Eat My Globe
In Eat My Globe: Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Food, Simon Majumdar will talk about an ingredient, a dish, a theme, a person or a nation and the fascinating story of how they became part of the world that we often take for granted. Over the course of the show, he shall be examining some of the great tales of food history, the origins of some of your favorite dishes and drinks, and the people who helped to create them. He will also share fantastic trivia that you can use to bore people with at parties. Twitter: @EatMyGlobePcast FB & Instagram: @EatMyGlobe Produced and Distributed by: Producergirl Productions
Episodes
On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, talks to Ted Allen, an Emmy and James Beard award winner, an original cast member of Bravo's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," and host of Food Network's "Chopped." It is a fun and informative discussion that touches on five delicious ingredients that many people may not be familiar with, the meaning behind the names of some of these ingredients, how they use these ingredie...
| On this episode of "Eat My Globe," our host, Simon Majumdar, will be looking at the history of banquets, festivals, and feasts from its early beginnings in the era of the ancient Mesopotamians all the wayto the present-day celebrations of the Fourth of July in the United States. ...Listen Watch Mark as Played June 15, 2026 • 46 mins On this episode of "Eat My Globe," our host, Simon Majumdar, will be interviewing the one and only, Emeril Lagasse. As you can imagine, Emeril is a man who can tell wonderful stories about his life. He will talk about his time as a student studying for a very different career, his time cooking in France, his time as the Executive Chef at one of the greatest restaurants in New Orleans history, Emeril's, h... Listen Watch Mark as Played June 8, 2026 • 26 mins On this episode of "Eat My Globe," our host, Simon Majumdar, will be looking at the history of food delivery. He will explore its nascent origins in ancient Roman times; its presence in China as early as the 12th century, and in Korea, Japan and England as early as the 17th century; arguably the most famous pizza delivery in the 19th century; the creation of probably the most extensive and accurate food delivery system in India in ... Listen Watch Mark as Played June 1, 2026 • 57 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar talks to author of "The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies," food writer, and cookie expert, Marissa Rothkopf Bates. They discuss the origins of cookies, the difference between biscuits and cookies, the cookie recipe in the first known American cookbook, the role of sugar, and much more. It is a fun but also informative discussion. So, make sure to follow along every week... Listen Watch Mark as Played May 25, 2026 • 18 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, investigates the origins of two of his favorite savory pies: Cottage Pie and Sheperd's Pie. Their histories are intertwined. Simon discusses how these delicious dishes got their names, and how the ingredients differ. Along the way, Simon discusses other interesting stories including a food blogger during the Enlightenment period, the rise of the meat grinder, and the humble... Listen Watch Mark as Played On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, talks to author, publisher, and founder of Award-Winning Milk Street, Christopher Kimball. They discuss Christopher's reason for publishing a cooking magazine like Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Magazine, how he started the acclaimed TV Shows "America's Test Kitchen" and "Milk Street," and relearning how to cook as he travels around the world. They also discuss his process f... Listen Watch Mark as Played May 11, 2026 • 29 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, explores the history of the avocado from its rather unusual name in Nahuatl to how the Hass avocado became the most popular in the world. He will also look at how avocadoes were used for trade and how an Australian chef took (or may have taken) a wonderful brunch dish around the world. He will also discuss the odd names the avocado may have been given in the pas... Listen Watch Mark as Played May 4, 2026 • 48 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, talks to chef, restaurateur, and one of his great friends from the Food Network, Justin Warner. This episode is like listening in to the conversations they have while having supper after filming the food show, "Tournament of Champions." Justin will talk about his chef background, his time on food television, his current restaurants, and the history of the word, "Yukk." As a... Listen Watch Mark as Played December 29, 2025 • 55 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, talks to NY Times Bestselling author, Michael Ruhlman. He has written numerous cookbooks including his own as well as those he has co-authored with The French Laundry and Per Se chef, Thomas Keller, and Le Bernardin chef, Eric Ripert. Simon and Michael discuss Michael's writing