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The Sporkful

The Sporkful with Dan Pashman. 339 episodes in the official feed, 194 hr 6 min of listening. Free official feed published by the creator.

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Length
339 episodes · 194 hr 6 min
Episodes
339
Language
English
Feed
RSS
Source
Podcast
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Free official feed published by the creator

Episodes

  1. A Very New Jersey Whiskey Mystery 36:35
  2. Duff Goldman Has Learned To Live With His Fear (Reheat) 32:28
  3. Was Halloween Candy Ever Actually Poisoned? 38:55
  4. When Is It OK To Send Food Back? With Kenji López-Alt (Reheat) 32:16
  5. When Wedge Salad Becomes A Wedge Issue With Gail Simmons & Ayesha Nurdjaja 33:23
  6. The Bucatini Dialogues: A Debate About Pasta Shapes (Reheat) 34:47
  7. Why Are There So Many Kids At Breweries? 33:16
  8. Yotam Ottolenghi Says To Bake A Cake So You Eat Less Sugar (Reheat) 27:24
  9. When Will Indian Food Be American? With Priya Krishna & Madhur Jaffrey (Live) 32:56
  10. Should You Put Ice In Your Milk? With Brittany Luse & Eric Eddings (Reheat) 34:16
  11. Can You Be Body Positive And Still Want To Lose Weight? 35:47
  12. Comedian Nicole Byer Sees Her First Shrimp (Reheat) 29:18
  13. The Great Yogurt Feud (Live) 40:18
  14. Traveling Back In Time For Coconut Cake (Reheat) 40:39
  15. Why Did Carla Lalli Write A Cookbook About Her Divorce? 33:35
  16. Why Won’t Anyone Invite Michael Pollan To Dinner? (Reheat) 36:00
  17. After His Father’s Murder, Carlos Frías Found Solace In Miami’s Ventanitas 36:38
  18. "No Murder, Yes Pork Chops," Says Comic Negin Farsad (Reheat) 30:36
  19. Does The World Need A Better Tomato? 40:36
  20. The Single Mom Who Changed Myrtle Beach Dining Gets Her Due 18:24
  21. Why Are People Hooked On A Fake Food Delivery App? 45:02
  22. Marcus Samuelsson Says French Cuisine Isn't The Gold Standard (Reheat) 31:52
  23. Who Killed The Florida Orange? 47:54
  24. The Rise, Fall, And Redemption of Belgian Waffles (Reheat) 44:08
  25. This Rare Condition Causes Extreme, Insatiable Hunger 44:02
  26. Meat Pies In Sweeney Todd On Broadway! (Reheat) 30:35
  27. How Do You Prep For The Hardest Beer Test In The World? 39:54
  28. This Is Your Brain On Cheesesteak (Reheat) 25:56
  29. The Ice Cream Truck Kingpins Of Southern California 44:09
  30. Carla Hall Isn't Going Back To The Frozen Food Section (Reheat) 36:15
  31. 2 Chefs And A Lie 2026 With NPR’s Rachel Martin 42:02
  32. The Man Who Made 5 Million Burritos (Reheat) 52:04
  33. Can You Be On A GLP-1 And Still Love Food? 30:45
  34. The Great Office Coffee Election (Reheat) 28:45
  35. Does McDonald’s Want Their Soft-Serve Machines To Stay Broken? 32:07
  36. The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine (Reheat) 33:58
  37. Welcome To The Clam Capital Of America 48:57
  38. Inside The Consumer Reports Test Labs (Reheat) 36:43
  39. How Much Should You Tip At A Coffee Shop? 43:28
  40. Modern Family’s Ty Burrell Cases Hollywood Parties For Free Food (Reheat) 34:27
  41. What Will America’s 250th Birthday Cake Look Like? 49:42
  42. Hasan Minhaj Says Life Is Like Biryani (Reheat) 37:15
  43. The Table Freda Built At Ebony Magazine 28:44
  44. Rachel Maddow Fixed The Pina Colada (Reheat) 29:30
  45. Why Would Someone Run 31 Miles While Eating Taco Bell? 36:17
  46. Reheat: What's "Poor People's Food"? 39:07
  47. Live: Why Is Massachusetts So Obsessed With Dunkin’? 45:06
  48. How A Community Garden For Hospitality Workers Came To Life 26:22
  49. Which Restaurant Serves The Best Free Bread In America? 34:40
  50. Are The Jell-O Heirs Cursed? (Reheat) 34:31
  51. This Afghan Restaurant In Houston Tastes Like Home 41:03
  52. Mo Rocca Likes Big Ravioli, And He Cannot Lie (Reheat) 26:39
  53. When In A Relationship Can You Double Dip Without Asking? 48:12
  54. Can Natasha Leggero And Moshe Kasher Save Dan's Marriage? (Reheat) 50:40
  55. Eva Longoria Is A Huge Food Nerd 40:23
