Latest Meant to be eaten Podcast Episodes
South Africa under lockdown
Meant To Be Eaten - August 09, 2020 16:40 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica, whose forthcoming issue is entirely devoted to COVID Dispatches—in it, authors from around the world offer short, intimate portraits of early respons...
The Sickness Unto Hospitality
Meant To Be Eaten - August 02, 2020 19:51 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, whose forthcoming issue is entirely devoted to COVID Dispatches—in it, authors from around the world offer short, intimate portraits of early responses to the food crises of this pandemic, ...
Alicia Kennedy on the value of white acceptance
Meant To Be Eaten - June 28, 2020 20:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Alicia Kennedy. Alicia Kennedy wears many hats. A food and drink writer from Long Island—now based in San Juan, where she’s covering the local culinary scene—Alicia’s written for NYLON, The New Republic, Time, and the Village Voice, to name just a few. She also hosts Meatles...
Are mid-sized, regenerative, volunteer-based farms the solution to all our problems?
Meant To Be Eaten - June 14, 2020 18:41 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Donna Kilpatrick and William Matovu. Heifer International works all over the world to use agriculture as a path out of poverty. Under its umbrella is Heifer Ranch, a regenerative, organic and humane ranch, run by 3 women, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Donna Kilpatrick—w...
Heifer International on how agriculture can provide a path out of poverty
Meant To Be Eaten - June 14, 2020 18:41 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Donna Kilpatrick and William Matovu. Heifer International works all over the world to use agriculture as a path out of poverty. Under its umbrella is Heifer Ranch, a regenerative, organic and humane ranch, run by 3 women, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Donna Kilpatrick—who overse...
Andrew Genung on the importance of word choice and what we can learn from H.K.'s reopenings
Meant To Be Eaten - June 07, 2020 18:58 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Andrew Genung. Andrew Genung is a Hong-Kong based writer and regular contributor to Eater. He also writes a twice-weekly newsletter, Family Meal, that covers the goings-on in and around the food/media world. Photo Courtesy of Andrew Genung. Meant To Be Eaten is powered by ...
The importance of word choice & what we can learn from Hong Kong's reopenings
Meant To Be Eaten - June 07, 2020 18:58 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Andrew Genung. Andrew Genung is a Hong-Kong based writer and regular contributor to Eater. He also writes a twice-weekly newsletter, Family Meal, that covers the goings-on in and around the food/media world. Photo Courtesy of Andrew Genung. Meant To Be Eaten is po...
Esther Kim on Afro-Asian solidarity, Eddie Huang, and how a fistful of rice fuelled a democracy
Meant To Be Eaten - May 31, 2020 20:07 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Esther Kim. Esther Kim is a writer and editor of the Asian American Writers' Workshop's Transpacific Literary Project. We discuss the stickiness of the "Asian-American" genre, Eddie Huang and appropriation, how a fistful of rice created a democracy, and our duties as Asian-...
Eddie Huang, Afro-Asian Solidarity & How a Fistful of Rice Fueled a Democracy
Meant To Be Eaten - May 31, 2020 20:07 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Esther Kim. Esther Kim is a writer and editor of the Asian American Writers' Workshop's Transpacific Literary Project. We discuss the stickiness of the "Asian-American" genre, Eddie Huang and appropriation, how a fistful of rice created a democracy, and our duties ...
Farmworkers'Rights Amid & Beyond the Pandemic
Meant To Be Eaten - May 17, 2020 20:03 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Lori Flores. Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandem...
Lori Flores on farmworkers' rights amid and beyond the pandemic
Meant To Be Eaten - May 17, 2020 20:03 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Lori Flores. Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandemic. Link...
Farmworkers' Rights Amid & Beyond the Pandemic
Meant To Be Eaten - May 17, 2020 20:03 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Lori Flores. Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandem...
The Antidote to Loneliness
Meant To Be Eaten - May 10, 2020 20:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsConversations with Malcolm Harris and Julia Bainbridge. This episode, we’re talking about loneliness—versus solitude, versus self-isolation. My first guest, author, editor, and critic Malcolm Harris and I discuss what it’s like to be young in America today: how obsession with productiv...
