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Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod!
You asked, and we’re answering—again! Ask Gastropod returns to answer some of our listeners’ most pressing culinary queries: how did elaborate, expen…
1 year, 11 months ago
Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days?
It's not your imagination, food allergies are really on the rise. One recent study found that severe allergic reactions to food have increased by mor…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Bagelization of America (encore)
Today, it’s a breakfast staple, but, as recently as 1960, The New York Times had to define it for readers—as “an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mort…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything
For as long as we’ve been making Gastropod, co-host Nicky has also been working on another project: writing a book all about refrigeration. Well, tim…
2 years ago
Omega 1-2-3 (encore)
Based on all the hype, you'd be forgiven for believing that the fish oils known as omega-3s are the solution to every problem. Heart disease, dementi…
2 years ago
Sugar's Dark Shadow
Your pantry's sweetest ingredient has an extremely bitter history. The sap-producing grass known as sugarcane has been grown and enjoyed by humans fo…
2 years ago
(Guest) Are Fast Food Jingles Pop Music?
From our friends at Switched on Pop: Where were you when you learned that the McDonald's jingle "I'm lovin' it" was originally part of a full-fledged…
2 years ago
Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist
When you go out for a meal, it’s not just what's on your plate that matters, it's what's in your eardrums, too. From dining rooms so loud you have to…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Food Explorer (encore)
You've probably never heard of David Fairchild. But if you've savored kale, mango, peaches, dates, grapes, a Meyer lemon, or a glass of craft beer la…
2 years, 1 month ago
Meet the Most Famous American You’ve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent French Fries and Monsanto
In his day, Luther Burbank was a horticultural rock star: everyone from opera singers to movie stars and European royalty to an Indian guru traveled …
2 years, 1 month ago