Sweet potatoes make for some great desserts, while the workmanlike russet potato gets pigeonholed as an entree or side dish, generally made into baked potatoes or French fries. We set out to change that.
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Gerome, an English teacher in Japan, recently sent us this letter. Clearly, The Sporkful Way is spreading far and wide, and that's pretty fun and exciting to see... I recently went to an "Irish Pub" here in Tokyo to grab some fish and chips for lunch. My lunch came with a side of bread and to my absolute horror, a little pack
See the full gallery on Posterous This email came to us from Ronnie in California, a new listener who's getting caught up on past episodes. He recently listened to our French Fry Toppings show, and had this to say: I felt really let down that you didn't cover one of California's ghastly abomination of a "fusion" food; carne asada fries. I say this
Cheese, chili, gravy, salsa, even hot dogs enter the conversation as we debate what to adorn fries with, what type of fries to use and how to top them. (And if you haven't already or just need to bone up, check out our previous episodes on french fry dips and the Canadian gravy-fry-cheese curd delicacy that is poutine. /mark Photo: Flickr
Today's View is a love letter to the overstuffed Brazilian burger, the X-Tudo. From Dave: It boasts all the normal hamburger accompaniments like tomato, lettuce, onion, cheese and bacon, but goes above and beyond by having a slice of ham, fried egg, corn and potato sticks. Brazilians have added these ingredients to create a whole new dimension of taste and texture
A highlight of my trip to Chicago with gf Sarah was eating Italian Beef sandwiches with Ian Chillag of NPR's Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me. The whole greasy tale is now featured on Wait, Wait's sandwich Monday this very minute. You can hear Ian's killer wit every week on Wait, Wait. Dan and I first