Using food to explore all manner of topics, from agriculture to zoology. In Eat This Podcast, Jeremy Cherfas tries to go beyond the obvious to see how the food we eat influences and is influenced by history, archaeology, trade, chemistry, economics, geography, evolution, religion -- you get the picture. We don't do recipes, except when we do, or restaurant reviews, ditto. We do offer an eclectic smorgasbord of tasty topics. Twice nominated for a James Beard Award.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 16 hours 58 minutes
Jewish Food in Rome
The Jewish Community of Rome arrived before the Christian Era and has never left. Its cuisine was created by hardship and ingenuity.
Small Dairy
If you’re lucky enough to live in the right place, you may be able to experience real, fresh, whole milk.
Milk is not a Superfood
The first celebrity doctor's fad diet is still going strong today, 300 years later, and it has a lot to answer for.
Pomegranates & Artichokes
“It is about migrations: of ingredients, of recipes, of stories — but most importantly of the people who make them.”
Why Did the Artist Cross the Chicken?
Accumulating the genetic diversity of birds around the world in a population of truly cosmopolitan chickens
Feeding the People in Wartime Britain
Once upon a time, government made it possible for people to get a good meal at a reasonable price.
What is Wrong with Biofortification
Yields are generally lower than those of unfortified varieties and there’s little evidence it works. Biofortification is a waste of land and money.
Making Mr Song’s Cheese
The standard story is that ethnic Chinese don’t eat cheese or drink milk because they are lactose intolerant. They do, but it’s complicated
What Price Wings?
A chicken has two wings, two legs, two breasts; how does the market cope when all people want is wings?