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Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art

A listen and a look at how food, history and art intersect. From food origins, food history and food art. How foods have traveled the world, been used by different people and how different artists have depicted them throughout time with an emphasis on women artists, under and mis-represented artists.

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Ep 46 - I Choo Choo Choose Heart Shaped Foods

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2025/02/15

A look at one of the most loved and iconic shapes of all time and one of our favourite shapes to eat. From the history of the heart shape and its links to plants both sacred and extinct. To how it has become so entwined with the anatomy, metaphor and symbolism of the human heart, emotions of love. Points of discussion include Aristotle's History of Animals, Pierre Vinken's The Shape of the Heart, the Ficus religiosa, Le roman de la poire, The Master of the View of Saint Gudula, loads of heart-shaped

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Ep45 - Smy Fundamentals Number One - Sencha Green Tea

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2025/01/23

This week is the first in a series of episodes about foods, ingredients, different things that I couldn’t do without a series I’m calling: Smy Fundamentals. I will look at things that I use everyday, things I swear by, things that I’m constantly suggesting to people or…things that I share with people when they ask me, “what’s your secret for x, y or z?” First up!…is something I am so particular about, it’s the first thing I think about when I open my eyes and I have been drinking it for years,

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Ep44 - Galette des Rois - pour Toi et Moi

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2025/01/07

I'm back after quite the hiatus to share with you a bit about why I've been absent and the epiphany that led to my making a Galette des Rois and what makes this Twelfth Night/King Cake so special...and so tasty. I'll share my experience making one, a bit of the history behind it and the surprising treat buried within it. There's a look at my culinary bible Larousse Gastronomique and memories of the cousin to the Galette des Rois, the New Orleans Mardi Gras King Cake.

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Ep43 - Break Me Off a Piece of that Kit Kat...Pod

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2023/04/29

Gimme a break, gimme a break - break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar - it’s the food history and food art of the Kit Kat. My next episode will be followed up with a much deeper look at cacao. This episode is a bit of a departure as it’s the first time I have featured a brand. It was inspired by my dear friend Michiru and her recent gift of a pack of assorted Japanese Kit Kats and will start with original Kit Kats. From the 18th century savoury pies they share their name with, to their 100 year

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Ep42 - Music, Minerals, Mangia! with Maddalena Ghezzi

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2023/03/07

With this episode I’m going straight to my interview with today’s guest - Maddalena Ghezzi. Maddalena is a musician, singer, composer, artist and improviser. She has been working in the field of jazz, improvised and experimental music since moving to the UK in 2009 and her work draws inspiration from the natural world, literature, visual arts and the socio-political status of our world. Here we chat about her new release, Emeralds, which is a collaboration with synth player, composer, producer and

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Ep41 - OxyContin for Breakfast with Kurt Cole Eidsvig

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2022/11/01

I chat with one of my dearest friends, award-winning writer and artist Kurt Cole Eidsvig. Kurt has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, NBC, CBS, and ABC and loads more prestigious places. We will talk about his new book OxyContin for Breakfast, his previous book Pop X Poetry, his visual art, inspirations and how food factors in to all of the above. We will chat about his connection to apple cider vinegar, mint jelly omelettes, analogue vampiric beef binkies, Sully's snapper

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Ep40 - As Art As Vinegar

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2022/04/26

Vinegar depictions range from fanciful stories relating to it, appearances in still life paintings to the different stages of its production and enjoyment. Vinegar is a symbol of preservation, of hard work and longevity and being cleansed. It’s found in religious stories, fables, stories of love, war, money and death…basically all aspects of the human experience. Featuring artworks such as the Three Vinegar Tasters, Parody of the Vinegar Tasters, Elisabetta Sirani's painting Cleopatra and the story

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Ep39 - Sour Power of Vinegar Half Hour

