We had a delightful conversation with Cassie, the Daisy Scout who (along with her mom fellow NPR Bryant Park Project alum Tricia McKinney) sold us a massive batch of Girl Scout Cookies for audio/video experimentation and debate. Our whole conversation didn't all fit in the episode, but we think this outtake about a lesser known Girl Scout Cookie is worth
Dan and Mark talk Girl Scout Cookies with fellow NPR Bryant Park Project alum Tricia McKinney and her daughter Cassie, the supplier of The Sporkful's eight boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. /mark http://player.wizzard.tv/player/o/i/x/130249530223/config/k-606246fde1bd8def/uuid/root/episode/k-0bbd61639304cc2b.m4v Photo: Flickr CC / aka_kath
The awesome dinner in Hawaii with an all-star team of local food journalists was amazing, but it wasn't the only great meal I had there. I was in Hawaii for a journalism conference held by the East-West Center. I fully expected to learn a lot about trans-Pacific relations, but I had no idea that the EWC staff would give us
Comic Todd Barry joined us this week to discuss solo dining, a.k.a. Eating Alone. Here are some highlights of the discussion: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrr606bxCnA?wmode=transparent]
From Helablog... The foot-long 'haute' dog is made from pure beef, grilled in white truffle oil, sandwiched in a pretzel bun imported from Germany, and toasted with white truffle butter. Added to the mix is a delicious topping of medallions of duck foie gras with black truffles. It's served with mouth watering condiments of black truffle Dijon mustard, caramelized Vidalia onions
Our friends at Popspotting like The Sporkful theme song, so they asked me to make them a theme song too. This is only my second attempt at making a song on GarageBand (the SF theme being the first), but I think it came out decently pretty well actually. It was all making sense until I decided to add a banjo.
The great comic Todd Barry joins us for a discussion on eating alone (a.k.a. "solo dining"), including issues such as bar vs. table, reading material vs. people watching, interacting with the wait staff, and more. Plus, Todd takes our James Lipton Proust-style food questionnaire. Subscribe to The Sporkful podcast via iTunes here. To support The Sporkful and receive the special bonus