Eat My Globe
Summary: In Eat My Globe: Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Food, Simon Majumdar will talk about an ingredient, a dish, a theme, a person or a nation and the fascinating story of how they became part of the world that we often take for granted. Over the course of the show, he shall be examining some of the great tales of food history, the origins of some of your favorite dishes and drinks, and the people who helped to create them. He will also share fantastic trivia that you can use to bore people with at parties. Twitter: @EatMyGlobePcast FB & Instagram: @EatMyGlobe Produced and Distributed by: Producergirl Productions
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- Artist: Simon Majumdar
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Podcasts:
First Class Cuisine: “Caviar, lobster, quail from Egypt, plover’s egg, hothouse grapes, and fresh peaches.”
“1,500 bottles of wine, 850 bottles of spirits and, wait for it, 20,000 bottles of beer. Yep, 20,000 bottles of beer.”
“There are six different types of tea produced from Camellia Sinensis; Green, Yellow, White, Oolong, Black and post-fermented (or Pu-er).”
“Without SPAM®, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army.” - Nikita Krushchev
“The sushi industry, for that is what it has become, in the United States is now worth over $3 billion annually.”
“Drunk for a penny. Dead drunk for twopence.”
“Forgotten as a man, remembered as a thing.”
A dish that would not exist without a pogrom in Lisbon and a religious exile from France and Belgium.
“It’s hard to overestimate the relationship between food, civilization and culture.”
