This page is updated with new food essay podcasts as they are posted. I see them as a way to have a more immediate conversation with listeners, exploring some of the complex interconnections involved in our relationship with food, from the personal: our food rituals and memories; to the political: our food system, and what it takes to bring food to our tables.
As well as these podcasts, the text of each essay is also published here on the blog (click the titles below).
These food essays were also broadcast on Cambridge105fm radio’s food programme, Flavour, presented by Alan Alder, Sue Bailey and Matt Bentman. You can listen to the full Flavour programmes on catch-up by accessing the Flavour105fm website.
Laura’s 2020 food essay podcasts
New decade, new national food strategy
(21 Jan 2020)
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Laura’s 2019 food essay podcasts
A Christmas Essay
(24 Dec 2019)
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Bonfire Night: food cooked over fire
(2 Nov 2019)
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The British apples and its orchard heritage
(5 Oct 2019)
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The fall and rise of the tomato
(21 Aug 2019)
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In search of the honest apricot
(21 Jul 2019)
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