It’s All About Food

Carolyn Cobbold, A Rainbow Palate, How Chemical Dyes Changed the West’s Relationship with FoodCarolyn Cobbold is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge, where she investigates the history of food and science. Her work has been published in Annals of Science, Osiris, Ambix, and Business Insurance, among others.

We live in a world saturated by chemicals—our food, our clothes, and even our bodies play host to hundreds of synthetic chemicals that did not exist before the nineteenth century. By the 1900s, a wave of bright coal tar dyes had begun to transform the Western world. Originally intended for textiles, the new dyes soon permeated daily life in unexpected ways, and by the time the risks and uncertainties surrounding the synthesized chemicals began to surface, they were being used in everything from clothes and home furnishings to cookware and food.

In A Rainbow Palate, Carolyn Cobbold explores how the widespread use of new chemical substances influenced perceptions and understanding of food, science, and technology, as well as trust in science and scientists. Because the new dyes were among the earliest contested chemical additives in food, the battles over their use offer striking insights and parallels into today’s international struggles surrounding chemical, food, and trade regulation.

Saray Stancic, MD, What’s Missing From MedicineSaray Stancic, MD is a board-certified physician and the subject of the recent documentary film Code Blue. From 1999 to 2006, Dr. Stancic served as chief of infectious diseases at the Hudson Valley Veterans Administration Hospital in New York. During those years she treated hundreds of patients with viral hepatitis and HIV and directed the MOVE program, a federal VA initiative to encourage healthy lifestyles in veterans. She later joined the viral hepatology team at Roche and conducted clinical studies for new, more efficacious treatments for hepatitis infections. During these research years, she continued to see patients at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital in New York City. In 2012, in response to her personal experiences as a multiple sclerosis patient as well as a veteran physician, Dr. Stancic founded one of the first lifestyle medicine practices in the country, where she created a distinct contemporary health-care model rooted in traditional medical principles. Dr. Stancic’s current practice focuses on educating and empowering patients to understand the importance of the personal lifestyle choices discussed in this book. She mentors medical students and residents and seeks to contribute to initiatives centered on redefining the health-care paradigm. She is a fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Visit her at https://drstancic.com/.

Hartglass & De Mattei, Giving TuesdayOn this Giving Tuesday, Caryn Hartglass & Gary De Mattei discuss how two chefs with different styles share their New York City kitchen while cooking all day for the Thanksgiving Feast. They also discuss alternatives to Gift Giving, and the evils of Teflon.

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Hartglass & De Mattei, Okara Magic, Metamorphosis and Gratitude

Hartglass & De Mattei are grateful to be back to talk about Gratitude, plus environmentally friendly personal care products like shampoo in bars, dental hygiene and new REAL recipes like Okuna Okara Salad and Okara Chorizo. Find out about the upcoming Cook Along with the Swingin’ Gourmets!

  LINKS mentioned in the program:Swingin’ Gourmets Cook AlongTortillasHummusSouth River MisoFood to LiveWaterpik Cordless FlossersEcodent Gentle Floss

Brenda Davis, RD and Reshma Shah, MD, MPH, NOURISH, The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families

 Brenda Davis, RDBrenda Davis, RD, is widely regarded as a rock star of plant-based nutrition.She has been a featured speaker at medical and nutrition conferences around the world and is the prolific author of 11 vegetarian and vegan nutrition classics, including Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition. In 2007, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. She lives in Calgary with her husband, Paul. She has two grown children and two beautiful grandchildren.   Reshma Shah, MD, MPHReshma Shah, MD, MPH, is a board-certified pediatrician and an affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. She has additional training and certification in plant-based nutrition and cooking. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children. Most Sundays, you can find her at the local farmers market where she finds inspiration for weekly family meals. Listen to previous IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD interviews with Brenda Davis:

Brenda Davis, Raw-Food Revolution DietBrenda Davis, Plant-Based and Essential Fats

Hartglass & De Mattei, Let’s Go OnLet’s talk about the weather! Caryn Hartglass & Gary De Mattei discuss the weather and global warming; visiting New Hampshire and Vermont, discovering a new Squash, and recipes for Thanksgiving. They touch on the election, truth, art and politics. Caryn shares a song from one of her albums called I Go On from Bernstein’s Mass. The lyrics are below.

