For as long as we’ve been making Gastropod, co-host Nicky has also been working on another project: writing a book all about refrigeration. Well, time to pop the champagne you’ve had stashed in the icebox, because that book comes out June 25—and we’re giving Gastropod listeners an exclusive preview! This episode, Cynthia and Nicky talk about how a high school dropout's get-rich-quick scheme, some deadly explosions, and lots and lots of beer brought us the humming boxes of cold now ubiquitous in the modern kitchen—and how the proliferation of this portable, on-demand winter has transformed our food (not always for the better) while heating up our planet. It's almost impossible to imagine living without a fridge, but Nicky’s book totally changed the way we look at preserving food. Is there a better way? Listen to find out, and for the rest of the story, be sure to pre-order Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
So I'd like to start with the easiest question, and that's if you can say your name and, you know, to make sure I pronounce it correctly.
And also how you'd like to be identified.
Like the host of what?
Or the author of what.
Well, Cynthia, it's a pleasure to meet you, first of all, and I'm so honored to be on the show.
And you can call me Nikki.
Great.
I am, of course, the co host of Gastropod.
You might have heard of it.
Pretty awesome.
I've heard a little about it, yeah.
And so have you, dear listeners, because you are, in fact, listening to gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history.
And I am indeed Nicola Twilley.
And I'm Cynthia Graeber.
And here it is, at long last, the episode we've been waiting for.
Drum roll, please.
Nikki's refrigeration book, or as it is.
Known online and in the bookstores, frostbite.
How refrigeration changed our food, our planet, and ourselves.
It's coming out on June 25, and.