Eat This Podcast
Episodes
Food — and bombs — in Laos
03 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A bombie cluster munition on a farm in Khammouane Province, Laos.©2010/Jerry Redfern Karen Coates is a freelance American journalist who writes a...
Baking bread: getting big and getting out
20 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, the self-indulgent joy of making a podcast on one of my own passions. “They” say that turning cooking from an enjoyable hobby into a bu...
A tasting menu
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of 2014 is a look back to some of the topics I covered in 2013, and for what I hope is a good reason. With a podcast, unlike a piece...
Fermentation revisited
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies for the delay in publishing this podcast. One of the joys of not being tied to "proper" radio is the freedom to give a story the length it d...
Hunger and malnutrition
02 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
One week jam, the next global hunger and malnutrition. That’s the joy of Eat This Podcast; I get to present what interests me, in the hope that it i...
Jam tomorrow?
18 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Vivien Lloyd about to add warm sugar to her simmered fruit. What is jam? “A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.” Lots o...
Backpackers and their food
04 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re on holiday, or just away from home, do you seek out the “authentic” local food, or look for a reassuringly familar logo? Backpackers...
Pecans and history
21 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Guadalupe River that flows through Texas used to be known as The River of Nuts, a fact that Wikipedia does not confirm. The nut in question is the...
Why save seeds?
07 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What, really, is the point of conserving agricultural biodiversity? The formal sector, genebanks and the like, will say it is about genetic resources ...
How to bake bread in a microwave oven
23 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Say you wanted to bake bread in a microwave – I can’t think why, but say you did – you could go online and search the internets for a recipe. An...
Crispy crunchy mega-munchy
09 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Backyard vegetable breeding
26 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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...