Episodes

  • Seafood: Cooking inspiration, mercury magnet, cultural storyteller

    Seafood: Cooking inspiration, mercury magnet, cultural storyteller
    Nov 15 2023
    Our taste for seafood goes back a long time. We’ve been snacking on shellfish for more than 100,000 years. And the foods we gather from the ocean (whether it’s mussels or seaweed) are typically loaded with nutrients. But today, people might reconsider these staples because of environmental, ethical or health concerns – so should you limit your consumption of ingredients that are hauled from the sea? In this episode Lee Tran Lam speaks with chefs Ben Shewry and Chris Jordan, as well as Dr Evangeline Mantzioris.
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    33 mins
  • Cheese: Calcium source, place marker, vegan inspiration

    Cheese: Calcium source, place marker, vegan inspiration
    Nov 8 2023
    Our love of cheese is so vast, it can be plotted across the planet. From Gorgonzola in Italy to Oaxaca in Mexico, many places are famous for their wedges and wheels. But can you go overboard with a cheese board? And what if you don’t eat dairy at all? Lee Tran Lam wheys it all up with cheesemaker Giuseppe Minoia, chef Shannon Martinez and dietitian Dr Evangeline Mantzioris.
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    27 mins
  • Coffee: Caffeine hit, productivity booster, wedding custom

    Coffee: Caffeine hit, productivity booster, wedding custom
    Nov 1 2023
    Around the world, people drink coffee – whether it’s sweetened with condensed milk in Vietnam or spiced with cinnamon in Mexico. It powers us through our workdays, deadlines and boring office meetings. Maybe that’s why it’s the most socially acceptable drug we consume – but is there a limit to how much we should have or what it can really do?
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    30 mins
  • Tea: Scandal water, life saver, yum cha essential

    Tea: Scandal water, life saver, yum cha essential
    Oct 25 2023
    Tea is the most-consumed drink on the planet, second only to water. Originally consumed for medicinal reasons, a well-brewed pot also helps with break-ups and bad news. But are there certain instances where we should put our teacups away?
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    25 mins
  • Bread: Historic staple, riot-starter, loneliness cure

    Bread: Historic staple, riot-starter, loneliness cure
    Oct 18 2023
    The oldest bread that still exists today was baked 14,500 years ago in Jordan. We’ve eaten this staple for a long time, but rejecting bread because it’s ‘bad’ for you has become a modern trend. Should we be saying no to loaves and toast?
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    29 mins
  • Rice: Dietary staple, daily greeting, and nutritional villain?

    Rice: Dietary staple, daily greeting, and nutritional villain?
    Oct 11 2023
    When dietitian Susie Burrell named white rice as something she’d never put in her shopping trolley, food writer Lee Tran Lam was intrigued... and a little confused. Rice is the star of so many national dishes and it feeds half the planet! "Have you eaten rice yet?” is even a greeting in many parts of Asia. So should we really be avoiding these grains? In this episode Lee Tran chats with nutritionist Dr Evangeline Mantzioris, and restaurateurs Palisa Anderson from Chat Thai and Little Lagos’ Adetokunboh Adeniyi.
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    24 mins
  • Introducing Should You Really Eat That? A new podcast that makes sense of food confusion

    Introducing Should You Really Eat That? A new podcast that makes sense of food confusion
    Sep 27 2023
    It can be extraordinarily confusing keeping up with what foods are ‘good’ for you. Should you actually put olive oil or salt in your coffee as recent food trends suggest? Is white rice a no go? And which seafoods are actually sustainable? In Should You Really Eat That? host Lee Tran Lam explores the cultural, social, and nutritional confusion over the staples in our diet.
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    3 mins