Tara Schmidt, lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, shares her thoughts on diet, diets and dietary advice
--------
28:19
Puglia
In the past few decades Puglia has improved its food, wine and olive oil almost beyond recognition
--------
26:26
The Paradox of Plenty
For much of the world, food has never been as abundant or as inexpensive as it is now, but at what cost?
--------
24:41
Farming’s Overlords
Size and market concentration lock farmers onto a technological treadmill that does nobody any good, excpet for the giant corporations and their shareholders
--------
31:30
Quinoa’s rise and fall
A new book looks beyond the hype to chronicle the effect of an unsustainable boom on the entire quinoa trade in Peru
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, 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.
Ireland