Jonathan Green

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Kim Jirik |Peter de Kruijff |Richard Girvan

The egg is an extraordinary thing. In the pantheon of miraculous food chemistry, it takes on a range of essential roles. From helping cakes and soufflés to rise, to bringing disparate ingredients and flavours into a unified whole. They can also take on a starring role, whether fried, scrambled or poached. Eggs frequently appear in art, literature, design, and philosophy, too, and they are at the heart of the age-old paradox: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Kim Jirik |Carey Dell |Rhiannon Brown

In times of war, food and nourishment can determine victory or defeat. Welcome to the world of military food. Armies once lived off the land, but now they can live off a sealed, freeze-dried pouch. Imagining, making and storing combat-ready food leads global food science, which means that each and every one of us eats a little like a soldier.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green

Australia has the highest per capita amount of super in the world, but with the share market volatility, should we be doing superannuation differently? And the AEC explains how they work out who goes where on the ballot. It is not as high tech as you might think.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Kim Jirik |Matthew Crawford |Rhiannon Brown

If you were to list the world's best bakers working today, Richard Hart's name would have to be right near the top. After honing his craft at big-name bakeries in California, he teamed up with the world-famous Noma to open Hart Bageri in Copenhagen. His skills with sourdough are so well-known, he was even namechecked on The Bear. Richard recently published his first book. It's called Richard Hart Bread.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Kim Jirik |Matthew Crawford |Rhiannon Brown

If you took the sodium chloride out of human history, you would have a very different and strangely flavourless tale to tell. Salt has historically been one of the world's most valuable commodities. Its discovery, extraction and commodification has shaped the story of humanity. So, let's take a trip from the test tube to the kitchen, to salt tolerant plants that could revolutionise agriculture. This is an episode of Blueprint for Living, originally broadcast on March 24, 2018.