Politics, poutine and quarantine (plus an earthquake)

Our guest this month is The Spinoff's fresh-from-quarantine (OK, managed isolation) politics editor, Justin Giovannetti, who takes a break from throwing curly questions at authority figures to beam in from parliament. Justin is not only a politics whiz but an expert on poutine, the culinary delight that ranks alongside maple syrup, Trivial Pursuit and, um, Justin Bieber as among Canada's greatest contributions to the world. Justin (Giovannetti, not Bieber) is writing a book about the glorious Québecois concoction comprising French fries, cheese curds and gravy, though it's been put on hold thanks to a pesky global pandemic and a move to the other side of the world. This episode also features a real-life account of what food is really like in quarantine (spoiler alert: many pancakes), plus we talk about what cooking in lockdown taught us, share highlights from our long-awaited returns to dining out – and are subjected to a terrifying LIVE ON-AIR earthquake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices