This week we talk all things yogurt with our friend Caitlin Kenney, a producer on the awesome NPR podcast and blog Planet Money. We cover everything from granola to Activia, and Caitlin tries to help us figure out why countries with economic upheaval -- like Greece and Iceland -- also tend to be known for their yogurt.
Every conceivable baked potato issue is covered by Mark and Dan here: To microwave or not, to cover in foil or not, The Splitter's Dilemma, topping layering, and unorthodox toppings submitted by Sporkful listeners.
This week we have one of our biggest throwdowns ever over proper buffet priorities. We also cover seat selection, line etiquette, and how far one should go to win the age-old battle against the Buffet Master.
For years they've said it can't be done. In this episode we prove them wrong, with help from The Sporkful's wacky neighbor Win Rosenfeld.
NPR's esteemed science correspondent and Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich joins us to discuss the impact that gravity, Newton's Second Law, and the Pythagorean Theorem have on sandwich construction and consumption. To see some of our older collaborations with Robert, check out this piece sending up NPR.org's Most E-mailed List, as well as the classic Emergency Krulwich. If you've just found The
We move beyond the traditional combo of marshmallow, chocolate, and graham cracker to experiment with alternative ingredients like peanut butter and ginger snaps, and alternative structures like mini graham cracker pie crusts. See photos of Nathaniel's back yard research here, and Dan's mini pie crust approach here.