The 10 Best The Food Chain Podcast Episodes
1) Unseen: The Rise of Eating Disorders in China
From diet pills to vomit rooms, the Food Chain investigates the rise of eating disorders in China. Is this an inevitable consequence of economic development? And if so, why are eating disorders still ...Show More
2) Asma Khan: My life in five dishes
When Asma Khan was born it was said her mother cried, but not tears of joy. As a second daughter born in 1960s India, Asma felt she was a disappointment, even a burden, because she could not inherit a...Show More
3) The power of food emojis
Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, perhaps you should. Emily Thomas hears how these tiny digital images can have a big social and economic impact. We reveal who decides which emojis are acc...Show More
4) The mystery of mukbang
What's the fascination with watching total strangers eat plate after plate of junk food? Is it a grotesque and irresponsible spectacle, or could it be a way to tackle loneliness, and even help some de...Show More
5) Does comfort food really comfort us?
It’s something many of us intuitively believe - certain foods have the power to make us feel better. But what’s the science behind this, why do we crave certain dishes, and do they provide solace for ...Show More
6) Coronavirus: Chefs fight back
Coronavirus has crippled the restaurant industry, leaving thousands of chefs fighting to save their businesses, but some have been using the crisis, and their own influence, to help and inspire others...Show More
7) Can chocolate be clean?
The bittersweet world of chocolate is complex - cocoa beans are produced by some of the poorest people on the planet and turned into chocolate for some of the richest, and the sweet stuff is haunted b...Show More
8) Fantasy, fiction and food
What do Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Lady and the Tramp have in common? Both use food in subtle ways to immerse us in their stories and help us make sense of fictitious worlds - from j...Show More
9) Chinatown
Nearly every major city in the world has one- a district where Chinese immigrants have settled to live, work and eat. This week in a collaboration with BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Food Programme’, Dan Salad...Show More
epekilis recommended:
I had no idea that there was a long history of Chinese immigration to Cuba, including slavery on sugar plantations. Episode also features a...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) A year in the life of a Chinese restaurant
Anti-Asian hate has surged since the coronavirus outbreak, and some of the most common targets have been Chinese food businesses. Tamasin Ford speaks to three people who’ve witnessed the rise of Sino...Show More