Lunchbox Envy
By Lunchbox Envy
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Episodes: 76
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From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time.
Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.
Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.
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72: ✈️ The Great Sandwich War Of 1958
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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71: 🌋 The World's Most Expensive Pistachios Come From A Volcano
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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70: 🔐 Why The Recipe For [REDACTED] Is Locked In A Vault
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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69: 💦 Could You Cook With Human Oil?
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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68: 🫛 Ozempic For Medieval Peasants
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May 31, 2026 |
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67: 🍬 Why They Set Fire To Your Sugar
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May 24, 2026 |
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66: 🐔 Why Chickens Need Spectacles
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May 17, 2026 |
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65: 🌱 Screaming For Asparagus Ice Cream
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May 10, 2026 |
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64: 🐑 Why Are Doner Kebabs Cone Shaped?
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May 03, 2026 |
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63: 🥭 India's Magical Million Mango Tree
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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62: 🍴 Buckingham Palace's Upside-Down Forks
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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61: 💃🏻 Victorian Girl Dinners
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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60: 🎨 The $6.2 Million Banana
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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59: 🥥 Performing Brain Surgery With A Coconut
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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58: 🥣 The Best Place To Smear Yoghurt On A Hot Day
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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57: ☠️ The Deadliest Dishes Of History
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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56: 🫙 How To Hypnotise Your Pâté
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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55: 🥕 Who Sabotaged Hitler's Carrots?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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54: 🐂 Bathing In Beef Broth
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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53: 🍊 The Medieval King Who Gave Us Jaffa Cakes
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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52: 🍆 Why Is The Green M&M So Sexy?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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51: 🍟 Waiter, There's A Thumb In My Chile!
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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50: 🚀 Where To Get A Good Drink In Space
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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49: 🫀 The Scottish Delicacy Banned In America
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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48: 🫘 The Scientists Measuring Bean Fartiness
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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47: 🥗 How To Sleep Yourself Skinny
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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46: 🍻 Who's Up For Peekaboo Meatball?
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Bonus: 🥂 The Best (And Worst) Festive Tipples
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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45: 🎄 The Fish In The Bath On Christmas Eve
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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44: 🎛️ Oven Baking Your Laptop
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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43: 🍸 too dRUnk to thinkof a title f0r thsi one sorry
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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42: 🎓 Jamie Oliver Is Screaming At Our Home-Twizzled Turkeys
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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41: 🦃 CALL NOW: The Emergency Turkey Hotline
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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40: 🍯 Are You Being Swindled With Fake Honey?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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39: 🥓 The Man Who Tricked America Into Eating Breakfast
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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38: 🌾 The Cereal Toy That Could Hack Phones
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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37: 🎃 What's Really In A Pumpkin Spice Latte
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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36: 🍄🟫 Was Jesus A Mushroom?
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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35: ❄️ The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Earth...Twice
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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34: 🍪 You're Eating Biscuits The Wrong Way Up
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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33: 🐟 The Herring That Nearly Started WW3
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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32: 🍎 We Ate Newton's Gravity Apple
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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31: 🫖 Lethal Tea-Making Contraptions
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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30: ♨️ The Insane Truth Behind Microwave Clocks
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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29: 🍺 Why Ancient Egyptians Drank Beer Through Straws
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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28: 🧂 The Saltiest Place On Earth
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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27: 🧀 The Bank Vault Full Of Parmesan Cheese
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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26: 🌸 The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Gave The World Vanilla
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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25: 🧈 How Butter Caused The Catholic Reformation
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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24: 🥪 What's The Ultimate Supermarket Meal Deal?
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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23: 🥐 The Secret Curvy Croissant Code
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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22: 🍓 The World's Most Delicious Anal Secretion
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Bonus: 🎾 Europe's Largest Annual Catering Event
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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21: 🍫 Why Does American Chocolate Taste Like S***?
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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20: 🥑 Sainsbury's and M&S's Avocado Feud
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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19: 🍕 Does Pizza Really Count As One Of Your 5-A-Day?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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18: 🫒 Beware The Italian Olive Mafia
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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17: 🥔 A Potato-Only Diet: Surviving Or Thriving?
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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16: 🍷 Does More Expensive Wine Actually Taste Better?
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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15: 🧅 The Day Onions Broke Wall Street
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May 25, 2025 |
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14: 🍋 Your Lemons Might Not Be Vegan
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May 18, 2025 |
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13: 🍚 Your Rice Might Have Been Farmed By Ducks
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May 11, 2025 |
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12: 🥜 The World's Most Average Jar Of Peanut Butter
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May 04, 2025 |
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11: ☕ The Drink That Fuelled The Enlightement
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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10: 🥚 Egg Maths Ain't Mathing
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Bonus: 🐣 Happy Easter!
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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9: 🍦Georgian Bread-Flavoured Ice Cream Is Surprisingly Delicious
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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8: 🍅 How Napoleon Invented Tinned Tomatoes
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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7: 🧂 The University Paying Its Rent In Pepper
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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6: 🍝 When Colgate Made Lasagna
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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5: 🌭 Our Nuclear Submarines Depend On Sausages
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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4: 🍗 Who Invented The Modern Chicken?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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3: 🥛 How Do You Milk A Flying Cow?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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2: 🍌 The Banana That Went To Alton Towers
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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1: 🧄 Why Won't Ninjas Eat Garlic?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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✨ Introducing Lunchbox Envy!
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Feb 12, 2025 |