Eat This Podcast

By Jeremy CherfasScience Arts History Food

Eat This Podcast episodes

October 12 Local Agriculture at the Time of the First Thanksgiving
17th century Fritos, and lots more besides.
28 min
September 28 Radicchio Spreads Its Wings
Growers in the Pacific Northwest have been at the forefront of an explosion in the popularity and availability of radicchio. A new book tells the story.
24 min
September 14 The Truth About Picky Eaters
Picky eaters seem to be biologically determined, but nothing could be further from the truth. They are not born, they are made, with the best of intentions.
32 min
August 31 The World of Fermentation
Using microbes to ferment food is probably the oldest technique to make fresh food last longer, taste better and be better for us.
33 min
June 15 The Tomato in England
There have been all sorts of explanations for why tomatoes took so long to be accepted in England, most of them calling on superstition and stupidity. The truth is more down to earth.
26 min
June 01 More Sustainable School Meals
Sweden offers some lessons on meals better for the health of pupils and the planet
21 min
May 18 Hipster Baristas and Chinese Espresso
The hipster barista and the Chinese-owned bar both shed light on the changing nature of Italian coffee culture.
32 min
May 04 Collards: A Moroccan Mystery
Abderrahim Ouarghidi was born and raised in Morocco, but until the day he and his wife Bronwen Powell found them during fieldwork, he had never seen collard greens there.
25 min
April 20 Geopolitics, Food, and Agriculture
“Food has long served as an instrument of statecraft. Yet agricultural economics typically ... neglects security externalities.”
23 min
April 06 In Search of the Real Cheeses
A six-year journey to learn about, document and share artisanal cheese-making around the world.
26 min

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Using food to explore all manner of topics, from agriculture to zoology. Eat This Podcast tries to go beyond the obvious to see how the food we eat influences and is influenced by history,…