Julia Bainbridge and Malcolm Harris on the antidote to loneliness
Meant To Be Eaten - May 10, 2020 20:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsConversations with Malcolm Harris and Julia Bainbridge. This episode, we’re talking about loneliness—versus solitude, versus self-isolation. My first guest, author, editor, and critic Malcolm Harris and I discuss what it’s like to be young in America today: how obsession with productiveness and...
Chhaya Kolavalli on why the local food movement is so white
Meant To Be Eaten - April 05, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Chhaya Kolavalli. The local food movement has been criticized for its overwhelming whiteness. ...
Confronting Whiteness in the Local Food Movement
Meant To Be Eaten - April 05, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Chhaya Kolavalli. The local food movement has been criticized for its overwhelming wh...
Tasting Year-Old Sushi in Japan
Meant To Be Eaten - March 29, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Eric C. Rath. Many of us know about sushi, but have you heard of funazushi? Historian...
Eric Rath on what ancient sushi forms can teach us about sustainability
Meant To Be Eaten - March 29, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Eric C. Rath. Many of us know about sushi, but have you heard of funazushi? Historian Eric C. ...
Azri Amram on the Jewish-Palestinian conflict, and food tourism as a bridge
Meant To Be Eaten - March 22, 2020 18:49 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Azri Amram. Can food serve as a tool to build bridges in times of conflict? Azri Amram takes u...
Digesting a massacre
Meant To Be Eaten - March 22, 2020 18:49 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Melissa Fuster, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Azri Amram. Can food serve as a tool to build bridges in times of conflict? Azri Amra...
Jello and Biomorality in Iran
Meant To Be Eaten - March 15, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Rose Wellman. Jello is a beloved dessert and also an unexpected source of religious deb...
Rose Wellman on the popularity of Jell-O in Tehran, and its challenge to Islamic piety and Iranian citizenship
Meant To Be Eaten - March 15, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Rose Wellman. Jello is a beloved dessert and also an unexpected source of religious debate. Anth...
Street Food: Mobility and Diversity Out in the Open
Meant To Be Eaten - March 08, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Krishnendu Ray. Street Food—emphasis on street, that “dwelling place of the collective” ...
Krishnendu Ray on street food—mobility and diversity out in the open
Meant To Be Eaten - March 08, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Krishnendu Ray. Street Food—emphasis on street, that “dwelling place of the collective” and site ...
Icelandic Cake Fight
Meant To Be Eaten - March 01, 2020 20:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Laurie Bertram. What motivates the passionate defense of a recipe? Historian Laurie Ber...
Laurie Bertram on Iceland's most reluctantly defended tradition
Meant To Be Eaten - March 01, 2020 20:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of Meant to be Eaten was produced in collaboration with Gastronomica Journal. Bob Valgenti, from Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, is in for Coral Lee. A conversation with Laurie Bertram. What motivates the passionate defense of a recipe? Historian Laurie Bertram expa...
Why food pantries are unable to combat hunger
Meant To Be Eaten - February 23, 2020 21:04 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Rebecca de Souza. Do food pantries completely miss the point? Rebecca de Souza thinks they might. In “Feeding the Other,” Rebecca demonstrates how “food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic producti...
Rebecca de Souza on why food pantries fail to solve hunger
Meant To Be Eaten - February 23, 2020 21:04 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA conversation with Rebecca de Souza. Do food pantries completely miss the point? Rebecca de Souza thinks they might. In “Feeding the Other,” Rebecca demonstrates how “food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rath...
How a chocolate bar created a just, sustainable food economy in Cameroon
Meant To Be Eaten - February 09, 2020 20:41 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAfter a decade of building up sustainable farming, ethical trade, and community development in Africa, Jeff Abella—and his partner, Ishan—founded MOKA farms in Cameroon, and thusly— MOKA Origins, a bean-to-bar/bag chocolate and coffee that inspires "real social change". Jeff is here to ...
Jeff Abella on fostering a sustainble agroeconomy in Cameroon
Meant To Be Eaten - February 09, 2020 20:41 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAfter a decade of building up sustainable farming, ethical trade, and community development in Africa, Jeff Abella—and his partner, Ishan—founded MOKA farms in Cameroon, and thusly— MOKA Origins, a bean-to-bar/bag chocolate and coffee that inspires "real social change". Jeff is here to explain—w...
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