‘It’s pretty much a second child’: Nakkiah Lui on family, finger limes and her new food podcast

Nakkiah Lui, host and co-producer of podcast First Eat with Nakkiah Lui, which explores First Nations’ food cultures in Australia and abroad Photograph: Supplied

In the opening episode of Nakkiah Lui’s latest podcast First Eat, we hear three generations bonding over porridge. Lui and her mother – Gomeroi woman Jenny Beale – are feeding baby Lux, who gently coos in the background. “I have rice porridge all over my beautiful white shirt, and my mum’s got it in her hair,” narrates Lui.

In another episode, we hear the clang of pots and pans as Lui and Beale cook rabbit stew, one of Lui’s favourite dishes growing up.