We’re taking it back to where it all began with this one, and we mean that quite literally, because today we’re talking about baby food! In this special episode, Nicole and Julia prepare for Baby Andreas and learn about the history of how we humans have fed our babies throughout time. We also taste test some baby food and try not to gag. Whether you were a bottle baby or breast was best, this episode has something for everyone!

Our theme song is “Red Onions” by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul

We’re on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects.

Links to sources:

• Maternal Breastfeeding or Wet Nursing? Religion, Persecution, and Ideology in the 17th Century

• 'NEW' BREAST MILK AIDS THE NEWBORN: Synthetic Is Found in Test on 171 Infants to Equal or Excel Natural Product

• News of Food: Baby Formulas Are 'Custom Designed' and Delivered Right to Your Door

• A concise history of infant formula (twists and turns included)

• Breast-Milk and the World Protein Gap

• Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

• These New Breastfeeding Guidelines Ignore the Reality of Many American Moms

• Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, by Fannie Farmer

• Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet, by Amy Bentley

• “Baby Food,” FoodTimeline.org

Ever wondered why we have Hass avocados and Medjool dates at the grocery store? Or why there are Japanese cherry trees all around the Tidal Basin in D.C.? Well, we can thank the same man for both our grocery store produce and the nation’s pinkest attraction - American botanist David Fairchild. Join Nicole and Julia as they trace grocery store produce from their local Kroger back to the Gilded Age and the heyday of food exploration. But wait, there’s more! Tune in to hear about Jeanne Barat, a French botanist in the 1700’s with a bit of a secret…

Our theme song is “Red Onions” by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul

We’re on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects.

Links to sources:

• “How Thai Food Took Over America,” by Francis Lam and Mark Padoongpatt

• “You Think You Understand Thai Culture Because You Eat at Thai Restaurants? Think Again,” by Alexandra Domrongchai

• “Thai Food for the World? -- Government of Thailand Plans To Open 3,000 Restaurants To Promote Nation Abroad,” by Robert Frank

• Stone, Daniel. The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats. 2019.

• Ridley, Glynis. The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe. New York, Broadway Paperbacks, 2011.

Companion website: hotdogs.expert

Hot dog, it’s a summer episode in the middle of winter! In this wien-derful successor to our hamburger episode, Nicole and Julia learn (literally) how the sausage is made and take a frank look at competitive eating. Hop aboard the Wienermobile and strap in for a journey down the Hot Dog Highway (destination: Joey Chestnut’s stomach).

Our theme song is “Red Onions” by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul

We’re on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects.

Links to sources:

• Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, by Jamie Loftus

• Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America, by Bruce Kraig and Patty Carroll

• “The Sun Rises on Coney Island: Japanese Competitive Eaters, Sportification, and the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest as Global Spectacle,” by Zachary R. Bigalke, Journal of Sport History, 50 (3), Fall 2023

• Origin of the Term “Hot Dog” by Gerald Leonard Cohen, Barry A. Popik, and David Shulman

• Japan, M. G. (2021, August 10). The History of Tempura. https://guide.michelin.com/hk/en/article/features/tempura_en

• Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Tempura. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/tempura

• Farley, D. (2022, February 25). The truth about Japanese tempura. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170808-the-truth-about-japanese-tempura