  56. What Makes A Sandwich A Sandwich? (Reheat) 28:39
  57. A Rare Look Inside Food At Disney World 38:15
  58. The REAL Sausage King Of Chicago (Reheat) 29:58
  59. The Mysterious Case Of Alpha Gal 40:20
  60. Live: Kenji López-Alt No Longer Calls His Recipes “The Best” (Reheat) 42:44
  61. Live: Kenji Lopez-Alt And Judy Gold Debate The State Of The Bagel 40:39
  62. A Passover & Easter Doubleheader (Reheat) 35:12
  63. The Seafood Proxy Battle Between China And Japan 34:09
  64. Beer Serving Techniques (Reheat) 21:06
  65. What Happened When China Legalized Restaurants 37:19
  66. Padma Lakshmi Was An Ice Cream Mule (Reheat) 28:39
  67. No Somali Artifacts Were Harmed In The Making Of This Cookbook 34:42
  68. Breaking The Ramadan Fast In A Cab At 50 MPH (Reheat) 28:13
  69. Asma Khan Says Women Shouldn't Cook For Free 32:17
  70. Danny Trejo, From Lockup to Donut Shop (Reheat) 31:53
  71. When ICE Came, This Minnesota Restaurant Stepped Up 37:30
  72. How To Read A Taco (Reheat) 32:33
  73. Catching The Codfather 59:57
  74. Till Pork Do Us Part (Reheat) 27:28
  75. Is Halal Pork… Possible? 36:19
  76. Lunchtime With The Simpsons (Reheat) 36:37
  77. Sporkful Dating Game: Suitcase Full Of Cheese Edition 34:09
  78. How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat) 26:59
  79. The Great Super Bowl Snack Debate 38:13
  80. 2 Chefs And A Lie: Canadian Prime Minister Edition (Reheat) 30:25
  81. Tom Papa Quit Vegetarianism After One Visit To An Italian Deli 32:38
  82. Elle Simone Scott Brought More Compassion To The Kitchen (Reheat) 30:26
  83. At 90, Jacques Pépin Is Still Teaching And Learning 29:32
  84. Is It OK To Eat All Your Popcorn Before The Movie Starts? (Reheat) 24:21
  85. Is It Wrong To Eat Popcorn At The Movies? 32:00
  86. Katie's Year In Recovery (Reheat) 48:28
  87. Why Are Root Beer Floats Special? Because Science! 35:03
  88. Cold Case: Office Fridge Food Theft Edition (Reheat) 25:10
  89. Stanley Tucci Always Keeps A Martini Kit On Set 33:32
  90. A Hip Hop Track Inspired Bryant Terry To Go Vegan (Reheat) 34:22
  91. New Year's Food Resolutions 2026 43:47
  92. Elevating Airplane Food To New Heights (Reheat) 21:13
  93. How Do You Steal A Truckload Of Tequila? (Salad Spinner Year In Review) 47:00
  94. Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat) 31:42
  95. Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors 34:48
  96. Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat) 36:38
  97. Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars 38:29
  98. What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth? (Reheat) 33:32
  99. What’s It Like To Cook With A Brain Injury? 32:34
  100. Hosting Thanksgiving With Amy Sedaris (Reheat) 25:38
  101. The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father 35:00
  102. In The Test Kitchen With Dan Souza & Lisa McManus 51:35
  103. What Is Colorado Style Pizza? 44:37
  104. Phil Rosenthal Has A Menu Strategy (Reheat) 32:46
  105. How Did Tony Shalhoub Learn To Play A Chef On Screen? 32:55
  106. A Comprehensive Candy Treatise For Halloween (Reheat) 25:38
  107. What Makes Dorie Greenspan’s Recipes So Good? 34:22
  108. How Did Staying Hydrated Become A Thing? (Reheat) 36:53
  109. How Does Paul Hollywood Dunk His Cookies? 43:35
  110. Nadiya Hussain, From “Great British Bake Off” To Elbows Out (Reheat) 33:11
  111. Why Would You Put A Recipe On Your Gravestone? 30:33
  112. Can I Wipe My Oily Hands On My Legs? (Reheat) 35:27
  113. What's In Taylor Swift's Signature Cocktail? 47:18
  114. How Ketchup Got Its Name (Reheat) 37:52
  115. What Can McDonald’s Tell Us About Black America? 34:26
  116. Celebrating Shabbat At Wendy’s (Reheat) 26:28
  117. What’s A Jewish Tavern And House Of Learning? 33:58
  118. Is The Future Of Bourbon Female? (Reheat) 35:31
  119. Why Does Cracker Barrel Keep Making People So Mad? 34:39
  120. How To Host Your Own Porkapalooza 23:13
  121. Soju, Snacks, And Ramen: How To Party Like A Korean 33:44