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2022/04/05

Vinegar is a vital addition to popular dishes, condiments and beverages from around the world. It has as many uses outside of the kitchen as it does in it and is a staple ingredient of many natural or home remedies. There are countless health benefits that are associated with it and the varieties are endless - from bayberry, bamboo, black, brown and balsamic and one that is famously described as with the mother. Today it's all about the food history of vinegar - its important beginnings,

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Ep38 - Mushrooms Depicted in Art - Pt 4 of Mystic,...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/12/27

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Ep37 - Mushrooms - Pt 3 - Mealtimes, Mental Health...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/10/08

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Ep36 - Mushrooms - Pt 2 - Fungi Folklore

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/09/25

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Ep35 - Mushrooms - Pt 1 - Shamans and Shrooms

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/09/10

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Ep34 - Smy Thoughts - Racism and Racist Imagery in...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/06/26

I am sharing and processing some of my thoughts and experiences of racism as a woman of colour. Covering examples of racist imagery in food history and amazing representation, examples of racist imagery in art and amazing representation in art. Covering racial stereotypes, Ava DuVernay and the documentary 13th, Mixed Girl Meetup, Birth of a Nation, , fried chicken, watermelon, stereotypes, micro-aggressions, Sohla El-Waylly and Bon Appetit, MOFAD, Mariya Russell, Kara Walker, Angela Davis and

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Ep33 - Flour Power and Superb Herbs

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/05/25

In a special edition of Smy Goodness Podcast - Quarantine Catch-up we chat with Aimée Furnival of Another Studio, the London design studio specialising in Plant Gifts and Playful Products. Aimée featured in the Smy Goodness Podcast Ep5 Pancakes and Creativity which looked at the food history and food art relating to pancakes all whilst we chatted about creativity, similarities between cooking and design processes and how design affects the items that surround us in our kitchens and dining rooms and

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Ep32 - Pomegranate memories with Freelance Writer and...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2020/01/20

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Ep31 - Pomegranate - Superfood, Seeds, Symbolism and...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2019/11/30

Across the world and throughout myths, legends and religious texts pomegranates have been symbolic of wealth, fertility and good luck. The pomegranate has been a popular feature and motif in artworks, literature, ceremonies and culinary offerings from all over the world. A modern day superfood yes…but people throughout time and place have known of its health benefits. From stories of Agdistis, Persephone, Roman Britain and Catherine of Aragon. With artworks from Giovanna Garzoni, Clara Peeters,

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Ep30 - Fashion and Food with Em and Ems - Emilio de...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2019/09/30

Exploring the historical links between food and fashion plus a chat with fashion designer and artist Emilio de la Morena. Emilio was my very first guest for Episode 1 which was all about quince and now he’s my latest guest for Episode 30! We discuss his latest creative endeavours as a painter; the fashion and food events we have been hosting and how food and fashion inspire us both. Connected since our earliest days as humans, we’ll also look at how 5000 year old Ötzi the Iceman changed how we think

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Ep29 - Lobster Tails, Lobster Rolls and Lobster Tales...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2019/05/29

They are associated with luxury but historically this has not always been the case. They live in all oceans, yet I am partial and prejudiced to those from New England. Today it's the food history and food art of lobster. My guest Greg Weekes shares his insight and stories as a Cape Cod Lobsterman. Their form and colour have inspired artists throughout the ages. There's art from the Moche civilisation of Peru, Albrecht Durer, Claara Peeters, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Judith Sobel and Carrie Mae

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Ep28 - Mastic, Mastiha, Mummies and Massage with...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2019/03/28

Heat from the body can soften it making it more pliable and chewy. Chewy is a key word around its etymology. It’s a tree sap that is dried in the sun from only one place, the Greek island of Chios. It’s all about mastic, or mastiha in Greek or by it’s poetic name Tears of Chios. I’ll look at its history, rarity, value and its many uses. There's art by Émile Bayard, Elisabetta Duminuco and Clémentine Bal. Our guest Aristea Zougri of Althea Massage Therapy and Yoga has a myriad of skills and talents

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Ep27 - Feed A Lady Marmalade - Voulez-vous écouter...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art ·

2019/03/05

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