When we give guests our special Proust-style food questionnaire, included is the question, "Name one food that is not improved by the addition of either melted cheese or hot fudge." We asked this question of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow when she joined us, and her answer was "rice." That response stirred listener Sam from South Korea's fertile mind: I've been thinking

We didn't have time to include Dan's challenging and admittedly only moderately effective technique for saving sushi in our latest episode. But we'd love to know what you think about his multi-pronged process. /mark