Gastropod looks at food through the lens of science and history.
Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode every two weeks.
Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode every two weeks.
Adrian Miller, soul food scholar, is the author of a number of books, including Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time.
Chef Allison Arevalo was one of the founding owners of the Oakland mac and cheese restaurant Homeroom and co-author of The Mac and Cheese Cookbook. Currently, she hosts a weekly dinner called Pasta Friday and is putting the finishing touches to a cookbook of the same name.
Canadian journalist Sasha Chapman wrote a 2012 article in The Walrus titled, "Manufacturing Taste: The (un)natural history of Kraft dinner—a dish that has shaped not only what we eat, but also who we are."
Paul Imhof is the author of a series of volumes funded by the Swiss government called The Culinary Heritage of Switzerland.
This is a special sponsored episode of Gastropod. It's brought to you by Undeniably Dairy, and it features All Square, a professional development institute and craft grilled cheese restaurant in Minneapolis, founded by Emily Hunt Turner to help formerly incarcerated individuals overcome the obstacles they face in becoming productive citizens.
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