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Biology and Evolution
March 25, 2023
Mushroom
Sara Rich
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
They are the things we step on without noticing and the largest organisms on Earth. They are symbols of inexplicable growth and excruciating misery. They are grouped with plants, but …
Food
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Food
March 22, 2023
Italy on a Plate
Travels, Memories, Menus
Susan Gravely
Hosted by
Laura Goldberg
In her debut memoir and cookbook, Susan Gravely celebrates 40 years as Founder and Creative Director of VIETRI. In Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus (Vietri Publishing, 2023), she …
MIT Press Podcast
March 16, 2023
American Restaurants and Cuisine in the Mid–Nineteenth Century
Paul Freedman
Hosted by
MIT Press
Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History and Acting Chair, Department of History at Yale University, chats with Rebecca Federman, Culinary Collections Librarian at the New York Public Library …
Ministry of Ideas
March 6, 2023
Scoville or, How Do We Measure Taste?
Measure for Measure Episode 5
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
Taste is a subjective experience. We know this because eggs pickled in human urine, cheese with live maggots living in it, fertilized and mostly-developed duck eggs, rotten shark, calf blood …
Ministry of Ideas
March 3, 2023
Olives or, How Much Matzah Should You Eat During Passover?
Measure for Measure Episode 2
Hosted by
Zachary Davis
Jews are ritually obligated to eat matzah during Passover. But how much matzah? Well, that depends on your views on the size of an olive. This episode was produced by …
Jewish Studies
February 26, 2023
Haroset
A Taste of Jewish History
Susan Weingarten
Hosted by
Matthew Miller
While every cultures cuisine tells a story, there are few foods that carry as much history and meaning as do those on the Passover Seder plate. Haroset: A Taste of …
Food
February 25, 2023
My Vermont Table
Recipes for All (Six) Seasons
Gesine Bullock-Prado
Hosted by
Laura Goldberg
Vermont—arguably the OG farm-to-table state—is celebrated through 100+ recipes and stories from celebrated pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado. When Gesine Bullock-Prado left her Hollywood life in 2004 and moved to Vermont …
Environmental Studies
February 20, 2023
US History in 15 Foods
Anna Zeide
Hosted by
Brian Hamilton
From whiskey in the American Revolution to Spam in WWII, food reveals a great deal about the society in which it exists. Selecting 15 foods that represent key moments in …
Biblical Studies
February 20, 2023
Temptation Transformed
The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple
Azzan Yadin-Israel
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple (University of Chicago Press, 2023) by Dr. Azzan Yadin-Israel presents a journey into the mystery behind why the …
Food
February 14, 2023
Wonder Foods
The Science and Commerce of Nutrition
Lisa Haushofer
Hosted by
Nathan Hopson
From Gail Borden’s meat biscuit to John Harvey Kellogg’s peptogenic foods for race betterment and Fleishmann’s yeast as both technology of empire and imperfect tool of the global struggle …
Economic and Business History
February 10, 2023
The Salt Roads
How Fish Made a Culture
John Goodlad
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture (Birlinn, 2022) by John Goodlad is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of …
Food
February 10, 2023
Staple Security
Bread and Wheat in Egypt
Jessica Barnes
Hosted by
Amir Sayadabdi
Egyptians often say that bread is life; most eat this staple multiple times a day, many relying on the cheap bread subsidized by the government. In Staple Security: Bread and …
Food
February 8, 2023
Buffalo Everything
A Guide to Eating in Nickel City with 50 Recipes
Arthur Bovino
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Buffalo isn't just a city full of great wings. There is a great hot dog tradition, from Greek- originated "Texas red hots" to year-round charcoal-grilling at Ted's that puts Manhattan's …
Peoples & Things
February 6, 2023
Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Technology in 20th-Century Mali
A Discussion with Laura Ann Twagira
Laura Ann Twagira
Hosted by
Lee Vinsel
Laura Ann Twagira, an associate professor of history, head of African Studies, and an affiliate with science in society program and feminist gender sexuality studies program at Wesleyan University, talks …
Asian Review of Books
February 2, 2023
Takeaway
Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
Angela Hui
Hosted by
Nicholas Gordon
Food journalist Angela Hui grew up in rural Wales, as daughter to the owners of the Lucky Star Chinese takeaway. Angela grew up behind the counter, helping take orders and …
Animal Studies
January 28, 2023
Animals in Irish Society
Interspecies Oppression and Vegan Liberation in Britain's First Colony
Corey Lee Wrenn
Hosted by
Kyle Johannsen
Irish vegan studies are poised for increasing relevance as climate change threatens the legitimacy and longevity of animal agriculture and widespread health problems related to animal product consumption disrupt long …
Jewish Studies
January 25, 2023
Jewish Flavours of Italy
A Family Cookbook
Silvia Nacamulli
Hosted by
Ari Barbalat
Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook (Green Bean Books, 2022) is a culinary journey through Italy and a deep dive into family culinary heritage. With more than 100 kosher …
Environmental Studies
January 21, 2023
Endangered Maize
Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction
Helen Anne Curry
Hosted by
Isobel Akerman
In Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction (U California Press, 2022), historian Helen Anne Curry investigates more than a hundred years of agriculture and conservation practices to …
Nordic Asia Podcast
January 20, 2023
Surviving the State
Struggles for Land and Democracy in Myanmar
Hilary Faxon
Hosted by
Nordic Asia Podcast
How do farmers struggle for land and democracy in Myanmar’s hybrid political system? How might a feminist approach to this question look like and enable novel findings? In which ways …
Popular Culture
January 18, 2023
Fish, Milk, Tamarind
A Book of Egyptian Arabic Food Expressions
Dalal Abo El Seoud
Hosted by
Rebekah Buchanan
In Fish, Milk, Tamarind: A Book of Egyptian Arabic Food Expressions (American University in Cairo Press, 2022), Dalal Abo El Seoud presents 100 commonly used Egyptian food expressions. Can you guess what Egyptians mean …
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