Victoria Flexner: Edible History, New York Nostalgia, and Why Trust Beats Hope
In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia welcomes her very first guest… and there could be no one better to open the door with. Victoria Flexner is a food historian, the author of A History of the World in 10 Dinners, and the founder of Edible History, a newsletter and supper club that does exactly what it says: tells the story of the world through what we eat. She is also, as Saskia makes very clear, one of the most interesting people she knows.
What unfolds is a wide-ranging conversation between two close friends who haven't run out of things to say. Victoria talks about how she built a…
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