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The Sporkful — 299 episodes

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1

Modern Family’s Ty Burrell Cases Hollywood Parties For Free Food (Reheat)

2

What Will America’s 250th Birthday Cake Look Like?

3

Hasan Minhaj Says Life Is Like Biryani (Reheat)

4

The Table Freda Built At Ebony Magazine

5

Rachel Maddow Fixed The Pina Colada (Reheat)

6

Why Would Someone Run 31 Miles While Eating Taco Bell?

7

Reheat: What's "Poor People's Food"?

8

Live: Why Is Massachusetts So Obsessed With Dunkin’?

9

How A Community Garden For Hospitality Workers Came To Life

10

Which Restaurant Serves The Best Free Bread In America?

11

Are The Jell-O Heirs Cursed? (Reheat)

12

This Afghan Restaurant In Houston Tastes Like Home

13

Mo Rocca Likes Big Ravioli, And He Cannot Lie (Reheat)

14

When In A Relationship Can You Double Dip Without Asking?

15

Can Natasha Leggero And Moshe Kasher Save Dan's Marriage? (Reheat)

16

What Makes A Sandwich A Sandwich? (Reheat)

17

A Rare Look Inside Food At Disney World

18

The REAL Sausage King Of Chicago (Reheat)

19

The Mysterious Case Of Alpha Gal

20

Live: Kenji López-Alt No Longer Calls His Recipes “The Best” (Reheat)

21

Live: Kenji Lopez-Alt And Judy Gold Debate The State Of The Bagel

22

A Passover & Easter Doubleheader (Reheat)

23

The Seafood Proxy Battle Between China And Japan

24

Beer Serving Techniques (Reheat)

25

What Happened When China Legalized Restaurants

26

Padma Lakshmi Was An Ice Cream Mule (Reheat)

27

No Somali Artifacts Were Harmed In The Making Of This Cookbook

28

Breaking The Ramadan Fast In A Cab At 50 MPH (Reheat)

29

Asma Khan Says Women Shouldn't Cook For Free

30

Danny Trejo, From Lockup to Donut Shop (Reheat)

31

When ICE Came, This Minnesota Restaurant Stepped Up

32

How To Read A Taco (Reheat)

33

Catching The Codfather

34

Till Pork Do Us Part (Reheat)

35

Is Halal Pork… Possible?

36

Lunchtime With The Simpsons (Reheat)

37

Sporkful Dating Game: Suitcase Full Of Cheese Edition

38

How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat)

39

The Great Super Bowl Snack Debate

40

2 Chefs And A Lie: Canadian Prime Minister Edition (Reheat)

41

Tom Papa Quit Vegetarianism After One Visit To An Italian Deli

42

Elle Simone Scott Brought More Compassion To The Kitchen (Reheat)

43

At 90, Jacques Pépin Is Still Teaching And Learning

44

Is It OK To Eat All Your Popcorn Before The Movie Starts? (Reheat)

45

Is It Wrong To Eat Popcorn At The Movies?

46

Katie's Year In Recovery (Reheat)

47

Why Are Root Beer Floats Special? Because Science!

48

Cold Case: Office Fridge Food Theft Edition (Reheat)

49

Stanley Tucci Always Keeps A Martini Kit On Set

50

A Hip Hop Track Inspired Bryant Terry To Go Vegan (Reheat)

51

New Year's Food Resolutions 2026

52

Elevating Airplane Food To New Heights (Reheat)

53

How Do You Steal A Truckload Of Tequila? (Salad Spinner Year In Review)

54

Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat)

55

Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors

56

Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat)

57

Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars

58

What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth? (Reheat)

59

What’s It Like To Cook With A Brain Injury?

60

Hosting Thanksgiving With Amy Sedaris (Reheat)

61

The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father

62

In The Test Kitchen With Dan Souza & Lisa McManus

63

What Is Colorado Style Pizza?

64

Phil Rosenthal Has A Menu Strategy (Reheat)

65

How Did Tony Shalhoub Learn To Play A Chef On Screen?

66

A Comprehensive Candy Treatise For Halloween (Reheat)

67

What Makes Dorie Greenspan’s Recipes So Good?

68

How Did Staying Hydrated Become A Thing? (Reheat)

69

How Does Paul Hollywood Dunk His Cookies?

70

Nadiya Hussain, From “Great British Bake Off” To Elbows Out (Reheat)

71

Why Would You Put A Recipe On Your Gravestone?

