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
Patrik Johansson, the Butter Viking
Patrik Johansson blends ancient knowledge and modern science to craft exquisite butter: hand-made, intensely flavourful and scarce.
Food Security in Egypt
The price of subsidised bread in Egypt has not changed in decades, though the bread shrunk. That remains a huge challenge to security, for the government and the people.
Fully Tested Tuna
One tin of tuna may contain 10 times more mercury than another, and there’s no way to tell them apart.
Biodiversity at Liberty
How farmers in Belgium and the south of France are taking advantage of new a EU regulation to become more sustainable
Feed Your Baby Like a Fascist
Mussolini made the trains run on time, but that doesn’t work for hungry infants
Some thoughts on markets and such
Speculators can actually drive prices higher, which was news to me
A Restaurant’s Reckoning
“The corollary to white innocence is white passivity, the feeling that what one’s ancestors did was so messed up that it couldn’t possibly make a difference where one eats a barbecue sandwich.”
How to be a good host and a good guest
Asking for a doctor’s note when your guest says they are allergic or intolerant is not an option
Feeding children well
There’s a huge difference between neophobia and picky eating, just as there is between food and nutrition. How best to undertake the tricky business of helping children to eat well.
In search of tomato gold
Organic growers and breeders in Europe are preparing to take advantage of their new freedom to sow biodiversity