What the World Eats

He created Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Big Bird. He taught them how to speak so they could talk to millions of people. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-muppet-man/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://b ...  Show more

Do you know the story of the secret airplane squadron that helped to defeat the Nazis? Listen to Megan Nollet and Patrick Woodward talk about the brave deeds of the Night Witches of World War Two. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-night-witches/Download our app for An ...  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