SCAS Talks Podcast
I talked about the global history of potatoes with Natalie von der Lehr, from the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Studies, for an episode of the SCAS Talks podcast.
Vanilla: Anything but boring!
Watch an online talk about the surprising history of vanilla, delivered as part of the British Library’s Food Season.
Letter in today’s Guardian
It’s deeply dismaying that the inequalities in today’s Britain are in so many ways returning us to the early 19th century.
Garden Talk: What can the recipes of the past tell us about the society they came from?
Old cookery books can tell us a lot more than just how to cook a meal. What do they reveal about topics as diverse as access to technology and the concept of truth?
Watch online: Roundtable on food and the Hispanic world across time & space
On Thursday I will be participating in a roundtable discussion, hosted by the KJCC.