From humble beginnings as milk stored in a sheep's stomach, cheese has endured for thousands of years. For an industry that generates a trillion dollars a year, while 70% of the world's adults are actually lactose intolerant, dairy has adapted - to be delicious, and also a global leader in Dollar Darwinism - that twist in evolution where a fat bottom line will NEVER let ingredients go extinct!

More than any other dishes, these two achieved Gold and Silver in Darwin's Culinary Survivors awards. Spanning thousands of years, bread and noodles (in all of their forms) have adapted. The fed us, and filled us with joy, but they had to work for it!

As a self-styled Culinary Anthropologist, I explore food through the lens of Natural Selection.....how dishes and ingredients have either adapted, or died. Join me as we go beyond what we taste - from way back when to how it got to our plate.

Episodes launch 1st October.