  122. Writer Samantha Irby Is Having Fewer Over-The-Sink Moments (Reheat) 32:50
  123. Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski Is An Emotional Eater 28:59
  124. Dan Savage Recommends A Polyeaterous Lifestyle (Reheat) 28:53
  125. How Long Should You Wait For The First Bite? 44:07
  126. The Sporkful Dating Game! (Reheat) 32:58
  127. On The Hunt For The Elusive Pawpaw 38:48
  128. How To Be The Best Dinner Party Guest (Live) 31:22
  129. We Invent An Ice Cream Sandwich 40:32
  130. From Flurry To Blizzard: Ranking Weather-Themed Desserts With A Meteorologist (Reheat) 24:50
  131. 2 Chefs And A Lie: Normal Gossip Edition 45:28
  132. Marc Maron’s Drug Of Choice Is Sausage Gravy And Biscuits (Reheat) 23:10
  133. Are Carbs In Europe Better For You? 46:40
  134. This Podcast Contains MSG (Reheat) 32:54
  135. The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 3) 37:00
  136. The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 2) 27:53
  137. The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 1) 27:42
  138. How To Eat Your Way Across Myrtle Beach 22:48
  139. Is Imitation Vanilla Better Than The Real Thing? 36:46
  140. This Hot Dog Tastes Like Home (Reheat) 29:25
  141. The Street Vendor Who Sleeps In His Van To Protect His Turf 25:22
  142. This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat (Reheat) 28:37
  143. How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food 32:45
  144. The Hidden History of Regional Burgers (Reheat) 32:25
  145. Why A Famous Chef Asked A Critic To Leave His Restaurant 36:29
  146. How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 2) (Reheat) 28:38
  147. A Battle Over The Secret Of Nooks And Crannies 35:27
  148. How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 1) (Reheat) 30:56
  149. Can Kolaches Be Bigger Than Texas? 30:19
  150. “The World Eats Here:” Stories From The Queens Night Market (Reheat) 32:17
  151. Sebastian Maniscalco’s First Stage Was At The Dinner Table 33:35
  152. New Jersey's Pork Roll-Taylor Ham Wars (Reheat) 25:24
  153. How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat 32:49
  154. What Makes Some Seltzers Sparkle? (Reheat) 34:05
  155. How Much Should You Tip For One Muffin? 45:10
  156. Nigella Lawson Orders Food Like A Method Actor (Reheat) 30:34
  157. How The Real José Cuervo Invented Modern Tequila 33:40
  158. Cooking In An Immigrant Time Warp With Maangchi (Reheat) 34:04
  159. Hydrox, Oreo, And The Fight For Sandwich Cookie Supremacy 38:48
  160. Jason Mantzoukas Sees Every Meal As A Threat (Reheat) 33:08
  161. Men Have Eating Disorders Too. Why Don’t They Seek Help? 49:17
  162. The Geometry Of Pizza (Reheat) 24:54
  163. Roy Choi Can Summon Flavor From His Fingertips 41:30
  164. Are All Vodkas The Same? (Reheat) 29:50
  165. Comedian Matteo Lane Says ‘Your Pasta Sucks’ 34:01
  166. Malcolm Gladwell Only Drinks Five Liquids (Reheat) 38:37
  167. All Aboard The Pizza Bus! 32:43
  168. Green Apple Bad Apple (Reheat) 33:37
  169. “Crying In H Mart” Helped Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Grieve Her Mother 29:58
  170. Who Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? (Reheat) 30:18
  171. Is A $1 Slice Of Pizza A Snack? (with Katie Nolan) 34:46
  172. A Priest Walks Into A Bar (Reheat) 27:57
  173. Working With Bourdain And Batali, Laurie Woolever Saw It All 45:50
  174. Pizza Legend Patsy Grimaldi (Reheat) 27:28
  175. Eggs, Raw Milk, And Tariffs, Oh My! 40:11
  176. Ask Mimi With Mimi Sheraton (Reheat) 35:24
  177. The Pitmaster With A Pulpit 30:16
  178. Pho The Love Of Slurping Noodles (Reheat) 22:47
  179. Southern Cooking Icon Edna Lewis Gets Her Due 37:05
  180. Hot Chicken Is Hot, But Who's Benefiting? (Reheat) 29:28
  181. A Southern Gas Station Road Trip 39:57
  182. The Search For Perfection In Buffalo Wings And Love (Reheat) 27:34
  183. This Memphis Restaurateur Thrives On Chaos (Live) 41:57
  184. Two Call-In Smorgasbords (Reheat) 46:44
  185. The Joy Of Recipe Writing 34:06
