147: What Canada Ate - The Role of Cookbooks in Culinary History with Dr. Rebecca Beausaert
As most historians will tell you, the past can help make sense of a lot of the present, but maybe in unexpected or novel ways—like through cookbooks! We're living in an intense period (I probably alwa...
18 Mar 202534min
146: Flavour's Role in Food System Fixes with Franco Fubini
The idea of industrial food systems is flat, heavy, and feels complex to access. It brings up connotations of very bland, hyper-processed foods made to reach a large number of people at a low cost. Th...
12 Mar 202536min
145: Exploring the Biodiversity of Climate-Smart Crops with Shreema Mehta
Industrial food systems tend to use mono-crop and unilinear approaches to supplying the Global North with food. But what happens when we consider more diverse crops? My guest today, Shreema Mehta, wil...
4 Mar 202525min
144: The Rich History of Georgian Wines with Sarah May Grunwald
When it comes to wine, I have a tendency to retreat and panic: I don't know anything, and I certainly don't feel like I have the means to access the knowledge. I often wonder if that's a common experi...
25 Feb 202553min
143: Unpacking the Absent Food Citizen in Policy with Isabela Bonnevera
This week, we're exploring the idea of the food citizen, or perhaps more accurately, the absent food citizen, with Isabela Bonnevera. Isabela is a doctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB, and engages with par...
18 Feb 202539min
142: What Role Does Food Play in Fiction Writing? with Margaux Vialleron
One of the most frustrating parts of watching Gossip Girl growing up was witnessing the elaborate breakfast spreads that the families had each morning, only for the main characters to grab a piece of ...
26 Nov 202432min
141: Uncovering Medieval Pictish Foodways through Paleobotany with Dr. Shalen Prado
Oftentimes, when we think about plant-human relationships, we're thinking about our contemporary lives and how plants factor into it – be it North American plant-based diets or what we're growing in o...
19 Nov 202433min
140: Recovering from Restrictive Online Diet Myths with Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
Diet culture on the internet is excellent at sensationalizing our food to the point of panic. I'm sure many of you have seen the videos across TikTok and Instagram where someone positions themselves a...
12 Nov 202442min
