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38 reviews

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From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time. Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.

Podcast episodes

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Fast Food

2026/02/02

Which chain feeds 5% of the UK every day? Why would you send a spy into a pizza factory? What would you do if you found a thumb in your chilli?

Space Food

2026/01/26

What's the best way to smuggle vodka onto a space station? How do you make rocket Huel? Why do astronauts love shrimp cocktail so much?

Offal

2026/01/19

Would you try Lancashire calamari? What did Mrs Beeton cure with tripe? Where could you get arrested for cooking a haggis?

Beans

2026/01/12

Who built a car out of beans? Can you put out a fire with beans? How do you measure the fartiness of a bean?

Diets

2026/01/05

How many calories are there in a gram of uranium? What is the Sleeping Beauty diet? What do you have in common with a doughnut?

Pub Grub

2025/12/29

Why would you order a brick sandwich? What doe a Peekaboo Meatball taste like? What was the mysterious Third Condiment?

Bonus: Christmas Drinks

2025/12/25

One more for the road? Merry Christmas!

Christmas Dinner

2025/12/22

What is a live fish doing in your bath on Christmas Eve? Who tried to cook their turkey via electrocution? Where can you find roast reindeer on the menu? Merry Christmas from Lunchbox Envy!

Ovens

2025/12/15

Why would you oven bake a laptop? Which day of the week can your oven switch itself on? Who cooked himself in a bread oven just to see what would happen?

Vodka

2025/12/08

What do you get when you mix vodka with gunpowder? When will a doctor give you vodka? Who got paid in vodka?

School Dinners

2025/12/01

How do you Twizzle a Turkey? Where did Ancient Spartan kids get their packed lunch from? Who used to give their schoolchildren wine?

Thanksgiving

2025/11/24

How do you make a Frogeye Salad? When was eel on the Thanksgiving menu? Who can you call when your turkey won't defrost?

Honey

2025/11/17

Why does your honey have bubbles in it? How do you eat ant honey? What does purple honey taste like?

Bacon

2025/11/10

What's the point of a bacon window? Who's using a bacon dating app? How do you make bananacon?

Breakfast Cereal

2025/11/03

How do you make a Diamond Shreddie? Which cereal accidentally invented computer hacking? Why are some cereals magnetic?

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4.8 out of 5

38 reviews

★★★★★

Atticus Hap 2025/05/06

Yum and wow

yummy for my tummy and thirst for knowledge - interesting facts and recipe ideas and great chat from the hosts - a hugely welcome addition to the QI f...

★☆☆☆☆

Lucca20Two 2025/06/13

Not off to a great start

Manu is great, knows what she’s talking about and when she doesn’t know something isn’t afraid to say so. Unfortunately the rest of the show doesn’t c...

★★★★★

Palmarosa33 2025/04/14

I love this podcast

This is a perfect trio of curious, generous and fun hosts talking about things I forgot to think about. It’s a delight every time.

★★★★★

XXVI 2025/03/05

Good fun

I enjoy this podcast immensely. I wish they could get the sound levels right. The volume is really low compared to all the other podcasts but the a...

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