• Famous Corfiot dishes & Ingredients. We discuss the stories of the most important local foods. 
• Venetian-Greek fusion cuisine. How Venetian rule and the spice trade created a unique Greek island cuisine not present in other parts of the country.
• The lost art of Corfiot cooking. How the tourist boom destroyed local culinary tradition and how one woman has been trying to revive Corfu’s most historic dishes.
• PLUS: Food Made With Wine! Will we actually find any traditional Corfiot food that is not cooked with booze in it? Tune in to find out.

 Full Article at https://foodfuntravel.com/corfupodcast

• The 50 million year story of apples - How almost every apple we eat today originates from one apple variety from Central Asia.
• The origin of cider - who invented it? And when?
• Commercial Cider vs. Craft Cider - what to look out for.
• The story of Johnny Appleseed and cider in the USA.
• Plus, We visit Bristol, UK, to taste some truly rustic cider, straight from the farm

FULL SHOW NOTES AT: https://foodfuntravel.com/ciderpodcast/

QUOTES:

“Apples: There are some 55 different species of apple trees, yet all 7,500 types of modern culinary apple come from a single genus (Malus Pumila) of wild apple, that spread from Kazakhstan over the last 6,000 years. Granny Smith, Fuji, Bramley, Coxes, Pink lady, Red Delicious and many more.”

"One of America’s biggest folk heroes, Johnny Appleseed, took it as his life’s mission to create new orchards across America. Unlike apple trees in the past, which were mainly grown from grafts taken from other trees that came from Europe, Johnny Appleseed, only planted new trees from seeds - as nature intended.
Apples have a unique DNA, more complicated than Human DNA. Unlike taking grafts from existing trees which clone the tree, the seeds can actually create genetically different trees compared to the parent tree. And seed planting led to increased bio-diversity and new American apple varieties.”

• What are the essential dishes to try in the Greek Islands
• We discuss highlights from our trip Greek Island hopping in the Aegean. Taking a small luxury yacht between hidden coves and quaint Greek waterfront villages, swimming in crystal blue water straight off the boat and sleeping under the stars.
• Cooking classes and being cooked for on the boat. Our captain was also a trained chef which made the whole island hopping experience even more of a foodie trip.
• Ouzo vs Raki, what’s the difference?
• PLUS Greek seafood tavernas, we find a hidden gem on the Island of Samos.

• Who invented the Lasagne, and when?
• Was it even the Italians, or did Greece or the UK invent it first?
• The controversy over the first written recipe for Lasagna
• PLUS, a local rivalry, who’s Lasagna is the best!

• 4 of the superstar Ingredients of world cuisine originate in Emilia Romagna. We Discuss how these ingredients form the base for many of the best dishes in Bologna.
• The Story Of Real Italian Tortellini
• Why if you order spaghetti Bolognese in Bologna, it won’t be what you expect…
• We reveal our favourite Bolognese dish, which is barely known outside of Italy.
• Our expert guest Andrea from Taste Bologna Food tours reminisces about some of his favourite Bolognese food experiences
• PLUS, a cake made of tagliatelle… only in Italy!