  186. Eating Throughout History (Reheat) 23:08
  187. Is Your Recipe Lying To You? 29:10
  188. Weird Al Yankovic: The Sporkful Interview (Reheat) 31:40
  189. Our 15th Anniversary Sporktacular 47:34
  190. Sporkful Episode #1 And Sandwich Science With Robert Krulwich (Reheat) 35:41
  191. The Secret Society With A Giant Omelet Tradition 36:30
  192. Michael Ian Black Is A Man Who Eats Salads (Reheat) 35:21
  193. Jamie Oliver Doesn’t Listen To The Skeptics 35:10
  194. A Trunk Full Of Truffles (Reheat) 33:04
  195. New Year’s Food Resolutions 2025 46:50
  196. Hari Dreams Of Donuts (Reheat) 30:37
  197. Defending Seed Oil: Salad Spinner Year In Review 37:14
  198. Samin Nosrat And Hrishikesh Hirway Are Just Here For The Cookies (Reheat) 35:06
  199. Trading Architecture And Accounting For Cookbooks 37:09
  200. This Puerto Rican Drink Puts The Feliz In Your Navidad (Reheat) 24:51
  201. The Mixologist Who Stopped Drinking 33:38
  202. Monologues Are Like Meatballs, Says Actor Michael McKean (Reheat) 26:58
  203. Comic Fortune Feimster Joined The Swim Team For The Fun Dip 31:23
  204. These Chefs Want You To Talk Politics At Dinner (Reheat) 33:35
  205. A Salty Medical Mystery 33:19
  206. Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone? (Reheat) 42:29
  207. How Judith Jones Changed Cookbooks Forever 42:25
  208. The Rice Cooker That Changed Jake Cohen’s Life (Reheat) 32:12
  209. Who Really Was James Beard? 39:26
  210. The Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election (Reheat) 28:53
  211. Bobby Flay Wins A Lot — But Also Knows How To Lose 39:15
  212. Reheat: A Very Trini Punjabi Diwali (with DJ Rekha) 23:20
  213. “Super Size Me,” Twenty Years Later 54:48
  214. Jet Tila Cooks Pad Thai For 20,000 People (Reheat) 28:45
  215. Ed Gamble Is More Than A Diabetic Comedian (Live) 37:33
  216. What Rock Star Sammy Hagar And Chef Jacques Pepin Have In Common (Reheat) 26:08
  217. How Cascatelli Ended Up In A German Museum 39:18
  218. Preserving Jewish Food And Pushing It Forward, With Joan Nathan And Jeremy Salamon 41:31
  219. Reheat: A Brief History Of Cereal And Milk 35:38
  220. The Inside Story Of How Taco Bell Created The Big Cheez-It 38:26
  221. The Enslaved Man Who Taught Jack Daniel How To Make Whiskey 33:10
  222. Reheat: Why You Should Listen To Your Food 24:26
  223. The Pashman Family Takes Your Calls 2024 33:56
  224. Hitting The Taco Trail With José Ralat 35:31
  225. Reheat: Beyond Pot Brownies (with Radiolab's Jad Abumrad) 29:40
  226. Bea Ojakangas, From Finnish Food To Pizza Rolls 37:05
  227. When Is A Taco Legally A Sandwich? 36:38
  228. Reheat: Christopher Kimball Finds Pleasure In Pain 33:10
  229. A Car Crash Saved Jameela Jamil’s Life 27:03
  230. We Can Do Better Than “Obligation Salads” 37:12
  231. Reheat: How To Be A Good Ice Cream Citizen 33:43
  232. When Celery Was More Expensive Than Caviar 26:27
  233. Cookbooks That Need ‘The Grandma Disclaimer’ (Live) 38:40
  234. Reheat: Confessions of a Ballpark Food Vendor 23:54
  235. 2 Chefs And A Lie: Deconstructed Coney Dog Edition 31:27
  236. Why Does Gluttony Get Such A Bad Rap? 39:14
  237. Searching For The Donut King Part 2 38:22
  238. Searching For The Donut King Part 1 30:49
  239. Molly Baz Has Confidence In Her Taste 39:19
  240. Reheat: In Search Of Rosa Parks' Pancakes 34:51
  241. Yia Vang Says Hmong Food Is His Family's Legacy 29:56
  242. Book Tour 2: How’d You Get So Good At Failure? 35:43
  243. Reheat: Andy Richter Bought A Midlife Crisis Fridge 22:49
  244. Book Tour 1: Do You Really Need That Many Recipe Tests? 40:47
  245. How You Can Taste Food Like A Flavor Chemist 32:09
  246. Reheat: Why Roy Wood Jr. Sees Pros To Bad Service And Confederate Flags 29:49
  247. When Mom Forgets Her Favorite Foods, With Michele Norris 30:45
  248. Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie Likes Life At A Low Simmer 31:08
  249. Reheat: What Dumplings Can’t Fix 38:00
  250. Bringing Georgia O’Keeffe To Life With Her Recipes 37:01