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 17 hours 13 minutes
Crispy crunchy mega-munchy
I am reliably informed that the taste of a soggy potato crisp – or chip, if you prefer – is identical to that of a crispy one. But the experience falls far short of enjoyable. A crisp needs to be, well, crisp. If it isn’t, it actually tastes bad.
Backyard vegetable breeding
Carol Deppe was a guest here a few months ago, talking about how most people misunderstand the potato, which is about as nutritious a vegetable as you could hope for. I found out about that because I was checking out her new book,
Industrial strength craft beer
What matters is not how little beer you make, but how carefully you make your beer.
Knives: the new bling
Bling, the Urban Dictionary tells me, is an onomatopoeic representation of light bouncing off a diamond. Or a Bob Kramer original hand-made chef’s knife, which goes for $2000 and up. Of course some people might be able to justify spending that kind of ...
Early agriculture in eastern North America
This history of domestication and agriculture encompasses North America too.
Sugar and salt: Industrial is best
Not all progress is bad. Rachel Laudan makes a powerful case that modern methods of making sugar and salt are far superior.
Spam: a special edition
I did not know that that the famous Monty Python spam sketch was recorded on 6 June 1970. At least, that's the claim of a Tumblr obsessed with Minnesota in the 1970s. (Wikipedia says only that "[i]t premiered on 15 December 1970".) However,
Seed Law
The big question is, why do amateur growers and those who choose not to care even need the protection of EU seed legislation?
Potatoes are (almost) perfect
Most of what you think you know about potatoes and nutrition is wrong.