Amanda and Ben celebrated the 50th episode milestone! Amanda gave a big update of her career, and the hosts chatted about Amanda's recent tradeshow experience at the IFT Expo. They also discussed the different types of food tradeshows and conferences in the industry. 

The Fancy Food Show: https://www.specialtyfood.com/shows-events/winter-fancy-food-show/

The Anuga Food Fair: https://www.anuga.com/

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Here is the second half of the interview that we featured Abbey the food scientist on FIH! In this episode, Abbey and the hosts discussed differences of post-graduate studying experiences in the Netherlands and the US. They also shared stories and tips about doing research as food science graduate students. 

Abbey's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AbbeytheFoodScientist

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Amanda and Ben interviewed Abbey the food scientist on the show! Abbey has a food science PhD degree and is an expert on ice cream microstructure. She also runs the "Abbey the food scientist" YouTube channel, which creates informative and educational videos about "food science for everyone". Abbey and the hosts discussed her journey as a YouTuber and how Abbey communicated food science to her everyday viewers. Abbey also shared details about her ice cream preferences, the fascinating Oreo soggy theory, and her recent episode about food crimes. 

Abbey's videos: 

Food Crimes Part 1: Cakes, Milk and Spices

Why don't Oreos get soggy when dunked in chocolate milk?

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What do soldiers eat during war? Is it really true they get steak at every meal? In our latest podcast episode, Amanda and Ben invited Mike Hufana, a US Army veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014, to give us the insider’s scope. Be it the power of food in bringing normalcy during the time of war, or the importance of breaking bread across ranks in building camaraderie - Join us to learn more from the perspectives of a war veteran.

At FIH, we advocate for peace and condemn violence and wars. We pray for peace and safety of the people who are currently suffering from wars in the world.

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Following the terrifying news in Ukraine, Amanda and Ben reflected how wars can impact our food systems. In the episode, the hosts talked about food rations, war-time food inventions, and the origin of HACCP. 

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Amanda and Ben returned on air to talk about convenient and speedy foods (aka processed foods). They discussed how processed foods and food services have improved based on consumer needs. Processed foods are now less compromised on tastes thanks to innovations in food technology! The host bilaterally agreed that processed foods are here to stay and they can be innovated based on consumer's demands of being healthy, sustainable, and delicious. 

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Amanda and Ben shared their dark thoughts about cultured meat technology to produce unconventional foods. The hosts really dove into the potentials of cultured meats in the future, as it is one of the most disruptive technologies... 

The Ouroboros Steak

Cultured human casein (BIOMILQ)

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Amanda and Ben welcomed Dr. Pam Ismail as a guest on the show! Pam leads the Plant Protein Innovation Center at University of Minnesota. She is a professor and researcher with extensive expertise on food proteins! The hosts discussed various questions with Pam about the current and past plant protein research. Unfortunately, the recording ran into a bit difficulty during the interview, but Amanda and Ben did a quick recap in the end of the episode to sum up the takeaways. 

Plant Protein Innovation Center - https://ppic.cfans.umn.edu/

About Pam - https://ppic.cfans.umn.edu/expertise/researchers

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Amanda and Ben are back with an in-depth discussion about teaching food science to children and teenagers. Food can be both a subject to teach STEM and a medium to stimulate STEM interests. The hosts offered a few examples to teach food science as a STEM subject to youngsters and even brought up the possibility of writing a kid's book about foods. 

Joe Dombrowski's lollipop video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDQRrUNu5eU&ab_channel=JoeDombrowski

Red cabbage as a pH indicator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMXMlWybv8A&ab_channel=YuckyScience

Teach food science: https://www.teachfoodscience.org/

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Hi everyone! Amanda and Ben recorded a quick update for all the FIH listeners. We will be back to a monthly release schedule for the rest of 2021. Stay tuned for future episodes towards the end of each month!