What the World Eats

Colin Lowther and Megan Nollet talk about the challenges of intercultural marriages and how one couple handled these differences. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/a-marriage-of-cultures/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for i ...  Show more

Patrick and Gillian Woodward talk about a security guard who saved many people’s lives but was then falsely blamed for trying to harm them. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-hero-who-was-blamed-for-murder/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android ...  Show more

What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture (U California Press, 2023) introduces readers to world food history ...  Show more

Whether rich or poor, young or old, everyone on the planet has to eat. Government institutions monitor the safety, cleanliness and consistency of our favorite foods, but as with any global industry, there are more than a few skeletons in the collective closet of the food and beve ...  Show more

Based on years of observation, ethnographic fieldwork, and countless shared meals, mother and son Merry White and Ben Wurgaft explore how our foods reach our plates and how every bite is part of a complex web of social meaning and value. From the Venetian spice trade to the Colum ...  Show more

Listen to an expert on the global food system and learn some vocabulary.