72

Can I Wipe My Oily Hands On My Legs? (Reheat)

73

What's In Taylor Swift's Signature Cocktail?

74

How Ketchup Got Its Name (Reheat)

75

What Can McDonald’s Tell Us About Black America?

76

Celebrating Shabbat At Wendy’s (Reheat)

77

What’s A Jewish Tavern And House Of Learning?

78

Is The Future Of Bourbon Female? (Reheat)

79

Why Does Cracker Barrel Keep Making People So Mad?

80

How To Host Your Own Porkapalooza

81

Soju, Snacks, And Ramen: How To Party Like A Korean

82

Writer Samantha Irby Is Having Fewer Over-The-Sink Moments (Reheat)

83

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski Is An Emotional Eater

84

Dan Savage Recommends A Polyeaterous Lifestyle (Reheat)

85

How Long Should You Wait For The First Bite?

86

The Sporkful Dating Game! (Reheat)

87

On The Hunt For The Elusive Pawpaw

88

How To Be The Best Dinner Party Guest (Live)

89

We Invent An Ice Cream Sandwich

90

From Flurry To Blizzard: Ranking Weather-Themed Desserts With A Meteorologist (Reheat)

91

2 Chefs And A Lie: Normal Gossip Edition

92

Marc Maron’s Drug Of Choice Is Sausage Gravy And Biscuits (Reheat)

93

Are Carbs In Europe Better For You?

94

This Podcast Contains MSG (Reheat)

95

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 3)

96

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 2)

97

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 1)

98

How To Eat Your Way Across Myrtle Beach

99

Is Imitation Vanilla Better Than The Real Thing?

100

This Hot Dog Tastes Like Home (Reheat)

101

The Street Vendor Who Sleeps In His Van To Protect His Turf

102

This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat (Reheat)

103

How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food

104

The Hidden History of Regional Burgers (Reheat)

105

Why A Famous Chef Asked A Critic To Leave His Restaurant

106

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

107

A Battle Over The Secret Of Nooks And Crannies

108

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

109

Can Kolaches Be Bigger Than Texas?

110

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

111

Sebastian Maniscalco’s First Stage Was At The Dinner Table

112

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

113

How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

114

What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle? (Reheat)

115

How Much Should You Tip For One Muffin?

116

Nigella Lawson Orders Food Like A Method Actor (Reheat)

117

How The Real José Cuervo Invented Modern Tequila

118

Cooking In An Immigrant Time Warp With Maangchi (Reheat)

119

Hydrox, Oreo, And The Fight For Sandwich Cookie Supremacy

120

Jason Mantzoukas Sees Every Meal As A Threat (Reheat)

121

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

122

The Geometry Of Pizza (Reheat)

123

Roy Choi Can Summon Flavor From His Fingertips

124

Are All Vodkas The Same? (Reheat)

125

Comedian Matteo Lane Says ‘Your Pasta Sucks’

126

Malcolm Gladwell Only Drinks Five Liquids (Reheat)

127

All Aboard The Pizza Bus!

128

Green Apple Bad Apple (Reheat)

129

“Crying In H Mart” Helped Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Grieve Her Mother

130

Who Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? (Reheat)

131

Is A $1 Slice Of Pizza A Snack? (with Katie Nolan)

132

A Priest Walks Into A Bar (Reheat)

133

Working With Bourdain And Batali, Laurie Woolever Saw It All

134

Pizza Legend Patsy Grimaldi (Reheat)

135

Eggs, Raw Milk, And Tariffs, Oh My!

136

Ask Mimi With Mimi Sheraton (Reheat)

137

The Pitmaster With A Pulpit

138

Pho The Love Of Slurping Noodles (Reheat)

139

Southern Cooking Icon Edna Lewis Gets Her Due

140

Hot Chicken Is Hot, But Who's Benefiting? (Reheat)

141

A Southern Gas Station Road Trip

142

The Search For Perfection In Buffalo Wings And Love (Reheat)

143

This Memphis Restaurateur Thrives On Chaos (Live)

144

Two Call-In Smorgasbords (Reheat)

145

The Joy Of Recipe Writing

146

Eating Throughout History (Reheat)

147

Is Your Recipe Lying To You?

