Jeremy Cherfas
Eat This Podcast
Using food to explore all manner of topics, from agriculture to zoology. In Eat This Podcast, Jeremy Cherfas 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. Twice nominated for a James Beard Award.
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Episodes
Quinoa’s rise and fall 17.03.2025 29:38
A new book looks beyond the hype to chronicle the effect of an unsustainable boom on the entire quinoa trade in Peru
Forbidden: Jews and the Pig 03.03.2025 30:50
“The more that the pig comes to signify Jewish identity, the more it comes to signify Christian identity, and vice versa.”
Food facts are not the answer to fear of foods 17.02.2025 29:15
“What kind of food system do we want for the future? What kind of questions should we be asking? Whose questions matter? What kind of questions matter and what kind of expertise is considered relevant to the question of what the future of food should be like?”
Food, folklore and St Brigid 03.02.2025 17:16
“On the eve of a quarter day, the time is liminal, so there’s kind of a thinning of the space between the real world and the other world.”
Sensual, Salty, and a Little Bit Spicy 23.12.2024 17:12
Gilda; how Rita Hayworth might have inspired the original anchovy-on-a-toothpick
Better Diets for All 09.12.2024 27:25
“In a way, the multinational food industry is providing solutions for women.”
Bennett’s Law 25.11.2024 26:46
What foods do poor people buy when they have a bit more money? What you might expect, but not as much of it as you might expect.
The Cost of a Healthy Diet 11.11.2024 30:12
“Is it because of high prices? Is it because of low incomes? Or is it because ... you can’t see, taste, or smell the nutritional composition of food?”
Anchovies Part 2 28.10.2024 23:34
”You know, anchovies are in our blood. My family’s been eating them for 500 years.” Er, no. Not really.
Anchovies Part I 14.10.2024
To some, they’re stinky little fish in a tin can. To others, they’re a deep hit of umami delight that honour the work of women.
Crunch Time: Insects Are Not Going to Save Us 30.09.2024 23:24
”Insect farming mostly adds an inefficient and expensive layer to the food system we already have.”
Olives Reborn in the Salento 16.09.2024 24:32
The diease that has already killed 11 million olive trees in the south of Puglia might be a blessing in disguise
Avocado Anxiety: how to choose what to eat 02.09.2024 24:42
Louise Gray’s new book dives deep into the trade-offs that accompany every food choice we make, where nothing is as simple as it seems.
Palatable is not Potable 17.06.2024 26:57
Why are some people tap-water hesitant and what do we expect water to taste like anyway?
Women Butchers 03.06.2024 25:34
“I thought, okay, I’m eating meat, but am I supposed to be eating meat? Would I ever kill an animal myself? Would I ever butcher an animal?”
Leftovers Through History 13.05.2024 28:17
Throughout history, people repurposed food leftovers and surplus and animal byproducts, challenging the modern perception of them as waste.
What is Chametz? 29.04.2024 14:40
In the end, the meaning of chametz rests on history and tradition, and new traditions are possible.
Passover and Easter Revisited 15.04.2024 37:46
God’s original instructions for Passover did not include one of the crucial items on the Seder plate.
Malta Besieged & Black-market Intrigues 01.04.2024 29:09
Ordinarily, evading food rationing in times of war is considered a crime. There are times when it must be accepted as a necessity.
The Case for Folic Acid Fortification 18.03.2024 21:54
The European Union has failed to implement one of the most effective public health interventions, one that the United Kingdom is now able to contemplate.
Anthony Mongiello, Inventor of the Stuffed Crust Pizza 04.03.2024 26:12
Pizza Hut says it invented the stuffed crust pizza. A judge agreed. But Anthony Mongiello has US patent 4,661,361, no matter what the law says.
Prehistoric cooking pots 19.02.2024 19:40
In many respects the diets of farmers and hunter-gatherers were more alike than different
The Invention of Baby Food 05.02.2024 29:08
Commercial baby food was perhaps the original industrial food product, with all that that entails
Black Stoneflower: A unique Indian spice 18.12.2023 25:11
A lichen, which has no taste of its own, contributes hugely to the flavour of many Indian dishes
A New Story for Maize Domestication 04.12.2023 25:34
A close look at more than 1000 varieties of maize solves a mystery about how the crop evolved from its wild relatives.
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