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
Sporkful listener J, currently serving in Iraq, has already brightened our blog with pics of the food available at the base, from (non-alcoholic) German beer to MREs. Now, in response to our recent show on water, he sends this picture of the water storage facility on his base. I'm pretty sure that water is not going to escape. J also asks,
The Sporkful is hiring! It's time to take our web presence to the next level, but we need some help. We want to create a WordPress site that will incorporate the blog, all the links available at Sporkful.com, and a bunch of other bells and whistles, including some requiring JavaScript. (This means free WordPress templates will not be sufficient.) We
Evan, a ten-year-old Eater from Dover, NH, shows well-developed Sporkful technique at a very young age: My friend Nathan told me about your podcast and I love it. Please do a show on tacos. So to the point. Last night, as I was having my tacos, I thought why is everything in layers? So I tried mixing everything together on my
Dan explains why he thinks Thin Mints are overrated and takes issue with Girl Scout Cookie nomenclature, while Mark holds forth on the best serving temperature for Thin Mints, and both hosts debate the strengths and weaknesses of Peanut Butter Patties (a.k.a. Tagalongs) and Peanut Butter Sandwiches (a.k.a. Do-si-dos or Savannahs).
Listeners Jonathan Ichikawa and Carrie Jenkins have tied the knot! You may recall meeting these then-engaged philosophers in our Call In Smorgasbord #4 episode, when we ruled that a dish Jonathan invented does not, in fact, constitute soup. (They even sent this video in as evidence.) Now we have the above pic from their wedding. The cake is made up
I put together The Sporkful's theme song in GarageBand. It was a fun exercise, I hadn't really used the program before, and I think the song came out well. Then a few weeks ago, our friends at Popspotting asked me in passing if I could make a song for their podcast. So I did, and they seemed pleased with it.