Hosted by Noha Gerges · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 12 episodes
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It’s Never JUST Food is for people who love to eat and also love to ask, “but WHY is it like this?”I'm your host Noha, a corporate escapee turned meal prep coach.As a lifelong self-proclaimed foodie, I love everything about food. Here we talk the whats, whys, and hows behind it: why we crave certain eats, how certain recipes came to be, what’s cultural, and why some of our choices run on autopilot.Some episodes get science-y. Some are story-driven. Some are pure history and curiosity. Most will combine all of these.So, grab a snack and come hang out with me, fellow foodie!
Noha Gerges hosts It's Never JUST Food!, a arts show with 12 episodes published.
Episode Description Honey is one of the rare foods we eat that’s essentially a finished, shelf-stable product made by another species. Bees do the work, we take the credit. Join me as we dive deep into the world of honey
Show notesEpisode Description Kimchi is often treated like a trendy fermented side dish, but it started as a practical survival food and became a cultural cornerstone long before it hit Western grocery stores. In this episode, we
Show notesEpisode Description Believe it or not, pizza didn’t start as a global “fast food.” It started as practical street food in Naples, then became a craft, then became a symbol and eventually became a mass-produced product ca
Show notesIn Part 2 of this ultra-processed foods series, we go behind the curtain. Not the boring org chart stuff. The unexpected roles and design choices that shape the experience of eating ultra-processed foods, like crunch sou
Show notesUltra-processed foods are everywhere, but most people don’t fully know what the term means. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we start from the beginning: how the modern ultra-processed food concept emerged, why it was
Show notesCoriander is either fresh, citrusy, and full of bursts of happiness or it tastes like soap and ruins your entire meal. There seems to be no in-between. In this episode, we unpack what coriander is, why it has different n
Show notesOne of my listeners, Emily, shared a question that sent me down a nerdy rabbit hole. She grew up in Canada eating potatoes as a staple and can eat a lot of them with no problem but rice makes her full really fast. Her In
Show notesToday, we're exploring everything chocolate which wasn't something that ever started out with an intention to be used in sweet concoctions! In this episode: Where chocolate originated and what it looked like How chocolat
Show notesIf you think sushi started in the same format you know and love today, you’re not alone but, its origins are totally different. Tune in to learn more! In this episode: Sushi’s origin story What counts as sushi The main t
Show notesDumplings are everywhere, and people love arguing about what counts, what doesn’t, and what the “best” dumpling is. So, today we’re covering these delicious bites, but with one rule: this is not a competition and there w
Show notesEvery time you bite into bread, you’re taking part in something ANCIENT. In this episode, we go deep on bread as the ultimate “never just food” food. We’re talking what early bread looked like, how bread evolved through
Show notesMeet Noha and learn about WHY we eat the way we eat. In Episode 1, I’m breaking down 5 reasons food is never JUST food. I'll cover reasons spanning biology, cravings, stress, culture and the modern food environment. Expe
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