Delicious food related conversations today. Starting with some of the fine folk who are putting together a Spring Degustation Feast Fundraiser for the Mullum Organic Food Co-op at the end of the month and want to invite you all along.

When: Saturday 31st October 12.30pm

Where: Mullumbimby Community Gardens

Theme: Plant based, organic and gluten free feast “A journey through Asia.”

3 courses - Starter: Anthea Amore. Mains: Russell & Kristie. Desert: Stream Cameron.

Anthea and Russell join me to chat more about that. It’s sure to make your mouth water and your tummy rumble.

Tickets - Mullum Organic Food Co-op or Humanitix

In the second hour we’ll continue the interview we started last week with Dr. Corin Storkey (pictured) from Seleno Health.

New Zealand born co-founder and co-director of Seleno Health Corin has over15 years of academic and research experience, specialising in medicinal antioxidant chemistry, oxidative diseases, cellular protection and health. He holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Melbourne, and the Heart Research Institute – Sydney. 

He currently leads the New Zealand based Maca and cacao research program in Otago Uni in NZ that studies Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and substantiates their traditions through biochemical analysis. His latest projects include Bean to Brain - substantiating traditional uses of ceremonial cacao by Peruvian shamans through biochemical mapping of active metabolites.

Last week's interview began with us eating some limited-edition Gut Happy chocolate and mapped its progress through the mind and body. Fascinating. We’ll pick up where we left off hearing and learning more about the molecules in Cacoa and how they work within the Endo Cannabinoid System. Particularly Anandamide.

All of that to come this week on Belly splattered with music of a south American flavour to enhance the worded journey to the heart of the Peruvian plains where the focus of the cacao bean originated.