Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art

Ep 46 - I Choo Choo Choose Heart Shaped Foods

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A look at one of the most loved and iconic shapes of all time and one of our favourite shapes to eat. From the history of the heart shape and its link...

Ep45 - Smy Fundamentals Number One - Sencha Green Tea

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week is the first in a series of episodes about foods, ingredients, different things that I couldn't do without a series I'm calling: Smy Fundam...

Ep44 - Galette des Rois - pour Toi et Moi

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm back after quite the hiatus to share with you a bit about why I've been absent and the epiphany that led to my making a Galette des Rois and what ...

Ep43 - Break Me Off a Piece of that Kit Kat...Pod

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gimme a break, gimme a break - break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar - it's the food history and food art of the Kit Kat. My next episode will be f...

Ep42 - Music, Minerals, Mangia! with Maddalena Ghezzi

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With this episode I'm going straight to my interview with today's guest - Maddalena Ghezzi. Maddalena is a musician, singer, composer, artist and impr...

Ep41 - OxyContin for Breakfast with Kurt Cole Eidsvig

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I chat with one of my dearest friends, award-winning writer and artist Kurt Cole Eidsvig.  Kurt has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Improper B...

Ep40 - As Art As Vinegar

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vinegar depictions range from fanciful stories relating to it, appearances in still life paintings to the different stages of its production and enjoy...

Ep39 - Sour Power of Vinegar Half Hour

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vinegar is a vital addition to popular dishes, condiments and beverages from around the world. It has as many uses outside of the kitchen as it does i...

Ep38 - Mushrooms Depicted in Art - Pt 4 of Mystic, Magic and Mealtime Mushrooms

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ep37 - Mushrooms - Pt 3 - Mealtimes, Mental Health and Mindfulness with Karmen Perez-Pineda of Cats with a Heart

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ep36 - Mushrooms - Pt 2 - Fungi Folklore

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ep35 - Mushrooms - Pt 1 - Shamans and Shrooms

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ep34 - Smy Thoughts - Racism and Racist Imagery in Food and Art

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am sharing and processing some of my thoughts and experiences of racism as a woman of colour. Covering examples of racist imagery in food history an...

Ep33 - Flour Power and Superb Herbs

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a special edition of Smy Goodness Podcast - Quarantine Catch-up we chat with Aimée Furnival of Another Studio, the London design studio specialisi...

Ep32 - Pomegranate memories with Freelance Writer and Journalist Sophie Jean-Louis Constantine

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ep31 - Pomegranate - Superfood, Seeds, Symbolism and Stories

30 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Across the world and throughout myths, legends and religious texts pomegranates have been symbolic of wealth, fertility and good luck. The pomegranate...

Ep30 - Fashion and Food with Em and Ems - Emilio de la Morena and Emmerline Smy

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring the historical links between food and fashion plus a chat with fashion designer and artist Emilio de la Morena. Emilio was my very first gue...

Ep29 - Lobster Tails, Lobster Rolls and Lobster Tales with Lobsterman Greg Weeks

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

They are associated with luxury but historically this has not always been the case. They live in all oceans, yet I am partial and prejudiced to those ...

Ep28 - Mastic, Mastiha, Mummies and Massage with Aristea Zougri of Althea Massage Therapy and Yoga

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Heat from the body can soften it making it more pliable and chewy. Chewy is a key word around its etymology. It's a tree sap that is dried in the sun ...

Ep27 - Feed A Lady Marmalade - Voulez-vous écouter avec moi ce soir

05 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ep26 - Octopus, Polpo, Pulpo, Tako: - Takoyaki - My Delicious Dilemma

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Marine Style" flask with octopus, Aegean Civilisation of Crete, the Late Minoan Bronze Age from c. 1500-1450 BC Throughout the world and throughout...

Ep24 - Fiori di Zucca with Orso Tosco

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Orso Tosco, author of Aspettando i Naufraghi This episode it's the zucchini aka the courgette and their stunningly beautiful flowers. As my guest was...

Ep23 - A Rhubarb of a Pickle of a Jam

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

          This episode looks at where rhubarb came from and how it traveled the world. I look at the changes from how rhubarb was first used by h...

Ep22 - Bubbly: Champagne, Prosecco and Cava - 12 Foods of Christmas

30 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

At Christmas-time and New Year we drink more of it than ever and it seems perfectly acceptable to be cracking open bottles of bubbly before noon or an...

Ep21 - Christmas Chocolates - Twelve Foods of Christmas

30 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This mini-episode is just a little taster, chocolate will get a FULL ON episode in the future, here we are just focusing on Christmas chocolates such ...

Ep20 - Gin & Sloe Gin - Twelve Foods of Christmas

29 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's the mid point between Christmas and New Year…we might benefit from a break from the excesses. We can't go cold-turkey from the excesses of non...

Ep19 - Christmas Chutney - Twelve Foods of Christmas

24 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

How do you eat your chutney? What is your favourite cheese and chutney combination? Today's Christmas food is chutney. Since the last 12 Foods of Chri...

Ep18 - Christmas Cheese - Twelve Foods of Christmas

20 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's a perfect symphony of seasonality. Many cheeses that we enjoy at Christmas have been made in the summer and are just coming in to peak maturity a...

Ep17 - Oranges - Twelve Foods of Christmas

16 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the 5 or 6 weeks prior to Christmas is when clementines, satsumas, manderins and tangerines come into season and join forces to dominate the fruit ...

Ep16 - Mulled Wine - Twelve Foods of Christmas

14 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It has lots of the familiar spices we associate with Christmas infused together in warmed wine, spirits, fruit and sugar. Walk in to a party from the ...

Ep15 - Christmas Goose - Twelve Foods of Christmas

14 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Goose - the squatted, more flavourful, dark meat alternative to their dry, white-melted fowl cousin the turkey. The custom and popularity of eating a ...

Ep14 - Cinnamon - Twelve Foods of Christmas

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It works sweet or savoury and can be oh-so overpowering if you let it. It's not my favourite spice and is one that I use sparingly so that it doesn't ...

Ep13 - Cranberry Sauce - Twelve Foods of Christmas

11 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

These small, round, bright-red berries are more tart than sweet which makes them a perfect accompaniment to roast meat and dinners bringing a nice bri...

Ep12 - Brussel Sprouts - Twelve Foods of Christmas

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

When I was little I was sure that someone with magical powers had shrunk cabbages into bite size portions. If you don't think they taste delicious, yo...

Ep11 - Mincemeat - Twelve Foods of Christmas by Smy Goodness Podcast

07 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mincemeat and mince pies are markers of Christmas. Mincemeat is the filling baked inside pies and they originally contained dried fruit, spices, vineg...

Ep10 - Plates and Platters with Tim Parker of You'll Soon Know on NTS

23 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week I sat down with Tim Parker the Web Developer, Designer, DJ and host of the NTS radio programme You'll Soon Know. We discussed food and music...

Ep9 - Anyone Sycophancy a Fig?

14 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Figs are one of the earliest if not our earliest cultivated plant.  Their reverence surely stems from their historic connection to our own agricultur...

Ep8 - Dumplings with Peiran Gong and Tongtong Ren of Chinese Laundry Room

14 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

They occur all over the world in some shape or form - you might know them as ravioli, empanada, gyoza, fufu, piroges, tortellini - pastries filled wit...

Ep7 - Bunches of Grapes

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Grapes are one of the first plants to be grown domestically by people and their cultivation cycle has been embedded deep within us. One only needs to ...

Ep6 - Ice Cream w/Tara Esperanza of T.O.I.C. - Tara's Organic Ice Cream

22 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Show Notes: 0-2.30 - Episode Intro 2.30-7.30 - Ice cream, history and design 7.30-10.15 - Picasso, Axell, Burman - artists and ice cream depiction 10....

Ep5 - Pancakes & Creativity w/ Aimee Furnival of Another Studio

02 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'll be looking at pancakes and chatting to Aimee Furnival, Founder and Director of Another Studio. Aimee and I made pancakes together, some...

Ep4 - Canapés with Diana Pinkett of Vegan Peasant Catering

18 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Pinkett of Vegan Peasant Catering and I discuss how canapes, travelling, family and life have impacted on her everyday life and that of her and ...

Ep2 - Popping Cherries w/Mike Wolff

07 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Come and join me on a little cherry adventure! Throughout the ages cherries have been symbolic of life, love, rebirth, fertility, reproduction and sex...

Ep1 - Emilio de la Morena & Quince

20 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

I sat down with Emilio de la Morena to chat about quince, the fruit from antiquity resembling a pear/apple hybrid which has inspired cooks, artists an...

Ep0 - Introducing Smy Goodness Podcast

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast will look at food, history, art and design. How, why and where they intersect and the impact that they have had and have on our culture a...