Thinking with Food

About this episode

Matthew Sweet explores the connections between food and philosophy with a panel of guests.

The links between food and philosophy, ideas about experimentation, taste and how food and traditions become part of our identity are explored by Matthew Sweet in Radio 4's round-table discussion programme. His guests are: Author John Lanchester, who writes restaurant reviews and whose latest novel is called Look What You Made Me Do Food writer Felicity Cloake, who writes a Cook the Perfect column for The Guardian newspaper and has published books called Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey, Peach Street to Lobster Lane: Coast to Coast in Search of Real American Cuisine and now her debut novel The Underdog. Professor Barry Smith, director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London's School of Advanced Study Philosopher Suki Finn, whose book What's in a Donut Hole? uses food to explore classic philosophical puzzles Author Samantha Ellis, whose book Chopping Onions on My Heart is a memoir about Iraqi Jewish food, language and culture Producer: Eliane Glaser

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Sweet

Guests: John Lanchester, Felicity Cloake, Barry Smith, Suki Finn, Samantha Ellis

Topics covered

• food
• philosophy
• identity
• experimentation
• taste
• traditions

Keywords

• food
• philosophy
• identity
• experimentation
• taste
• traditions
• cuisine
• memoir

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Look What You Made Me Do, Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey, Peach Street to Lobster Lane: Coast to Coast in Search of Real American Cuisine, The Underdog, What's in a Donut Hole?, Chopping Onions on My Heart

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