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Using A Cauldron (with Bahaa Dabbagh)

October 17, 2025·35 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In this episode, Jayne and Emilie sit down with refugee Bahaa Dabbagh, to uncover how cooking for the masses using a cauldron became linked to witchcraft. From the trans-atlantic slave trade to the streets of gaza, food security has always been used as a weapon.Bahaa's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hahawithbaha/Sources:https://www.wfp.org/stories/un-barred-using-hunger-and-starvation-weapons-warhttps://www.museum.dp.ua/en/cauldron-scythian-time-iv-century-b-c/https://www.hercircle.in/engage/food/food-trends/exploring-the-lavish-feasts-of-indian-royalty-a-journey-through-culinary-extravagance-6232.htmlCredit: The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VirginiaOriginal Author: Theodor de Bry after John WhiteCreated: 1590Medium: Printed hand-colored engravingPublisher: The Mariners' Museumhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073814005349https://simplysouperlicious.com/everyone-cauldron-anthropological/https://www.concern.net/news/hunger-as-a-weapon-of-war-timelinehttps://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indianshttps://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/vietnam-war-led-to-decades-of-hungerhttps://www.wfp.org/publications/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurityhttps://www.wfp.org/publications/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurityhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Vandana-Shivahttps://www.instagram.com/asmamahmood3/reel/DHd5WLkstCM/?locale=es&hl=bnhttps://foodtank.com/news/2013/05/food-hero-series-ruth-oniango-kenyas-voice-for-nutrition/

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