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  • BEST FOOD PODCAST
  • James Beard Awards & Webby Awards

podcast episodes

The Sporkful

In this week's episode, we cover paper vs. cloth, moist towlettes and wet naps, and issues of hand and beverage sanitation. Clean hands never sounded so good!    

The Sporkful

Can salsa be put on everything? Are croissants good for sandwich bread? Can burritos be improved? And are restaurants that sell sloppy food obligated to provide napkins and a place to sit down? We tackle these vital questions, and more, as we take listeners' calls from around the country.  

The Sporkful

In Part 2 of our conversation with TBTL's Luke Burbank (here's part 1), we cover the correct times of day (or night) for cereal consumption, and try to help Luke reconcile that issue with his father. We also cover the Cap'n Crunch Roof of Mouth Problem, and give Luke our first ever James Lipton / Proust style food questionnaire.  

The Sporkful

We field calls from a man in Vancouver who despises ice cream cake, a couple in Chicago facing a condimental divide, and a woman in Montana with a philosophical query about granola.  

The Sporkful

Luke Burbank, host of the excellent podcast Too Beautiful To Live (TBTL), joins a conversation that covers the various ways to combine cereal and milk, methods for combining cereals with each other, and more. Plus, Mark Garrison makes a cereal-related admission that leaves Dan and Luke dumbfounded.  

The Sporkful

We take listener calls for the first time in show history! We try to resolve a New Haven pizza-related marital dispute, learn about a technique called "The Castle Wall," and debate French toast with a guy in France. More call in shows coming in the next few weeks.   As you'll also hear, we have begun accepting donations to help keep The