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The Sporkful

The Sporkful

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We obsess about food to learn more about people. The Sporkful isn't for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who's also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli. James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast. A Stitcher Production.

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Ozempic Isnt So Great For Fat People, Says Aubrey Gordon

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds

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Reheat: Two Books For The Food Science Nerd In Your Life

Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds

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New Years Food Resolutions 2024

Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 22 seconds

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Reheat: Samin Nosrat Drinks Milk With Her Chocolate Souffle

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 33 seconds

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How Do Michelin Stars Actually Work?

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 2 seconds

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Rise Of The Foodie Bro (The Year In Food 2023)

Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 45 seconds

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Reheat: Comic Maria Bamford Risked Her Life For Ice Cream

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds

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What Westerners Misunderstand About Chinese Cuisine

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds

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The Grandma Chefs Of Staten Island

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Reheat: The Last Sporkful Thanksgiving Special Ever

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds

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The Drinking Coach Has A Cocktail For You

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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How To Make A Battle-Ready Pizza

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 33 seconds

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Sohla El-Waylly Went To Culinary School To Prove Everyone Wrong

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 21 seconds

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Big News About Dans Cookbook!

Published: Oct. 25, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds

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Rediscovering Nigeria By Becoming American

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Can Bass Pro Shops Teach Grocery Stores Something?

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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Detroit Through A Chinese Restaurant Window

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds

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School Lunch Triumphs And Tragedies With Kenji Lopez-Alt

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds

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Natasha Leggero And Moshe Kasher Give Dan Marriage Advice

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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What Couscousgate Tells Us About French Food

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

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A Chili Crisp Cookbook And An Ode To Shabbat

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds

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How To Create A New Apple

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds

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A Garlic Dispute 20 Years In The Making

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 30 seconds

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A Forager's Life In Virginia

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds

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Searching For The Pickle King

Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds

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Instant Pots Bankruptcy And Thai Cheese Burgers

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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Tommy Picos Food History Wasnt Lost. It Was Stolen.

Published: July 31, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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Why Barbies First Dreamhouse Didnt Have A Kitchen

Published: July 21, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Why Ice Is This Summer's Hottest Trend

Published: July 17, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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2 Chefs And A Lie: Name That Mustard Edition

Published: July 10, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 5 seconds

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The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

Published: July 3, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 58 seconds

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The Food-Obsessed Subculture Of The Appalachian Trail

Published: June 26, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 45 seconds

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Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper

Published: June 19, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 29 seconds

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Inside The World Of Food Smuggling

Published: June 12, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 36 seconds

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After A Lifetime Of Eating, Gail Simmons Is Still Hungry

Published: June 5, 2023, 2:04 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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The Secret To Grace Churchs Lobster Rolls

Published: May 29, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds

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Comic Jamie Loftuss Hot Dog Summer

Published: May 22, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 19 seconds

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Is Protecting Abalone Also Destroying A Native Tradition?

Published: May 15, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds

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The Musical History Of Jelly

Published: May 8, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 54 seconds

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Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful?

Published: May 1, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds

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Meet The Banh Mi Innovators

Published: April 24, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

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Squishy Or Crunchy? Why Texture Matters

Published: April 17, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 45 seconds

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Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

Published: April 10, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

Published: April 3, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 6 seconds

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For Ghetto Gastro, Food Is A Weapon

Published: March 27, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds

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The Brewer Rewriting The Story of Beer In Iran

Published: March 20, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 54 seconds

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Rainas Disordered Eating, One Year Later

Published: March 13, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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Should Fine Dining Exist?

Published: March 6, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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The Last Big Mac In Iceland

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 53 seconds

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Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 29 seconds

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A French Chef And Cincinnati: A Love Story

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 8 | The Pursuit Of Viscoelasticity

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds

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The Hardest Beer Test In The World

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 7 (Update) | Turning The Ship

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 4:32 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 38 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 6 (Update) | The Future of Cascatelli

Published: April 26, 2021, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 5 | A Shape Is Born

Published: March 18, 2021, 8:59 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 4 | Where The Ruffles Meet The Road

Published: March 15, 2021, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 3 | What Would Juan Guzman Do?

Published: March 8, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 52 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 2 | Slanting The Floors

Published: March 1, 2021, 7:59 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 6 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble 1 | Spaghetti Sucks

Published: March 1, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Mission: ImPASTAble Trailer

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds

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Are All Vodkas The Same?

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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The Sporkful Dating Game!

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 11 seconds

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Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Eat Differently Now

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Celebrating Other People’s Holidays

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds

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Men Have Eating Disorders, Too. Why Don’t They Seek Help?

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 23 seconds

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Julián Castro On Nachos And Government

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds

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Free Ice Cream For Science!

