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The Sporkful — 310 episodes

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1

The Ice Cream Truck Kingpins Of Southern California

2

Carla Hall Isn't Going Back To The Frozen Food Section (Reheat)

3

2 Chefs And A Lie 2026 With NPR’s Rachel Martin

4

The Man Who Made 5 Million Burritos (Reheat)

5

Can You Be On A GLP-1 And Still Love Food?

6

The Great Office Coffee Election (Reheat)

7

Does McDonald’s Want Their Soft-Serve Machines To Stay Broken?

8

The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine (Reheat)

9

Welcome To The Clam Capital Of America

10

Inside The Consumer Reports Test Labs (Reheat)

11

How Much Should You Tip At A Coffee Shop?

12

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

13

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

14

Hasan Minhaj Says Life Is Like Biryani (Reheat)

15

The Table Freda Built At Ebony Magazine

16

Rachel Maddow Fixed The Pina Colada (Reheat)

17

Why Would Someone Run 31 Miles While Eating Taco Bell?

18

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

19

Live: Why Is Massachusetts So Obsessed With Dunkin’?

20

How A Community Garden For Hospitality Workers Came To Life

21

Which Restaurant Serves The Best Free Bread In America?

22

Are The Jell-O Heirs Cursed? (Reheat)

23

This Afghan Restaurant In Houston Tastes Like Home

24

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

25

When In A Relationship Can You Double Dip Without Asking?

26

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

27

What Makes A Sandwich A Sandwich? (Reheat)

28

A Rare Look Inside Food At Disney World

29

The REAL Sausage King Of Chicago (Reheat)

30

The Mysterious Case Of Alpha Gal

31

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

32

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

33

A Passover & Easter Doubleheader (Reheat)

34

The Seafood Proxy Battle Between China And Japan

35

Beer Serving Techniques (Reheat)

36

What Happened When China Legalized Restaurants

37

Padma Lakshmi Was An Ice Cream Mule (Reheat)

38

No Somali Artifacts Were Harmed In The Making Of This Cookbook

39

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

40

Asma Khan Says Women Shouldn't Cook For Free

41

Danny Trejo, From Lockup to Donut Shop (Reheat)

42

When ICE Came, This Minnesota Restaurant Stepped Up

43

How To Read A Taco (Reheat)

44

Catching The Codfather

45

Till Pork Do Us Part (Reheat)

46

Is Halal Pork… Possible?

47

Lunchtime With The Simpsons (Reheat)

48

Sporkful Dating Game: Suitcase Full Of Cheese Edition

49

How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat)

50

The Great Super Bowl Snack Debate

51

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

52

Tom Papa Quit Vegetarianism After One Visit To An Italian Deli

53

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

54

At 90, Jacques Pépin Is Still Teaching And Learning

55

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

56

Is It Wrong To Eat Popcorn At The Movies?

57

Katie's Year In Recovery (Reheat)

58

Why Are Root Beer Floats Special? Because Science!

59

Cold Case: Office Fridge Food Theft Edition (Reheat)

60

Stanley Tucci Always Keeps A Martini Kit On Set

61

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

62

New Year's Food Resolutions 2026

63

Elevating Airplane Food To New Heights (Reheat)

64

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

65

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

66

Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors

67

Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat)

68

Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars

69

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

70

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

71

Hosting Thanksgiving With Amy Sedaris (Reheat)

72

The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father

73

In The Test Kitchen With Dan Souza & Lisa McManus

74

What Is Colorado Style Pizza?

75

Phil Rosenthal Has A Menu Strategy (Reheat)

76

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

77

A Comprehensive Candy Treatise For Halloween (Reheat)

78

What Makes Dorie Greenspan’s Recipes So Good?

79

How Did Staying Hydrated Become A Thing? (Reheat)

80

How Does Paul Hollywood Dunk His Cookies?

81

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

82

Why Would You Put A Recipe On Your Gravestone?

83

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

84

What's In Taylor Swift's Signature Cocktail?

85

How Ketchup Got Its Name (Reheat)

86

What Can McDonald’s Tell Us About Black America?

87

Celebrating Shabbat At Wendy’s (Reheat)

88

What’s A Jewish Tavern And House Of Learning?

89

Is The Future Of Bourbon Female? (Reheat)

90

Why Does Cracker Barrel Keep Making People So Mad?

91

How To Host Your Own Porkapalooza

92

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

93

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

94

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski Is An Emotional Eater

95

Dan Savage Recommends A Polyeaterous Lifestyle (Reheat)

96

How Long Should You Wait For The First Bite?

97

The Sporkful Dating Game! (Reheat)

98

On The Hunt For The Elusive Pawpaw

99

How To Be The Best Dinner Party Guest (Live)

100

We Invent An Ice Cream Sandwich

101

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

102

2 Chefs And A Lie: Normal Gossip Edition

103

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

104

Are Carbs In Europe Better For You?

