14 April: GOSFORTH Civic Theatre.

15 April: YORK Crescent.

16 April SETTLE Victoria Hall.

23 May BECCLES Public Hall (part of the Beccles Food Festival – show starts 5pm). Tickets on sale soon

The Guardian’s Felicity Cloake shares stories from her culinary travels, in conversation with adventurer and author Emily Chappell (please note: Emily is only hosting on the April dates) .

Felicity travels the world looking for food: she’s cycled round France in search of the perfect croissant; toured the UK comparing breakfasts; and these events tie in with the paperback launch of her latest book, ‘‘Peach Street to Lobster Lane’, based on a coast-to-coast trip across America in the election year of 2023..

Felicity has written the Guardian’s ‘How to Make the Perfect…’ column since 2009 and is author of six acclaimed books.

Emily Chappell, of course, has been a popular guest in her own right at our shows many times and is best-known for her books What Goes Around (about her life as a bike messenger) and Where There’s A Will (about her forays into endurance bike racing.)

Praise for Felicity Cloake
‘An exhilarating ride through American cuisine… fast paced, funny and made me very hungry.’ – Dawn O’Porter
‘Pure delight from first page to last’ – Matthew Fort
‘Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing – this book will get you hooked’ – Yotam Ottolenghi
‘The nation’s taster-in-chief’ – Daily Mail