As with all other Gastropod episodes, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley take a deep dive into the history, answering the flurry of original questions that surfaces alongside each Pudding Week.

Journalist Kate Colquhoun traces the origins of traditional Christmas foods, such as English pudding, the boiled dessert made with suet or lard, in Taste : The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking.