In this episode, we get excited about two books: Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen by Leah Koenig and The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Then Dave shares highlights from the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction longlist of nominees. [transcript]
Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen by Leah Koenig
The Food of Rome’s Longstanding Jewish Community Gets Its Due
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food_ by Chris Van Tulleken
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