Sami Tamimi on the Delicious Complexity of Palestinian Food
On this episode, we hear from chef and writer Sami Tamimi, Yotam Ottolenghi’s partner and author of the new cookbook Falastin that brings you right in...
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Bite is a podcast for people who think hard about their food. Join acclaimed food and farming blogger Tom Philpott, Mother Jones editors Kiera Butler and Maddie Oatman, and a tantalizing guest list of writers, farmers, scientists, and chefs as they uncover the surprising stories behind what ends up on your plate. We'll help you digest the food news du jour, explore the politics and science of what you eat and why—and deliver plenty of tasty tidbits along the way.
Elderberries Don’t Boost Your Immune System, and Other Coronavirus Myths Debunked
Our inboxes have been filled to the brim with advice from people peddling vitamins, herbs, and diets—all claiming that the product that they were hawk...
Why We Need Black-Owned Food Media
“When we don’t own our media, we don’t own our messages,” says Stephen Satterfield, the founder of the food culture magazine Whetstone, and one of the...
Chef Dominique Crenn on Eating as Activism—and the Secret to Phenomenal Sandwiches
Dominique Crenn famously nabbed her first cooking job, at the legendary San Francisco restaurant Stars, without ever having gone to culinary school. S...
Swollen Hands, Rampant Contagion, No Sick Days: Processing Chicken During a Pandemic
Meatpacking plants across the United States have become coronavirus hotspots—and workers at chicken plants are particularly vulnerable. Caitlin Esch, ...
White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Farmers Are Asking for It Back.
Black families own just one percent of the country’s arable land. But that’s despite the fact US agriculture has deep roots in African traditions. Lea...
A Science-Loving Chef's Guide to Eating Safely Right Now
Whether you’re in lockdown or beginning to ease your way back into public life—you still need to eat every day. And the questions are still swirling: ...
How Does Your Pandemic Garden Grow?
Quarantine has prompted a burst of gardening activity around the country; some people have even likened it to the 1940s Victory Garden movement. In a ...
Should Restaurants Be Saved?
Restaurants run on social contact and razor-thin profit margins. So COVID-19 stopped them cold, and brought them to the brink of financial ruin. In to...
Recipe for Escape
Whether you are working mandatory overtime shifts, feeling stuck inside a third-floor apartment, or full-time parenting on top of working at home—chan...