Soon we'll roll out a two-part series on wedding food. Dan is married already and my wedding is soon, so we've got fresh insight. We're doing one episode before the ceremony and one after. If you liked the buffet strategies episode, this one will come in handy as well. Since Sporkful Eaters span the globe and have a track record
We ponder the question that Jews have been pondering since they crossed the dessert: Can matzah be salvaged? Plus techniques for dipping your egg into salt water, and trivia that will make the Earl of Sandwich tremble in his grave. This show begins a two-part series on the Easter/Passover holiday season, featuring our friend Win Rosenfeld, who is half Jewish and
We're back together again on Madeleine Brand's public radio show in LA. This time we talk Passover food. Listen to hear me have my very first matzo brei. Thanks to Dan for cooking up not one but two varieties of it, savory and sweet, for this gentile. We've also taped an Easter food segment with Madeleine,
Since so many people tell us listening to Sporkful makes them hungry, the health benefits of our podcast aren't immediately obvious. But our fit friend Ian Chillag over at the fine new podcast How To Do Everything (website here, iTunes here) has made a breakthrough. A seasoned marathoner, Ian listens to various podcasts while training. Recently he's been tracked his
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See the full gallery on Posterous (Before we talk about Japan's food, here's a list of organizations accepting donations for disaster relief.) My recent trip to Japan was a work trip, but I made time to explore and support the excellent culinary community there. It wasn't hard to find deliciousness, especially with all the great suggestions you left in the blog
Our recent conversation with a caller about foods where composition inhibits eating caught the ear of food editor Kathryn Rem, whose article appears now in various papers. Among her gripes are "salads with hunks of lettuce that need cutting." That's actually the topic of a future show on salad composition, so we'll have our own take