Sophie & Orlando — The Common Table

Waste Not

7. November 2023
8 minute read

Understanding and addressing food waste is a collective process that goes beyond the kitchen. Writer and editor LinYee Yuan looks at some fine dining pioneers working to turn a distasteful subject into a revelatory and inspiring source to awaken both tastebuds and the imagination.

On Food and Education: Joshna Maharaj

19. October 2023
11 minute read

Chef, activist and author of "Take Back the Tray" Joshna Maharaj is changing the way institutions understand the importance of food.

Pultost: A Messenger from the Past

6. October 2023
12 minute read

Itinerant cheesemaker and researcher Trevor Warmedahl visits Norway to learn about an ancient rennet-less local cheese called Pultost and the traditional farming systems it belongs to.

Diet Degrowth

30. September 2023
11 minute read

Sean Roy Parker is part of a movement seeking new connections between food, consumption and digestion. Here he proposes a new "diet degrowth" discourse.

On Food and Education: Namukolo Covic

23. September 2023
10 minute read

Agriculture and nutrition expert and facilitator of dialogue processes, Namukolo Covic on the path back to delivering a diverse and healthy plate in African countries.

Photograph of people operating an African American soul food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three people behind a counter that has various warming trays filled with food. There is a woman in front waiting for her food to be served.

On Food and Education: Scott Alves Barton

21. September 2023
4 minute read

Scott Alves Barton is a cultural anthropologist of African diasporic food ways. His goal is to provide tools for engagement to allow people to have agency in knowledge acquisition, decision-making and autonomy about their food.

On Food and Education: Johanna Mendelson Forman

11. September 2023
11 minute read

Johanna Mendelson Forman, an expert on international post-conflict transition issues, explains her educational hub Conflict Cuisine and the role of gastrodiplomacy as a tool for peace.

On Food and Education: Elizabeth Yorke

13. August 2023
8 minute read

Chef turned food researcher Elizabeth Yorke talks about fostering thought, conversation and learning about the Indian food system through the kitchen.

On Food And Education: Devin O’Sullivan

24. July 2023
10 minute read

Devin O’Sullivan, food provocateur & founder of the social enterprise FEAST, is working to improve food education right across Ireland, one classroom at a time.