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Italian coffee: a temporary triangle

In the end, the meaning of chametz rests on history and tradition, and new traditions are possible.

What is Chametz?

God’s original instructions for Passover did not include one of the crucial items on the Seder plate.

Passover and Easter Revisited

Ordinarily, evading food rationing in times of war is considered a crime. There are times when it must be accepted as a necessity.

Malta Besieged & Black-market Intrigues

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.

The Case for Folic Acid Fortification

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.

Anthony Mongiello, Inventor of the Stuffed Crust Pizza

In many respects the diets of farmers and hunter-gatherers were more alike than different

Prehistoric cooking pots

Commercial baby food was perhaps the original industrial food product, with all that that entails

The Invention of Baby Food

A lichen, which has no taste of its own, contributes hugely to the flavour of many Indian dishes

Black Stoneflower: A unique Indian spice

A close look at more than 1000 varieties of maize solves a mystery about how the crop evolved from its wild relatives.

A New Story for Maize Domestication

Why is honey the world’s third most-adulterated food? Because adulteration delivers profits.

Honey and Adulteration

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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.