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Imperial Lates Online: Food for thought

As the nights draw in and the winter season is upon us, catch up on our events to find comfort and inspiration in food. From chemical cook-alongs and science cocktails, to the latest in food additives and the health facts behind new dietary trends, pick from our delectable menu of exploratory evening and festive fun.

Imperial Lates Online are most suitable for over 18s.

Food for thought events

Jerusa Brignardello

A day in the life of a... diet scientist

After making heathier crisps and lecturing in Chile, and working for the Nobel prize-winning UN World Food programme, Jerusa Brignardello is now looking for fingerprints of different diets in human waste.

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vegetables and dip

Green cuisines

More and more people are shifting to plant-based diets, believing they are better for their health and the planet. But what does science actually say on the impacts of vegetarianism and veganism?

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Fruit and vegetables

I work on nutrition and the gut: Ask me anything!

Why do we get ‘gut feelings’? Are we really what we eat? What is good gut health and how can we achieve it? Scientists from the frontiers of gut and nutrition research answered your questions in our Reddit AMA.

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Kimchi

Hyperfoods Kimchi cook-along

Join Kitchen Theory founder Jozef Youssef and Imperial’s Dr. Kirill Veselkov, for a live Kimchi making cook-along and discussion of their collaborative HYPERFOODS project.

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Friends playing a pub quiz

Pub-less Quiz (food edition)

No pub, no problem! Assemble your team of thinkers and drinkers to pit fact against fiction in our Pub-less Quiz.

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Learn how to make a tasty spiced orange and cranberry cocktail using cancer-busting hyperfoods, with multi-sensory gastronomy experience design studio Kitchen Theory. Play video
Learn how to make a tasty spiced orange and cranberry cocktail using cancer-busting hyperfoods, with multi-sensory gastronomy experience design studio Kitchen Theory.

HYPERFOODS cocktail masterclass

Learn how to make a tasty spiced orange and cranberry cocktail using cancer-busting hyperfoods, with multi-sensory gastronomy experience design studio Kitchen Theory.

HYPERFOODS cocktail recipe (PDF)

More Lates

Melted chocolate

Science Breaks: Engineering chocolate

Professor Maria Charalambides discusses her work on engineering better-tasting, healthier chocolate.

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Headphones

Imperial Lates Online: Food for Thought playlist

Have a listen to the playlist we've put together on Food! Suggest your own songs to add to this Spotify playlist using #ImperialLates on Twitter.

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Hyperfoods Kimchi cook-along recipe

kimchiFollow our Hyperfoods Kimchi cook-along recipe as part of Imperial Lates Online: Food for thought.

Hyperfoods kimchi recipe (pdf)

 

 

Podcast playback

Take a coffee break and tune in to some of our favourite excerpts from the Imperial Podcast.

Baby food entrepreneur

Baby food entrepreneur

Business School alum Nadine Hellmann, who developed her idea for a new kind of baby food at Imperial, gives us tips on starting a business from scratch while studying. 

Gut problems linked to depression

Gut problems linked to depression, and a new test for Chagas disease

We find how people with inflammatory bowel conditions are often diagnosed with depression before their bowel diagnosis, and discover a new test that can differentiate between the different strains of Chagas disease.

Cooking with Hyperfoods

Cooking with Hyperfoods

We meet the researcher and chef behind a new cookbook – Hyperfoods – that includes recipes packed with ingredients containing anti-cancer molecules, discovered using the power of people’s smartphones.

Get the recipes for free on the Kitchen Theory website.