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Thoughts on the Table — 100 episodes

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The Meta of Food - All About Food Besides Eating It!

2

Taste and Flavor Flashbacks with Jason and Paolo

3

Introducing Jasmina and Stefano from Bread and Spirits

4

Cookbooks and the People They Were Written for, with Diana Pinto

5

What Makes a Dish Italian? With Eva from Electric Blue Food

6

Introducing Chicca Maione from Chicca's Cooking Club

7

Podcast Recording, Editing, and Production with Sound Designer Geoff Devine

8

Introducing Becca and Sarah from Dietetics After Dark Podcast

9

The Quest for Authentic & Original Recipes, with Diana Pinto

10

Introducing Podcaster Wendy Holloway from Flavor of Italy

11

Italian Words Gone Wrong – Mistakes on the Menu

12

Introducing Kristie Prada from Mammaprada

13

Chinotto - The Other Way of Drinking Dark

14

Introducing Eva from Electric Blue Food

15

Christmas Traditions from Growing up in Sicily, Canada, and Milan

16

Introducing Local Aromas' Advent Calendar and More

17

Introducing Christine from Italian Dish Podcast

18

Introducing Cooking with Mamma Marzia Cookbook

19

Dissecting Ragu` alla Bolognese with Tina Prestia

20

Questions Italians in North America Can't Help But Wonder About

21

Dining Out and Traveling During a Pandemic

22

Introducing Valeria and Benedetta from Local Aromas

23

A Chat with Award-winning Author Andrew Cotto

24

Celebrating Memorie di Angelina’s Ten-Year Anniversary, with Frank Fariello

25

Introducing Tina Prestia from Tina's Table

26

Geographical Indication and its impact on the Italians, with Melinda King

27

Commercial vs. Domestic Kitchens and Italian Food Questionnaire, with Simon Pagotto

28

Introducing Francesca Montillo's New Paperback - The 5-ingredient Italian Cookbook

29

Introducing Kelly Leonardini from Italian at Heart

30

Introducing Cooking Instructor Marzia Molatore from Bella Cibo

31

Define Culture Shock - Diana Zahuranec's Take on Relocating and Moving Back

32

Introducing Food Blogger Pina Bresciani

33

The Forward and Reverse Culture Shock of Relocating and Going Back, with Nick Zingale

34

The Premise of Italian Cuisine, with Melinda King

35

Introducing Giuseppe D'Angelo from Pizza Dixit, the blog on Neapolitan Pizza in the world

36

Introducing Foodiamo - the Italian Guide to Italian Food, with Raffaele Asquer and Roberto Croci

37

Introducing Crazy Italians and their Video Series on Italian Food

38

Italian and Italian-American Christmas Traditions

39

Introducing Enzo De Chiara from The Italian Guest

40

Rediscovering Artisan Craftsmanship and Ancient Grains, with Alida Zamparini

41

The Basic Rules of Italian Food with David Scott Allen

42

Introducing Australian Restaurateur Simon Pagotto

43

A Morning in San Giovanni in Galdo, with Nick Zingale

44

Nick Zingale and his Emotional Trip to Molise

45

Italians of the World - Introducing Linda from Signorina Spaghetti

46

Discovering Cinque Terre, Lake Orta, and Como with Nick Zingale

47

True or False? Fifteen Stereotypes on Italy, with Nick Zingale

48

The Boom of Italian Food in the US, with Food Writer Mark Preston

49

Italian and American Culture with Nick Zingale

50

Introducing Cooking Instructor Francesca Montillo

51

Balance in Food - 50th Episode Special with Jason

52

Introducing Food Blogger and Recipe Developer Giulia Robert from Alterkitchen

53

Introducing Ale Gambini and her Cookbook: A Queen in the Kitchen

54

Introducing Food Writer and Cooking Instructor Giulia Scarpaleggia from Jul’s Kitchen

55

Italians of the World - Introducing Alida from My Little Italian Kitchen

56

Introducing My Italian Friends - Home Restaurants, with Silvia Arduino

57

A Culinary Tour of Abruzzo with Domenica Marchetti

58

Introducing David Scott Allen from Cocoa and Lavender

59

A Chat with Domenica Marchetti, Cookbook Author and Food Writer

60

Il Mercato - The Tradition of the Italian Street Market

61

Introducing Francesca Mastrovito from Foodemocracy

62

A Christmas Episode with Gino De Blasio - Panettone, Pandoro, and Cotechino!

63

Decoding Italy and the Italians with Rick Zullo - from Superstition to the Bidet!

64

The Italian Wine Culture, with Diana Zahuranec

65

Truffle Hunting in Abruzzo with Hannah Solomon from SZ Tartufi

66

Introducing Valentina Lombardi from Experience Italy Travels

67

The Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle, with Diana Zahuranec

68

A Food Photography Primer with Raffaella De Amicis

69

Jason's Special on San Francisco and Technology in Food

70

Introducing Valerie Quintanilla, an American in Piedmont

71

Italians of the World - Meet Marta from Amore Mio Tours

72

Introducing Diana Zahuranec, Journalist and Italy Enthusiast

73

Introducing Food Professional Benedetta Oggero (Miss Bee)

74

Introducing Paola (a.k.a. PolaM) from An Italian Cooking in the Midwest

75

Introducing Elisa Cerruti and her Two Blogs: 'Milk Honey and Rum' and 'Latte Rhum e Miele'

76

Introducing Food Writer Simona Carini from Briciole

77

Introducing Lucia Hannau, the Organizer of Turin Epicurean Capital

78

Introducing Christina's Cucina

79

Grandma's Wartime Memories: Food in Northern Italy

80

Introducing Fiona from Nuts About Food

81

Introducing Frank Fariello from Memorie di Angelina

82

Meet Andrea Bini, an Italian Restaurateur in Canada

83

The Tough Life of Food Bloggers

84

Manu on the Food of Australia

85

Introducing *Manu's Christmas Menus*

86

Known and Less Known Italian Foods

87

Cooking Italian in North America

88

Meet Jessica Burgio

89

Slow Food/Fast Food

90

Pesto, Antipasto, and Meatballs

91

Parmigiana and Balsamic

92

Introducing Gino De Blasio

93

Ask the Neuroscientist

94

On Location in Milan!

95

Flavor Perception

96

Flavor Appreciation

97

Acquired Taste

98

Umami

99

Sweet

100

Salty and Spicy