105

This Podcast Contains MSG (Reheat)

106

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 3)

107

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 2)

108

The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 1)

109

How To Eat Your Way Across Myrtle Beach

110

Is Imitation Vanilla Better Than The Real Thing?

111

This Hot Dog Tastes Like Home (Reheat)

112

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

113

This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat (Reheat)

114

How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food

115

The Hidden History of Regional Burgers (Reheat)

116

Why A Famous Chef Asked A Critic To Leave His Restaurant

117

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

118

A Battle Over The Secret Of Nooks And Crannies

119

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

120

Can Kolaches Be Bigger Than Texas?

121

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

122

Sebastian Maniscalco’s First Stage Was At The Dinner Table

123

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

124

How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

125

What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle? (Reheat)

126

How Much Should You Tip For One Muffin?

127

Nigella Lawson Orders Food Like A Method Actor (Reheat)

128

How The Real José Cuervo Invented Modern Tequila

129

Cooking In An Immigrant Time Warp With Maangchi (Reheat)

130

Hydrox, Oreo, And The Fight For Sandwich Cookie Supremacy

131

Jason Mantzoukas Sees Every Meal As A Threat (Reheat)

132

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

133

The Geometry Of Pizza (Reheat)

134

Roy Choi Can Summon Flavor From His Fingertips

135

Are All Vodkas The Same? (Reheat)

136

Comedian Matteo Lane Says ‘Your Pasta Sucks’

137

Malcolm Gladwell Only Drinks Five Liquids (Reheat)

138

All Aboard The Pizza Bus!

139

Green Apple Bad Apple (Reheat)

140

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

141

Who Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? (Reheat)

142

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

143

A Priest Walks Into A Bar (Reheat)

144

Working With Bourdain And Batali, Laurie Woolever Saw It All

145

Pizza Legend Patsy Grimaldi (Reheat)

146

Eggs, Raw Milk, And Tariffs, Oh My!

147

Ask Mimi With Mimi Sheraton (Reheat)

148

The Pitmaster With A Pulpit

149

Pho The Love Of Slurping Noodles (Reheat)

150

Southern Cooking Icon Edna Lewis Gets Her Due

151

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

152

A Southern Gas Station Road Trip

153

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

154

This Memphis Restaurateur Thrives On Chaos (Live)

155

Two Call-In Smorgasbords (Reheat)

156

The Joy Of Recipe Writing

157

Eating Throughout History (Reheat)

158

Is Your Recipe Lying To You?

159

Weird Al Yankovic: The Sporkful Interview (Reheat)

160

Our 15th Anniversary Sporktacular

161

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

162

The Secret Society With A Giant Omelet Tradition

163

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

164

Jamie Oliver Doesn’t Listen To The Skeptics

165

A Trunk Full Of Truffles (Reheat)

166

New Year’s Food Resolutions 2025

167

Reheat: Hari Dreams Of Donuts

168

Defending Seed Oil: Salad Spinner Year In Review

169

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

170

Trading Architecture And Accounting For Cookbooks

171

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

172

The Mixologist Who Stopped Drinking

173

Reheat: Monologues Are Like Meatballs, Says Actor Michael McKean

174

Comic Fortune Feimster Joined The Swim Team For The Fun Dip

175

Reheat: These Chefs Want You To Talk Politics At Dinner

176

A Salty Medical Mystery

177

Reheat: Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone?

178

How Judith Jones Changed Cookbooks Forever

179

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

180

Who Really Was James Beard?

181

Reheat: The Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election

182

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

183

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

184

“Super Size Me,” Twenty Years Later

185

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

186

Ed Gamble Is More Than A Diabetic Comedian (Live)

187

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

188

How Cascatelli Ended Up In A German Museum

189

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

190

Reheat: A Brief History Of Cereal And Milk

191

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

192

The Enslaved Man Who Taught Jack Daniel How To Make Whiskey

193

Reheat: Why You Should Listen To Your Food

194

The Pashman Family Takes Your Calls 2024

195

Hitting The Taco Trail With José Ralat

196

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

197

Bea Ojakangas, From Finnish Food To Pizza Rolls

198

When Is A Taco Legally A Sandwich?

199

Reheat: Christopher Kimball Finds Pleasure In Pain

200

A Car Crash Saved Jameela Jamil’s Life

201

We Can Do Better Than “Obligation Salads”

202

Reheat: How To Be A Good Ice Cream Citizen

203

When Celery Was More Expensive Than Caviar

204

Cookbooks That Need ‘The Grandma Disclaimer’ (Live)

205

Reheat: Confessions of a Ballpark Food Vendor

206

2 Chefs And A Lie: Deconstructed Coney Dog Edition

207

Why Does Gluttony Get Such A Bad Rap?

