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The Philosophy of Chocolate with Sam Bilton

The Philosophy of Chocolate with Sam Bilton

Update: 2024-01-191
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In today’s episode I am talking to returning guest and friend of the show food historian and writer Sam Bilton about her new book The Philosophy of Chocolate published by the British Library.

Today Sam and I talk about how the peoples of Mesoamerica took their chocolate, how it came to Britain, chocolate houses, the sexualisation of chocolate, and the Cadbury’s Crème Egg Controversy, amongst other things.


Find out more about the Philosophy of Chocolate here.


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Links to things mentioned in today’s episode:

Sam’s podcast Comfortably Hungry


A Flake ad from in 1980s

A Flake ad from the 1990s

The Cadbury’s Caramel rabbit


Sam’s social media handles:

Twitter/Insta/Threads: @mrssbilton

Bluesky: @mrssbilton.bsky.social

Sam’s website: sambilton.com


Previous episodes pertinent to today’s episode:

Lent Episode 3: Pagan Lent & Easter

A Dark History of Chocolate with Emma Kay

The Philosophy of Curry with Sejal Sukhadwala

Gingerbread with Sam Bilton

Saffron with Sam Bilton

Tripe Special


Neil’s blogs:

‘British Food: a History’

‘Neil Cooks Grigson’


Neil’s books:

Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper

A Dark History of Sugar

Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops.


Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. His DMs are open. He is also on BlueSky at @neilbuttery.bsky.social

You can also join the British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory



This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
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The Philosophy of Chocolate with Sam Bilton

The Philosophy of Chocolate with Sam Bilton

Neil Buttery