gastropod

kevin drove around 1500 miles during our two weeks in new zealand and often times, we did not have access to radio or internet. how to pass the time, other than me reading descriptions of our cities of interest from our various guidebooks and literature? we listened to hours of gastropod!

gastropod, introduced to me by my cousin, kristy, is an awesome bimonthly podcast in which co-hosts, cynthia graber and nicola twilley, discuss the history and science behind a food or farming related topic. one lives in brooklyn and the other in boston, and together they put together very interesting and witty 20-40 minute podcasts with the help of scientists and restauranteurs, and more. 

they are all really comprehensive and interesting, but to give you an idea of some of the topics, some of our favorites have been:

• the bitter truth, september 22
• the united states of chinese food, august 25
• the scoop on ice cream, july 22
• crunch, crackle, & pop, july 14
• savor flavor, april 21
• no scrubs: breeding a better bull, february 17
• breakfast of champions, january 20
• the microbe revolution, november 11
• dan barber's quest for flavor, october 14

i just saw that the latest episode has been posted! what an incredible topic - the good, the bad, the cilantro - can't wait to listen to this one!