Nicola Twilley* is author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves (Penguin Press, June 2024), and co-host of the award-winning Gastropod podcast, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and which is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network in partnership with Eater.

Nicola Twilley (Nicky) is the co-author of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, named one of the best books of 2021 by Time Magazine, NPR, The Guardian, and The Financial Times. She is also the author of a forthcoming book on refrigeration’s transformative power, exploring the vast artificial winter in which our food resides.

Twilley’s eye-opening book is the first to reveal the transformative impact refrigeration has had on our health and our guts; our farms, tables, kitchens, and cities; global economics and politics; and even our environment. Read excerpts from Frostbite: “How the Fridge Changed Flavor,” Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker (June 8, 2024)

2024年6月8日 · Nicola Twilley, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, is a host of “Gastropod,” an award-winning podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history. Her books include “...

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Nicola Twilley* is author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves (Penguin Press, June 2024), and co-host of the award-winning Gastropod podcast, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and which is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network in partnership with Eater.

It has aired since 2014 and is hosted by journalists Nicola Twilley and Cynthia Graber. Gastropod is an independent podcast produced and hosted by Twilley and Graber, who interview chefs, scientists, and historians to collect stories about the science and history of food.