148

Weird Al Yankovic: The Sporkful Interview (Reheat)

149

Our 15th Anniversary Sporktacular

150

Sporkful Episode #1 And Sandwich Science With Robert Krulwich (Reheat)

151

The Secret Society With A Giant Omelet Tradition

152

Michael Ian Black Is A Man Who Eats Salads (Reheat)

153

Jamie Oliver Doesn’t Listen To The Skeptics

154

A Trunk Full Of Truffles (Reheat)

155

New Year’s Food Resolutions 2025

156

Reheat: Hari Dreams Of Donuts

157

Defending Seed Oil: Salad Spinner Year In Review

158

Reheat: Samin Nosrat And Hrishikesh Hirway Are Just Here For The Cookies

159

Trading Architecture And Accounting For Cookbooks

160

Reheat: This Puerto Rican Drink Puts The Feliz In Your Navidad

161

The Mixologist Who Stopped Drinking

162

Reheat: Monologues Are Like Meatballs, Says Actor Michael McKean

163

Comic Fortune Feimster Joined The Swim Team For The Fun Dip

164

Reheat: These Chefs Want You To Talk Politics At Dinner

165

A Salty Medical Mystery

166

Reheat: Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone?

167

How Judith Jones Changed Cookbooks Forever

168

Reheat: The Rice Cooker That Changed Jake Cohen’s Life

169

Who Really Was James Beard?

170

Reheat: The Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election

171

Bobby Flay Wins A Lot — But Also Knows How To Lose

172

Reheat: A Very Trini Punjabi Diwali (with DJ Rekha)

173

“Super Size Me,” Twenty Years Later

174

Reheat: Jet Tila Cooks Pad Thai For 20,000 People

175

Ed Gamble Is More Than A Diabetic Comedian (Live)

176

Reheat: What Rock Star Sammy Hagar And Chef Jacques Pepin Have In Common

177

How Cascatelli Ended Up In A German Museum

178

Preserving Jewish Food And Pushing It Forward, With Joan Nathan And Jeremy Salamon

179

Reheat: A Brief History Of Cereal And Milk

180

The Inside Story Of How Taco Bell Created The Big Cheez-It

181

The Enslaved Man Who Taught Jack Daniel How To Make Whiskey

182

Reheat: Why You Should Listen To Your Food

183

The Pashman Family Takes Your Calls 2024

184

Hitting The Taco Trail With José Ralat

185

Reheat: Beyond Pot Brownies (with Radiolab's Jad Abumrad)

186

Bea Ojakangas, From Finnish Food To Pizza Rolls

187

When Is A Taco Legally A Sandwich?

188

Reheat: Christopher Kimball Finds Pleasure In Pain

189

A Car Crash Saved Jameela Jamil’s Life

190

We Can Do Better Than “Obligation Salads”

191

Reheat: How To Be A Good Ice Cream Citizen

192

When Celery Was More Expensive Than Caviar

193

Cookbooks That Need ‘The Grandma Disclaimer’ (Live)

194

Reheat: Confessions of a Ballpark Food Vendor

195

2 Chefs And A Lie: Deconstructed Coney Dog Edition

196

Why Does Gluttony Get Such A Bad Rap?

197

Searching For The Donut King Part 2

198

Searching For The Donut King Part 1

199

Molly Baz Has Confidence In Her Taste

200

Reheat: In Search Of Rosa Parks' Pancakes

201

Yia Vang Says Hmong Food Is His Family's Legacy

202

Book Tour 2: How’d You Get So Good At Failure?

203

Reheat: Andy Richter Bought A Midlife Crisis Fridge

204

Book Tour 1: Do You Really Need That Many Recipe Tests?

205

How You Can Taste Food Like A Flavor Chemist

206

Reheat: Why Roy Wood Jr. Sees Pros To Bad Service And Confederate Flags

207

When Mom Forgets Her Favorite Foods, With Michele Norris

208

Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie Likes Life At A Low Simmer

209

Reheat: What Dumplings Can’t Fix

210

Bringing Georgia O’Keeffe To Life With Her Recipes

211

benny blanco Says Apple Fritters Are Better Than Sex

212

Reheat: Jim Gaffigan Lies To His Kids About Food

213

Priya Krishna Writes The Kids Cookbook She Wished She'd Had

214

Alyse Whitney Brings Big Dip Energy

215

Reheat: LeVar Burton Even Reads Recipes Dramatically

216

Jewish Food Is More Than Matzoh Balls

217

In Defense Of Picky Eating

218

Reheat: Guy Fieri Hates That Flame Shirt

219

Anything’s Pastable 4 | A Cookbook Is Born

220

Anything’s Pastable 3 | Searching For A Spark

221

Anything’s Pastable 2 | Eat Sauté Love

222

Anything’s Pastable 1 | Every Grain Of Salt

223

Gary Gulman’s Ice Cream Joke Was A Cry For Help

224

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Bagels

225

Can A Restaurant Makeover Make Diners Spend More?

