The Tomato in England
There have been all sorts of explanations for why tomatoes took so long to be accepted in England, most of them calling on superstition and...
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Eat This Podcast
Using food to explore all manner of topics, from agriculture to zoology. Eat This Podcast tries to go beyond the obvious to see how the food we eat influences and is influenced by history, a...
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Listen to Eat This Podcast, a Arts podcast by Jeremy Cherfas. Stream 304 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 304 episodesMore Sustainable School Meals
Sweden offers some lessons on meals better for the health of pupils and the planet
Hipster Baristas and Chinese Espresso
The hipster barista and the Chinese-owned bar both shed light on the changing nature of Italian coffee culture.
Collards: A Moroccan Mystery
Abderrahim Ouarghidi was born and raised in Morocco, but until the day he and his wife Bronwen Powell found them during fieldwork, he had ne...
Geopolitics, Food, and Agriculture
“Food has long served as an instrument of statecraft. Yet agricultural economics typically ... neglects security externalities.”
In Search of the Real Cheeses
A six-year journey to learn about, document and share artisanal cheese-making around the world.
Old Modern Olive Oil in Provence
Old-fashioned oils rely on up-to-date equipment and the skill of the miller
The unstoppable rise of extra virgin olive oil
Today, a bigger problem than fraud is transportation and storage.
The Food System Is Not Broken
“You are more likely to find the raw ingredients for a better future for the food system at the Waffle House than you are at your local farm...
Food Notes from an American Prison
The freedom Italian prisoners enjoy around food came as a shock
Cooking in Maximum Security
This is a way also to say “I’m a subject” in a place that tries to transform me into an object. I’m a subject. As a subject, I want to eat w...
Cash remains a most effective gift
Poor people need money and they know what to spend it on
A Berliner Speaks
In 2005, Luisa Weiss launched The Wednesday Chef, an early food blog. Today she has three books to her credit and continues to write about f...
A Fresh Look at Domestication
Selection had nothing to do with transforming grass into wheat, or any other aspect of domestication.
Revolutions are Born in Breadlines
Anti-communists sent food and medical assistance. Communist sympathisers sent tractors. And both countries had much to learn from the other.
The Spice Bag
The after-hours dish that conquered Ireland and the Irish everywhere.
Revisiting Historical Recipes
In the end we can never know what people in the past tasted in their food, but a new method aims to come closer.
The Miracle of Salt
A new book shares more information about salt and ways to use it than you can imagine
New Light on Neanderthal Diets
“You yourself like caribou meat, and what are these maggots but live caribou meat? They taste just the same as the meat and are refreshing t...
Pellagra
“There was no treatment for pellagra, aside from an improved diet, and ... we can’t improve the peasants’ diet. That’s not our job. We’re do...