 

Lyrics to I Go On, sung by Caryn Hartglass:When the thunder rumbles now the age of gold is dead.And the dreams we’ve clung to,dying to stay younghave left us parched and old instead.When my courage crumbles,When i feel confused and frail.When my spirit falters, on decaying alters.And my illusions fade.I go on right then.I go on again.I go on to say I will celebrate another day.I go on.If tomorrow tumbles,and everything I love is gone,I will face regret,All my days and yetI will still go on.Lauda.Lauda.Laudae.Lauda.Lauda- de- da- de- dae.

Links mentioned in the program:RECIPESApple Pie (Tarte aux Pommes)Deep Dish Apple Pie, Double CrustPumpkin PieCoconut Cream PieLemon Meringue PiePurple Sweet Potato PieSavory Pumpkin PieCoconut Koginut Squash SoupRobin’s Koginut Squash

Hartglass & De Mattei, Finally On the Road AgainCaryn and Gary are traveling in New Hampshire and talk about Election Day anxiety, artists and activism.

PART 1: Nama Arian & Rona Stein, Lands in Love Hotel and Animal Rescue CenterThe Animal Love Rescue center needs urgent help. It is a non-profit no-kill charitable shelter in Costa Rica that takes care of more than 1,000 animals (more than 800 are dogs and cats). The rescue center funded is by the vegan/vegetarian hotel Lands in Love, which has been closed since the middle of March as a result of the Coronavirus world crisis. Help is needed to keep the shelter running. Without the help of donations, the rescue center will be closed and the animals will be released to the streets. Please help with a donation or exposure through your social media accounts so the animals will not be left homeless.For more information:The Animal Love Rescue CenterThe Animal Love Rescue Center Facebook PageThe Animal Love Rescue Center on InstagramThe Lands in Love HotelGoFundMe Campaign  PART 2: Jeff Miller, Avocado, A Global HistoryJeff Miller is associate professor of hospitality management at Colorado State University. He is coauthor of Food Studies: An Introduction to Research Methods and was named Culinary Educator of the Year in 2017.

Tom Philpott, Perilous Bounty, The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent ItTom Philpott has been the food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones since 2011. Previously, he covered food as a writer and editor for the environmental-news website Grist. Philpott’s work on food politics has won numerous awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award for business feature writing, and has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Guardian, among other places. From 2004 to 2012, he farmed at Maverick Farms in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. He lives in Austin, Texas.

LINKS

Did Trump Just Cut Guest Farmworker Wages by as Much as 50 Percent? by Tom Philpott

Recipes

Tomatillo Salsa

Homemade Tortillas

Almond Ricotta

J. Morris Hicks, Outcry, Urgent Alarms from Our Planet and What We Can Do About Them

A former career business executive and executive vice president with Ralph Lauren in New York, Jim has always tried to focus on the big picture when analyzing any issue. In 2002, after becoming curious about the optimal diet for humans, he began a comprehensive study of what we eat from a global perspective—discovering many startling issues and opportunities along the way. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from the University of Hawaii, a degree he earned while serving as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard in Honolulu. In 2009, he earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, where he served on the board of directors for six years. A prolific writer and blogger, he published his first book, Healthy Eating, Healthy World, in 2011 and, four years later, teamed up with a medical doctor to publish the 4Leaf Guide to Vibrant Health. Along the way, he has posted over 1200 health and sustainability articles on his website at hpjmh.com. In 2004, he began referring to our food choices as the most important issue in the history of humanity—having concluded that our future as a species was riding on those choices. Ten years later, he realized that in order to preserve the fragile ecosystem that sustains us, we must also begin urgently addressing other aspects of humanity that now threaten our civilization and our long-term survival as a species. Finally, in 2018, he devised an uplifting way of writing and speaking about those troubling issues—by envisioning how we can totally re-invent the way we live on this planet, such that we can co-exist indefinitely in a virtual paradise with nature. To be sure, this new vision is the primary focus of this book and has become a major part of his never-ending mission to promote health, hope and harmony on planet Earth.