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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This Food Stylist Is Bringing More Compassion To The Kitchen

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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New Year’s Food Resolutions 2021

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 6 seconds

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The Fruitcake That Wouldn't Die

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 46 seconds

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Two Books For The Food Science Nerd In Your Life

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 34 seconds

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LeVar Burton Even Reads Recipes Dramatically

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 59 seconds

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A Writer Who Finds His Characters Through Their Food

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 27 seconds

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Hitting The Texas Taco Trail With José Ralat

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

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Can Jelly Donuts Be Fixed?

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Samin Nosrat And Hrishikesh Hirway Are Just Here For The Cookies

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds

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Spicy Doritos And How Foods Become American

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds

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The Great Office Coffee Election

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Who Was James Beard?

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 54 seconds

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The Enslaved Man Who Taught Jack Daniel To Make Whiskey

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds

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10 YEARS #5 | Notes From A Young Black Chef Pt 2 (Update)

Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 13 seconds

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10 YEARS #4 | Notes From A Young Black Chef Pt 1

Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 16 seconds

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10 YEARS #3 | Katie’s Year In Recovery (Update)

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 2 seconds

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10 YEARS #2 | Aleppo Sandwich Pt 2 (Update)

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 50 seconds

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10 YEARS #1 | Aleppo Sandwich Pt 1

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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David Chang Wishes He Was Normal

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds

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“The World Eats Here": Stories From The Queens Night Market

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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How Ketchup Got Its Name

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 47 seconds

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Guy Fieri Hates That Flame Shirt

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 55 seconds

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The Hidden History of Regional Burgers

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 12 seconds

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Update: Inside The Turmoil At Bon Appetit

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

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This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat

Published: July 25, 2020, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds

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Plantation Rum Is Changing Its Name. Is That Enough?

Published: July 11, 2020, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Writer Kiese Laymon Wants To Be Heavy

Published: July 4, 2020, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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How To Taste Food Like A Flavor Chemist

Published: June 27, 2020, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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A Reckoning At Bon Appetit

Published: June 13, 2020, 10:36 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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When White People Say Plantation

Published: June 8, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 59 seconds

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Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone?

Published: June 1, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 5 seconds

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What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle?

Published: May 25, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 22 seconds

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The Rigor And Aggression Of The French Kitchen

Published: May 18, 2020, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 14 seconds

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Writer Samantha Irby Is Having Fewer Over-The-Sink Moments

Published: May 11, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 32 seconds

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New Jersey's Pork Roll-Taylor Ham Wars

Published: May 4, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds

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What's With All The Broken Dishes?

Published: April 27, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

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Dorie Dreams Of Cookies

Published: April 20, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 41 seconds

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From Fart Jokes To Cancer With Comic Eugene Mirman

Published: April 13, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds

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This Southern Baptist Is A Matzah Expert

Published: April 6, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds

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Bringing Georgia O’Keeffe To Life, One Recipe At A Time

Published: March 30, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds

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Marc Maron And Kenji Lopez-Alt Will Help You Get Through This

Published: March 20, 2020, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 33 seconds

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The Art — And Joy — Of Recipe Writing

Published: March 16, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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American St. Patrick's Day, Through Irish Eyes

Published: March 9, 2020, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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"You Can't Hate Yourself Constantly" Says Comic Fortune Feimster

Published: March 2, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 43 seconds

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The Great Data-Driven Restaurant Makeover

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds

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Cooking In An Immigrant Time Warp With Maangchi

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 40 seconds

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A Very Halal Valentine's Day with Taz Ahmed

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 39 seconds

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Jamie Oliver Says Sunday Lunch Saved Him

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 24 seconds

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Why Candidates Shouldn’t Eat Corn Dogs

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 44 seconds

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2 | Live: Chef Kwame Makes His Comeback

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 23 seconds

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1 | Live: Notes From A Young Black Chef

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds

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Ronny Chieng Roasts Everything But Restaurants

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Trailer: Welcome to The Sporkful

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds

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New Year’s Food Resolutions 2020

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 40 seconds

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Where All The Chefs Are Grandmas

Published: Dec. 9, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Live: You'll Never Find Vegan Dishes At My Restaurant

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 43 seconds

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Aasif Mandvi is a Human Turducken

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 56 seconds

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Live: You're Eating Gay Cheese

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds

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A Forager's Life

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, midnight
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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My Food History Wasn't Lost. It was Stolen.

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 16 seconds

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Live: Is Sparkling Water Actually Water?

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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2 | When Black Chefs Created Plantation Food

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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1 | When White People Say Plantation

Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds

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Inside the Olympics of Bread Baking

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds

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Claire Saffitz Teaches the Internet How to Bake

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 53 seconds

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The REAL Sausage King of Chicago (Live from Chicago Pt. 1)

Published: Aug. 3, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds

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