Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Hip Hop Track Inspired Bryant Terry To Go Vegan (Reheat)
“So often when we talk about veganism, we don't imagine Black people,” says Bryant Terry, the James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, chef, and educator. But Bryant sees veganism as deeply rooted …
Published on 7 hours ago
New Year's Food Resolutions 2026
What foods do Sporkful listeners resolve to eat more of in the new year, and why? And what’s Dan’s New Year’s food resolution for 2026? All is revealed in our annual year-end spectacular. We also rep…
Published on 4 days, 12 hours ago
Elevating Airplane Food To New Heights (Reheat)
This episode is chock full of strategies for making your way in one of the world's most barren food wastelands. We cover both the airport and airplane, short domestic flights and long haul internatio…
Published on 1 week ago
How Do You Steal A Truckload Of Tequila? (Salad Spinner Year In Review)
From a moisturizer made of beef fat, to bartenders hating on Gen Z, to tariffs, a lot happened this year. (How do you get away with stealing 100,000 eggs and a truckload of Guy Fieri’s tequila?) We c…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat)
Patti LaBelle is not just a music icon, she’s also a food icon. She’s written best-selling cookbooks, hosted a food TV show, and even cooked for Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and Prince. She talks …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors
It’s been eight years since Samin Nosrat published her smash-hit cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat. She says her whole adult life was on a trajectory toward that book. But in the aftermath of its success,…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat)
TikTok is the wild west of the food media world. It’s less professionalized than Instagram and YouTube, and it holds the promise of virality from the very first time you post. So we wondered: What ac…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars
In America, the cooking fat you use — lard, butter, shortening, oil — has long been a signifier of health, virtue, and class. What is it about fat that gets us so riled up? Reporter Adwoa Gyimah-Brem…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth? (Reheat)
This week we’re reheating two call-in episodes from 2015. First: Two Sporkful listeners call in to debate the best way to make enchiladas: flat (lasagna style) or rolled. Can Dan's advice restore pea…
Published on 4 weeks ago
What’s It Like To Cook With A Brain Injury?
How does a traumatic brain injury affect the way you cook and eat? Filmmaker Cheryl Green, who has a brain injury, satirizes her own experiences in the kitchen in a short video called “Cooking With B…
Published on 1 month ago