We end the season at a party where guests bring dishes filled with nostalgia and pepper and discuss what pepper means to them. The guests include novelist Emma Hughes, Vittles founder and editor Jonathan Nunn, chef and writer Chloe-Rose Crabtree, previous guests Jenny Lau, Pam Brunton, Tomas Heale and special guest Dr. Masing’s mother, Fiona Mowlem.

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In this episode, Anna chats with visual artist Shiraz Bayjoo, pop-up creator Zolitha Magengelele, and anthropologist Mythri Jegathesan about the power of sharing space, how nostalgic memories often carry the scars of colonisation and how understanding those contradictions can help us better understand what we’re truly nostalgic for. This episode also sees how pepper has a different identity in different places or cuisines, and is all about the art and power of storytelling and how it connects us and can create a better world.

Taste of Place is a part of Whetstone Radio Collective from Whetstone Media - where storytelling lives. Whetstone produces original commissioned content that centers the perspectives of global majority populations and diasporas. Taste of Place is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Taste of Place here.

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In this episode, Anna returns to Sarawak at the height of harvest festival to visit pepper farmers and confront her place of nostalgia. We travel through the Kapit marketplace, visit a pepper farm and laksa cafe, and take part in a ritual honoring the gods, and finally return to London for a bowl of laksa.

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In this episode we travel to Scotland, where Anna joins chef and owner of Inver Restaurant, Pam Brunton, in the kitchen as she cooks classic Scottish dishes using pepper. Anna explores her own personal connection to Scotland and learns about the idea of landscape cuisine, an idea Pam coined and implements in her own approach to cooking. The two also explore the idea of imagined or created stories around place and space, in particular Scotland, that are used to sell an image rather than tell the story of the place itself, and often to great environmental detriment.

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This episode is all about the flavors of home. Two friends gift Dr. Masing some Sarawak pepper when she runs out, anthropologist David Sutton explains how we build home through cooking and Diaspora Co. founder Sana Javeri Kadri tells us how she is building a spice business with equality at its heart and to bring a taste of home to diaspora. Taste of Place is a part of Whetstone Radio Collective from Whetstone Media - where storytelling lives. Whetstone produces original commissioned content that centers the perspectives of global majority populations and diasporas. Taste of Place is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Taste of Place here.

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In this episode we think about the power of pepper to stir emotions. Perfumer Tanaïs explains how they make and navigate the past through scent and the possibility of re-framing identity. Psychologist Kimberley Wilson contextualizes our understanding of scent and taste, and its effect on memory and building new memories. Taste of Place is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Taste of Place here.

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This episode dives into how we understand flavour, the chemical compound of pepper and the desires across time to find food with heat. Restaurant reviewer and food writer Ligaya Mishan explains how she communicates flavour and Dr. Arielle Johnson breaks down how flavour is a part of cultural identities.

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This episode seeks to get to the bottom of pepper's modern supply chain. We hit some bumps along the way, and see the great affection and joy from those who work with pepper. We speak with Dr. Michael R. Dove about Borneo and swidden agriculture, Larry Siat about the changing role of Sarawak pepper in global trade, Keelan Woon, who is part of an independent company in Sarawak selling pepper, and chefs and restaurant owners Mandy Yin of Sambal Shiok and Tom Heale of Naifs about using pepper — and their personal relationship with the spice. If you export or import Sarawak pepper and want to talk about what you do, please reach out to us at celine@whetstonemedia.com. Taste of Place is part of Whetstone Radio Collective.

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