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Episode 729
Best Cookbooks 2023: Plus, Charging Friends for Dinner and Pierre Thiam on “Simply West African”
December 7, 2023
This week, Pierre Thiam will change the way you cook.
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Best Cookbooks 2023: Plus, Charging Friends for Dinner and Pierre Thiam on “Simply West African”
This week, Pierre Thiam will change the way you cook with his secrets for mafé (peanut sauce), Senegalese barbecue and his favorite ingredient, fonio. Plus, journalist Jen Doll helps explain...
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The Baker Who Made Julia Child Cry: Nancy Silverton's Recipes Will Change Your Life
Nancy Silverton is here to make you a better baker. She tells the story about the time she made Julia Child cry on TV and the very best way to...
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Big Night: Stanley Tucci Eats Hollywood
Stanley Tucci shares his life through food—on- and off-screen. He takes us behind the scenes of “Big Night” and “Julie & Julia,” reveals why catering on an Italian movie set...
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Thanksgiving Special: Turkey Hotline, Pies, Mashed and a Rogue Turkey!
Our Thanksgiving special is here! Jet Tila returns to take your calls, Dan Pashman constructs the ultimate plate, Rossi Anastopoulo reveals the secret history of pie in America, our Milk...
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726
Madhur Jaffrey: Sucking Mangoes and Chewing Bones
Madhur Jaffrey joins us and shares memories from mountain picnics in the Himalayas, her favorite way to enjoy a mango and stories from her career as a film and food...
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Mofongo, Pinchos and Campbell’s Soup: The True Story of Puerto Rican Food in the Diaspora
Illyanna Maisonet takes us on a culinary journey through Puerto Rico and its diaspora. She reveals the secrets to her guava barbecue sauce, the only flan she’ll ever eat and...
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725
The Poison Garden: Is Alnwick Castle Trying to Kill You?
We venture inside the Alnwick Poison Garden to find the world’s most dangerous plants––including some common fruits and vegetables with a sinister side. Guide Tom Pattison takes us on a...
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The Secrets of Cooking Fish with Eric Ripert
This week, we get a seafood masterclass from one of the world’s greatest chefs, Eric Ripert. He also explains why sauce is the hardest technique to master and reflects on...
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Granny Smith Is Vile and Wretched! Apple Tasting Reveals Shocking Reviews
This week, your favorite apples get ranked, mercilessly. Find out which apples comedian Brian Frange deems “horse food” and “indigestible filth,” and which crisp, glorious apples rise to the top...
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From Doro Wat to Jollof Rice: Marcus Samuelsson on the Rise of Black Cooking
We chat with chef and TV host Marcus Samuelsson about his childhood in Ethiopia, his adoption by Swedish parents and the rich complexity of the Black experience in America, from...
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Holy Foods: Food Myths and Marvels from Cults, Communes and Religious Sects
Christina Ward, author of “Holy Food,” reveals why Pythagoras and his followers never ate beans, the religious movement that helped invent fake meat and Little Debbie, and why food and...
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The Dog-Eat-Dog World of Ballpark Vendors
Nick Fountain from NPR’s “Planet Money” shares the skills and strategy it takes to sell food at the ballpark. Plus, chef Angela Dimayuga gives us a crash course in Filipino...
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Is Pad Thai for Real? Investigating The Truth About National Dishes
Did you know that pad Thai was invented less than a hundred years ago? And that pizza became popular across Italy only after it was embraced in the United States...
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Wok Eggs, Fried Rice and Hot Dry Noodles: Chinese Cooking Demystified
Stephanie Li and Chris Thomas travel around China in search of the best recipes and techniques for their YouTube channel Chinese Cooking Demystified. Today we learn the secrets to perfect...
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Back Streets Italy: Pizza School, Fried Artichokes, Island Hopping and "Dirty" Pasta
This week, we’re exploring Italy’s best recipes and stories. Leah Koenig brings us inside the Roman Jewish kitchen for fried artichokes as crisp as potato chips, a cherry pie that...
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Inside the Great British Bake Off with Paul Hollywood
We chat with Great British Bake Off judge and author of “BAKE” Paul Hollywood about the best and worst parts of his job, his secret to perfect scones and what...
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How to be a Supertaster: The Wild Science of Flavor
Is it possible to become better at tasting—to enjoy dinner, wine and your favorite bourbon even more? This week, Mandy Naglich, author of "How to Taste," shares secrets from competitive...
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Ancient Recipes with Sohla El-Waylly: Roman Cheesecake, Medieval Apple Pie and Fish Head Aspic
We are traveling back in time with chef Sohla El-Waylly, host of “Ancient Recipes with Sohla.” We learn how to make Roman cheesecake, fish head aspic and Mary Todd Lincoln’s...
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Cowboy Coffee and Chicken-Fried Steak: Ranch Cooking 101
Cowboys work hard—which means they need to be fed well. This week, hear how ranch cook Kent Rollins feeds cowboys out of his chuck wagon, serving up his famous coffee...
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Sri Lanka, Meet Kentucky!: Sam Fore Mixes It Up
Sam Fore, the chef behind the pop-up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, tells us about the similarities between Sri Lankan and Southern cuisine. Plus, Analiese Gregory teaches us how to...
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Rent A Falcon, Save Your Vineyard! The New Airborne Security Guards
Falcons are smart, fast and lethal––but they can also be a farm’s greatest defense against losing an entire harvest. Master falconer Alina Blankenship tells us about protecting fields of grapes...
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Sidewalk Salad: Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson
This week, we chat with TikTok star and expert forager Alexis Nikole Nelson about the most delicious weeds in your backyard, the joys of mushroom jerky and her cross-country journey...
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Exploding Chickens, Shrimp Cannons and Biscuit Bazookas: Food Myths with Adam Savage
Adam Savage of “MythBusters” fame joins us to break down his favorite food experiments, including the time he dropped an Olympic swimmer into a giant vat of syrup. Plus, reporter...
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Our July Fourth Show: Live-Fire Grilling, 50 Pies for 50 States and Ketchup/Mustard Smackdown
On this Fourth of July, baker Stacey Fong shares highlights from her 50 States/50 Pies project, which includes odes to Nevada’s all-you-can-eat buffets, West Virginia’s pizza rolls and Tennessee icon...
