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Grilled Cheese Encased in More Cheese (VIDEO)

We experiment with grilled cheese sandwiches that incorporate browned, crispy cheese elements. Our tests culminate with Dan encasing a grilled cheese in fried cheese, and nearly burning the house down in the process.

The Sporkful

This month we kick off another series of Call In Smorgasbord episodes, which means that every other week in March, we'll have an episode where we take calls from loyal Sporkful listeners. We'll be settling scores, issuing opinions, and learning about your kitchen innovations. This week we tackle a debate between an engaged pair of philosophers who call in to

You Tell Us: Is It Soup? (VIDEO)

In this week's show we talked to a pair of philosophy professors who can't agree whether a dish that one makes is soup. Here's the video evidence that has been entered into the record as Exhibit A.

Doughnut Correction Needed?

In Donuts Pt. 1, I expressed the belief that the term "doughnut" derives from the fact that a doughnut is shaped like a round nut (as in nuts and bolts) made of dough. Then we got this email from Charles: I think you're a bit misinformed about the origin of the name "doughnut." It is named that because when they were

The Sporkful

Jj From Vancouver Calls In Listen on Posterous We received this email from Jeff in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, regarding our Call In Smorgasbord #2 episode... The gentleman from Vancouver who was opposed to ice cream cake had some fair points in his argument. However, there was one that, as a Canadian, I have a problem with: "...I think [ice cream cakes] are the

The Sporkful

In our recent Pizza Toppings show, I made reference to an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks in which a sugary sweet singing group was exposed as a bunch of bickering jerks when they couldn't agree on pizza toppings. Well, Chris writes in with this: I just listened to your podcast on pizza toppings, (literally, I'm walking