process, the world of ghost-writing books, the cooking techniques he has learned through the year... Listen Watch Mark as Played December 15, 2025 • 35 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, will explore the history of the sausage. He will discuss the origins of the sausage where it was used to keep offal and blood in a casing of entrails to keep them from spoiling. He will also look at other countries' current love of the sausage from Germany to China to Taiwan to Argentina and more. He will also look at what role sausages played in religion, and more. Don't mi... Listen Watch Mark as Played December 8, 2025 • 64 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, will be speaking with award-winning author, Shahnaz Ahsan, about her wonderful new book, "The Jackfruit Chronicles," which talks about Bangladeshi cooking. They will discuss similarities and differences between Bengali and Bangladeshi cooking from other types of Indian cooking, and the universal passion of learning to cook from one's grandparents or parents. As part Bengali... Listen Watch Mark as Played December 1, 2025 • 32 mins In a battle for the biscuit, Eat My Globe host, Simon Majumdar, takes on the origins of biscuits from ancient Romans, to "Ship Biscuits," which helped British ships to conquer the world, to the arrival of sugar and chocolate in mass distribution, to Britain's passion for biscuits with a cup of "Rosie Lee" tea. This is one of Simon's favorite topics, particularly when there is a Custard Cream biscuit involved. So make sure to follow... Listen Watch Mark as Played November 24, 2025 • 71 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, will be chatting with James Beard Award winner, Noah Rothbaum, the author of "The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World's Greatest Spirit." It's a book that will give both amateurs, professional mixologists, and whiskey collectors all the information they need to know about one of world's greatest drinks. They will discuss answers to such questions like: How did whisk... Listen Watch Mark as Played November 17, 2025 • 35 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, explores the history of soda. It is the fizzy pop that is so popular around the world today. He will look at the ancient beginnings of soda, its development throughout the 18th and 19th century, the advent of soda fountains, its role during World War II, surprising soda ingredients, and present-day sodas. So make sure to follow along every week and follow us on: Twitter: @Ea... Listen Watch Mark as Played November 10, 2025 • 56 mins In this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, will be interviewing the legendary chef, Eric Ripert. Eric is the owner and chef of Le Bernardin, the superb 3-Michelin starred seafood restaurant in New York City. They will discuss Eric's fantastic cookbook, "Seafood Simple," his childhood in France and Andorra, his time in French kitchens, the award-winning Le Bernardin restaurant, and some of his favorite seafood dishes ... Listen Watch Mark as Played November 3, 2025 • 31 mins What an amazing history. In this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, takes us through the proto-bagel world of ancient times to similar styles of bread from other countries. The history of the modern-day bagel may have originated in Poland but it became the go to breakfast of New York City – with a schmear, of course – and is now popular around the world. This episode will also touch on the origins of the ... Listen Watch Mark as Played June 30, 2025 • 33 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, talks about one of his favorite subjects: Wagyu. He will discuss its origins; its development in Japan in the 17th century when very few people in the country ate meat at all; how it became a national treasure by the 19th century; the many styles of wagyu; the creation of wagyu-crossbreeds; its spread and popularity around the world; various wagyu recipes; and so much more. ... Listen Watch Mark as Played On this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, talks to the truly unique duo of James Beard Award Winning Chefs, Lois Ellen Frank, PhD, and Walter Whitewater about their newest book collaboration, "Seed to Plate. Soil to Sky," and another of their great books, "Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations." They will be talking about Native American cuisine and its history from pre-contact to first contact to government issue ... Listen Watch Mark as Played June 16, 2025 • 28 mins On this episode of Eat My Globe our host, Simon Majumdar, will be discussing the origins of cinnamon, a spice that is now in most kitchens in the world but was once the most expensive spice on earth. He will discuss the difference between cinnamon and cassia; how a Roman emperor burned a huge amount of cinnamon at the funeral of his wife; how the Silk Road and the Columbian Exchange brought the valuable spice to Europe; how its sme... Listen Watch Mark as Played Popular PodcastsCurrent and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. 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