208

Searching For The Donut King Part 2

209

Searching For The Donut King Part 1

210

Molly Baz Has Confidence In Her Taste

211

Reheat: In Search Of Rosa Parks' Pancakes

212

Yia Vang Says Hmong Food Is His Family's Legacy

213

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

214

Reheat: Andy Richter Bought A Midlife Crisis Fridge

215

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

216

How You Can Taste Food Like A Flavor Chemist

217

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

218

When Mom Forgets Her Favorite Foods, With Michele Norris

219

Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie Likes Life At A Low Simmer

220

Reheat: What Dumplings Can’t Fix

221

Bringing Georgia O’Keeffe To Life With Her Recipes

222

benny blanco Says Apple Fritters Are Better Than Sex

223

Reheat: Jim Gaffigan Lies To His Kids About Food

224

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

225

Alyse Whitney Brings Big Dip Energy

226

Reheat: LeVar Burton Even Reads Recipes Dramatically

227

Jewish Food Is More Than Matzoh Balls

228

In Defense Of Picky Eating

229

Reheat: Guy Fieri Hates That Flame Shirt

230

Anything’s Pastable 4 | A Cookbook Is Born

231

Anything’s Pastable 3 | Searching For A Spark

232

Anything’s Pastable 2 | Eat Sauté Love

233

Anything’s Pastable 1 | Every Grain Of Salt

234

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

235

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Bagels

236

Can A Restaurant Makeover Make Diners Spend More?

237

Can A Stanley Drinking Cup Really Withstand A Car Fire?

238

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Tacos Al Pastor

239

Undercover Dining With NY Times Restaurant Critic Pete Wells

240

Why Hibachi Gets Complicated

241

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Tteokbokki

242

Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Delta Tamales

243

The Hidden Battle Over Grocery Store Shelves

244

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

245

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

246

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

247

New Year’s Food Resolutions 2024

248

Reheat: Samin Nosrat Drinks Milk With Her Chocolate Soufflé

249

How Do Michelin Stars Actually Work?

250

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

251

Reheat: Comic Maria Bamford Risked Her Life For Ice Cream

252

What Westerners Misunderstand About Chinese Cuisine

253

The Grandma Chefs Of Staten Island

254

Reheat: The Last Sporkful Thanksgiving Special Ever

255

The Drinking Coach Has A Cocktail For You

256

How To Make A Battle-Ready Pizza

257

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

258

Big News About Dan’s Cookbook!

259

Rediscovering Nigeria By Becoming American

260

Can Bass Pro Shops Teach Grocery Stores Something?

261

Detroit Through A Chinese Restaurant Window

262

School Lunch Triumphs And Tragedies With Kenji López-Alt

263

Natasha Leggero And Moshe Kasher Give Dan Marriage Advice

264

What “Couscousgate” Tells Us About French Food

265

A Chili Crisp Cookbook And An Ode To Shabbat

266

How To Create A New Apple

267

A Garlic Dispute 20 Years In The Making

268

A Forager's Life In Virginia

269

Searching For The Pickle King

270

Instant Pot’s Bankruptcy And Thai Cheese “Burgers”

271

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

272

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

273

Why Ice Is This Summer's Hottest Trend

274

2 Chefs And A Lie: Name That Mustard Edition

275

The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

276

The Food-Obsessed Subculture Of The Appalachian Trail

277

Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper

278

Inside The World Of Food Smuggling

279

After A Lifetime Of Eating, Gail Simmons Is Still Hungry

280

The Secret To Grace Church’s Lobster Rolls

281

Comic Jamie Loftus’s Hot Dog Summer

282

Is Protecting Abalone Also Destroying A Native Tradition?

283

The Musical History Of Jelly

284

Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful?

285

Meet The Banh Mi Innovators

286

Squishy Or Crunchy? Why Texture Matters

287

Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

288

Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

289

For Ghetto Gastro, Food Is A Weapon

290

The Brewer Rewriting The Story of Beer In Iran

291

Raina’s Disordered Eating, One Year Later

292

Should Fine Dining Exist?

293

The Last Big Mac In Iceland

294

Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

295

A French Chef And Cincinnati: A Love Story

296

Mission: ImPASTAble 9 | New Shapes From Old Places

297

Mission: ImPASTAble 8 | The Pursuit Of Viscoelasticity

298

The Hardest Beer Test In The World

299

Mission: ImPASTAble 7 (Update) | Turning The Ship

300

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

301

Mission: ImPASTAble 5 | A Shape Is Born

302

Mission: ImPASTAble 4 | Where The Ruffles Meet The Road

303

Mission: ImPASTAble 3 | What Would Juan Guzmán Do?

304

Mission: ImPASTAble 2 | Slanting The Floors

305

Mission: ImPASTAble 1 | Spaghetti Sucks

306

Mission: ImPASTAble Trailer

307

Update: Inside The Turmoil At Bon Appétit

308

A Reckoning At Bon Appetit

309

When White People Say Plantation

310

Trailer: Welcome to The Sporkful