The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

History tells us when the harvest is good, civilization expands, but when the harvest is poor, civilization contracts. This lesson leads us to ask…

There are lions in the neighborhood. My daughter saw one across the street in the playground of the elementary school. Their presence leads us to ask…

They escaped the conquistadors and mated with the liberated of trappers, settlers and farmers. They still roam free in the Pryor Mountains, where they lead us to ask, “Should we leave room for wild horses?” Topics include a brief history

The boys turned a barren lot in the run-down neighborhood of a rust-belt city into a Garden of Eatin with wives and children, and thus lead us to ask…

He said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste!” and so they are using tainted hamburger, peanut butter and spinach to take total control of the nation’s food chain. Their legislation leads us to ask…

He caught fish in the frigid waters of the North Sea, then turned them into a healthy business in California. This fish oil entrepreneur leads us to ask…

Topics include how taste has served us through history; the means food scientists have developed to satisfy taste; and whether taste can tell good food from bad. Guest: John McQuaid, author of Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat

New York City is made of asphalt, concrete, and steel, and thus not a place one would expect to find farmers. But people do farm the city, and they lead us to ask…

Topics include the ingredients a chef must bring to the restaurant table; how these ingredients must be combined to cook up a successful restaurant; and what are the odds of a good cook becoming a successful chef? Guests: Chef Enzo Fargione, Author V