Mar 2022
31m 41s

Joy Crookes "Don't Polish a Poo"

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Listen to Big Zuu sit down with Joy Crookes and chat through all the foody things she loves and the things she just cannot understand about people. Like why use a rice cooker? And why judge flavoursome food when you're just boiling yours? And in a creative scientific interpretation which Zuu takes with a pinch of salt (sorry), she explains how taste is al ... Show More
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