Are olive oil shots a good idea? Should we dunk butter in our coffee? Is soy really “the most dangerous food for men?” and is chocolate actually a health food? (The royal pharmacist certainly thought so when he treated Marie-Antoinette’s headaches during 18th-century France with chocolate!)
Cacao has been used medicinally for thousands of years. And today, we see headlines about chocolate supposedly being a health food. But is it really?Lee Tran Lam
Join food writer Lee Tran Lam as she unravels the conflicting information surrounding some of our most consumed foods.
Guests include The Age Good Food Guide’s Chef of The Year Jung Eun Chae, renowned restaurateur and chef Kylie Kwong, and proud Bundjalung woman Mindy Woods - restaurateur and author of Karkalla at Home: Native Foods and Everyday Recipes for Connecting to Country.
They are nature's super foods without the trendy hashtagsMindy Woods on Indigenous ingredients
Season two launches Thursday February 13, with a deep dive into chocolate - also known as 'the food of the gods'.
Featuring chef Juan Carlos Negrete Lopez on chocolate’s origins as a ceremonial cacao drink, and Wiradjuri woman Fiona Harrison - the founder of Australia's first Indigenous chocolate company - this episode will have you contemplating chocolate in a whole new way.
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Listen to the trailer now.
Credits
Should You Really Eat That? is created by Lee Tran Lam
Mixed by Max Gosford
Artwork: Grace Lee
Theme music: Sydney Sunset by Nooky