226

Can A Stanley Drinking Cup Really Withstand A Car Fire?

227

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Tacos Al Pastor

228

Undercover Dining With NY Times Restaurant Critic Pete Wells

229

Why Hibachi Gets Complicated

230

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Tteokbokki

231

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Delta Tamales

232

The Hidden Battle Over Grocery Store Shelves

233

Reheat: A Soda Jerk And A Mormon Walk Into A Podcast

234

Ozempic Isn’t So Great For Fat People, Says Aubrey Gordon

235

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

236

New Year’s Food Resolutions 2024

237

Reheat: Samin Nosrat Drinks Milk With Her Chocolate Soufflé

238

How Do Michelin Stars Actually Work?

239

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

240

Reheat: Comic Maria Bamford Risked Her Life For Ice Cream

241

What Westerners Misunderstand About Chinese Cuisine

242

The Grandma Chefs Of Staten Island

243

Reheat: The Last Sporkful Thanksgiving Special Ever

244

The Drinking Coach Has A Cocktail For You

245

How To Make A Battle-Ready Pizza

246

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

247

Big News About Dan’s Cookbook!

248

Rediscovering Nigeria By Becoming American

249

Can Bass Pro Shops Teach Grocery Stores Something?

250

Detroit Through A Chinese Restaurant Window

251

School Lunch Triumphs And Tragedies With Kenji López-Alt

252

Natasha Leggero And Moshe Kasher Give Dan Marriage Advice

253

What “Couscousgate” Tells Us About French Food

254

A Chili Crisp Cookbook And An Ode To Shabbat

255

How To Create A New Apple

256

A Garlic Dispute 20 Years In The Making

257

A Forager's Life In Virginia

258

Searching For The Pickle King

259

Instant Pot’s Bankruptcy And Thai Cheese “Burgers”

260

Tommy Pico’s Food History Wasn’t Lost. It Was Stolen.

261

Why Barbie’s First Dreamhouse Didn’t Have A Kitchen

262

Why Ice Is This Summer's Hottest Trend

263

2 Chefs And A Lie: Name That Mustard Edition

264

The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

265

The Food-Obsessed Subculture Of The Appalachian Trail

266

Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper

267

Inside The World Of Food Smuggling

268

After A Lifetime Of Eating, Gail Simmons Is Still Hungry

269

The Secret To Grace Church’s Lobster Rolls

270

Comic Jamie Loftus’s Hot Dog Summer

271

Is Protecting Abalone Also Destroying A Native Tradition?

272

The Musical History Of Jelly

273

Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful?

274

Meet The Banh Mi Innovators

275

Squishy Or Crunchy? Why Texture Matters

276

Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

277

Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

278

For Ghetto Gastro, Food Is A Weapon

279

The Brewer Rewriting The Story of Beer In Iran

280

Raina’s Disordered Eating, One Year Later

281

Should Fine Dining Exist?

282

The Last Big Mac In Iceland

283

Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

284

A French Chef And Cincinnati: A Love Story

285

Mission: ImPASTAble 9 | New Shapes From Old Places

286

Mission: ImPASTAble 8 | The Pursuit Of Viscoelasticity

287

The Hardest Beer Test In The World

288

Mission: ImPASTAble 7 (Update) | Turning The Ship

289

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

290

Mission: ImPASTAble 5 | A Shape Is Born

291

Mission: ImPASTAble 4 | Where The Ruffles Meet The Road

292

Mission: ImPASTAble 3 | What Would Juan Guzmán Do?

293

Mission: ImPASTAble 2 | Slanting The Floors

294

Mission: ImPASTAble 1 | Spaghetti Sucks

295

Mission: ImPASTAble Trailer

296

Update: Inside The Turmoil At Bon Appétit

297

A Reckoning At Bon Appetit

298

When White People Say Plantation

299

Trailer: Welcome to The Sporkful