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• How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food

  Over more than fifty years and 16 books, Dr. Jessica B. Harris has uncovered the ways that West African food, and African American people, have fundamentally shaped American cuisine. Her seminal 2011 book, High on the Hog, brought the...

  23 jun 2025 1965 sec.

• The Hidden History of Regional Burgers (Reheat)

  Welcome to our summer cookout spectacular episode! We talk with renowned burger historian George Motz about the history of the hamburger, and about the wide range of regional burgers across the country, many of which are unknown outside...

  20 jun 2025 1945 sec.

• Why A Famous Chef Asked A Critic To Leave His Restaurant

  Chefs tend to have a love-hate relationship with restaurant critics, who have the power to make or break them. Critics try to enter restaurants undetected, while chefs try to spot them, then ensure a flawless experience and a good...

  16 jun 2025 2189 sec.

• How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 2) (Reheat)

  As civil war erupted in Yemen, Mokhtar Alkhanshali found himself imprisoned, with $5,000 stuffed in his underwear and his coffee samples confiscated. To get those samples to the biggest specialty coffee expo in North America, he’d have...

  13 jun 2025 1718 sec.

• A Battle Over The Secret Of Nooks And Crannies

  Thomas’ English Muffins are so famous for their nooks and crannies that the recipe that produces those iconic features is a closely guarded trade secret. Only a select group of people know it, and as you’ll hear in this week’s show,...

  9 jun 2025 2127 sec.

• How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 1) (Reheat)

  Mokhtar Alkhanshali was a doorman in San Francisco when he saw a statue that changed his life. The statue was of an Arab man holding a cup of coffee, and it led Mokhtar to learn about the origins of coffee, in Yemen, where his family is...

  6 jun 2025 1856 sec.

• Can Kolaches Be Bigger Than Texas?

  In parts of Texas, a kolache is about as common as a donut — but it’s relatively unknown outside the Lone Star State. The kolache is a traditional Czech pastry made with a sweetened, yeasty dough and filled with either fruit, cheese or...

  2 jun 2025 1819 sec.

• “The World Eats Here:” Stories From The Queens Night Market (Reheat)

  This was supposed to be the Queens Night Market’s big summer... When the open-air market debuted in 2015, the crowds were massive. Founder John Wang selected food vendors who represented more than 90 countries. And he had one rule for...

  30 mei 2025 1937 sec.

• Sebastian Maniscalco’s First Stage Was At The Dinner Table

  Sebastian Maniscalco is one of the top-grossing comedians in America, beloved for his stories about the food-obsessed family he grew up in, and his constant irritation at just about everyone around him. And in 2021, he parlayed his love...

  26 mei 2025 2015 sec.

• New Jersey's Pork Roll-Taylor Ham Wars (Reheat)

  A 150-year-old blood feud over processed meat... When the New Jersey State Legislature tried to designate an Official State Sandwich, a fight broke out. Should it be pork roll, egg, and cheese — or Taylor ham, egg, and cheese? Thing is,...

  23 mei 2025 1524 sec.

• How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

  Food critic Brian Reinhart fell in love with spicy Mexican cuisine as a teenager in Texas, but over the years he started to notice that the jalapeños he’d buy in the grocery store were less and less hot. So he called up an expert who...

  19 mei 2025 1969 sec.

• What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle? (Reheat)

  How to judge seltzers, plus the science of carbonation... Over the past decade, seltzer has exploded. Sales have doubled, and companies like Coke and Pepsi are buying up brands and creating their own sparkling waters. So in a crowded...

  16 mei 2025 2045 sec.