CrowdScience: the science of food

radio show recording with live audience
10 May, 12 am, ENERGY Hall, 8 – 12 grade, adults

The BBC World Service radio show CrowdScience takes listeners’ questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers who are hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.

Inspired by the famous Bulgarian yogurt, hosts Caroline Steel and Marnie Chesterton will be immersing themselves in local food cultures with the help of a panel of Sofia Science Festival experts.

Are the ‘live’ cultures in fermented foods actually alive by the time you eat them, and how can you tell? If you can eat the mould in blue cheese, why can’t you eat other cheese when it’s mouldy? And if you put a drop of vanilla into a litre of milk, how come it all tastes of vanilla?

If you have any questions about the science of food, email crowdscience@bbc.co.uk and we’ll do our best to answer them!

In English with simultaneous translation into Bulgarian.