Anna is Eating Her Way Through Portugal! Artwork

Every Day is a Food Day

Every food you love has a story. Nerd out on the stories, scandals, history and holidays behind all your favorite foods with foodie Odd Couple and friends Lia Ballentine (The Chef-Creator) and Anna Van Valin (The Foodlosopher). Hear the fascinating stories like the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the surprising history of Chinese Takeout, an ex-clown who started a movement to get back to the church called "Pretzels for God," food you didn't know was poisonous, how Prohibition brought Margaritas to the US, whether or not "aphrodisiac foods" really are, and the epic McDrama of the McDonald's french fry. Recently featured on The Spruce Eats' list of "11 Food Podcasts You Should Be Listening To" and the number 1 Indie Food Podcast on Goodpods! Follow us at @FoodDayPod on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook or check out our webpage at yumday.co/podcast.

All Episodes

Every Day is a Food Day

Anna is Eating Her Way Through Portugal!

October 06, 2021 • Van Valin Productions & YumDay • Season 2 • Episode 23

We’re finally going on a field trip! Co-host Anna Van Valin is in Portugal for a month and she’s sharing all the delicious things she’s eating (pastries!), drinking (wine!) and discovering (ancient stuff!) with us. Follow her culinary adventures on Instagram at @FoodDayPod, and join us for our first Instagram Live this Friday Oct 8 at 12n PT to find out whether she’s tried Portugal’s world famous seafood (...probably not). To see more from Anna's Iberian vacay (including some stellar Castle Porn), follow her @annavanvalin. Obrigada!

Connect with us:

Follow @FoodDayPod on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook, check out our website and join our mailing list for more great content about the stories & foods we talk about on the show (plus a peek BTS)!
Love the show? Want to support this women and BIPOC-created independent podcast? Buy us a coffee!

ANNA 00:02
Bom Dia, Listeners! It’s Anna. You know how Lia and I are always talking about how we should take Every Day is a Food Day on a field trip? Well, we’re doing it! I’m actually taping this from Portugal, where I’m staying for a whole month. And, people, the FOOD is worth talking about. The wine, the pastries, the steak - and did I say wine? I’m basically eating my way through this country. So, we thought we’d share my culinary adventures with all of you.

For the next few weeks we’ll be posting photos, videos, and even going live on Instagram, so you can see what I’m eating, drinking and doing on my Iberian vacay - plus sharing some fascinating tidbits and stories about the food, because we know you love them. After the trip, Lia and I will be dropping a special episode all about it. I might even try some of the world famous seafood! That’s a lie...I probably won’t.

Follow along with my FOOD-venture on Instagram @FoodDayPod. Our first Instagram Live will be this Friday October, 8 at 12noon PT. And if YOU have visited or lived in Portugal, I want your hot tips! DM us with your favorite places and recommendations in Portugal. If you want to see more from my time in this beautiful country, including some stellar castle porn, you can follow my personal Insta @annavanvalin. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss our special episode, and catch up on all our episodes, wherever you get your podcasts. Obrigada!

People on this episode

Anna Van Valin

Co-host

Lia Ballentine

Co-host