The Sporkful is a podcast and blog created and hosted by Dan Pashman where we discuss, debate and obsess over ridiculous food minutiae, in search of new and better ways to eat. Each audio podcast covers a very specific issue, whether it's the ideal shape for tortilla chips, best practices in butter-to-short stack application, or barriers to structural integrity in sandwich engineering (like The Sliced Cucumber Conundrum). We like to say, "It's not for foodies, it's for eaters." Over the years, fans of The Sporkful have taken to calling themselves Eaters.

We launched in January 2010, and have spent much of our existence as one of the top food podcasts on the web. iTunes selected us as one of the Best New Podcasts of 2010, and in 2012 we were honored to be nominated for a James Beard Award, known as the Oscars of the food world. The Sporkful has been downloaded in all 50 U.S. states and over 160 countries, and has been featured by NPR, Food Network, Cooking Channel, ABC's "The Chew," History Channel, New York and Southern California Public Radio, Slate, The Chicago Tribune, and WTF with Marc Maron, among others.  Dan also co-hosts the Cooking Channel web series Good to Know and makes other videos for Slate and YouTube, all of which you'll find here on the site.

The Sporkful began as a dream so delicious and vivid that when Dan woke, his pillow was covered in drool. But it's not just one man's vision. It's a gathering place for Eaters from across the globe. So please take part, by sharing your food theories, ideas, innovations and rants, and you could be featured by The Sporkful! This is all done in pursuit of a singular vision: The dream that someday, our ranks will grow to the point that we can establish Sporkful University, motto: Masticate, Ruminate, Promulgate. Please join us in that noble effort.