Richard Blais started his culinary career "hiding" in the kitchen at McDonald's. Now he's a regular on cooking TV shows. But he had to relearn everything he knew about cooking to make it on TV.
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This week we discuss alternate banana peeling methods, the merits of the banana split and frozen banana, and banana sandwichization techniques.
Foolish, fearful people have long said comparing apples and oranges couldn't be done. We revisit the episode where we proved them wrong, with help from our pal Win Rosenfeld. Photo: Flickr CC / thebusybrain
We talked a bit about the mixing of beer and banana juice in one of our episodes from Germany. German media outlet Deutsche Welle invited me to write a commentary about Biermischgetraenke, the German beverage genre that combines beer with soda, juice, or in the case of the drinks seen here, super sweet syrup. I love German beer, but, as
Dan and Mark explore the best and worst foods for outdoor eating, including picnic lessons from Yogi Bear and Dan's mom. /mark Photo: Flickr CC / 22244945@N00
After covering peanut butter and jelly in Episode 6, we move on to discuss other peanut butter accompaniments including honey, Marshmallow Fluff (the Fluffernutter), Nutella, bananas, bacon, and even mayonnaise. Plus, we respond to listener comments from Peanut Butter Sandwiches Pt. 1.