The Sporkful

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The Sporkful

We obsess about food to learn more about people. The Sporkful isn't for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who's also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli. James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast. A Stitcher Production.

  1. 1 HR AGO

    Reheat: A Very Trini Punjabi Diwali (with DJ Rekha)

    We cook up a Diwali feast with a Trinidadian mother and daughter and discuss straddling cultures with the Indian-American DJ who introduced a blend of hip hop and Punjabi folk music to the club scene.

    24 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    “Super Size Me,” Twenty Years Later

    Twenty years ago, Morgan Spurlock released his low-budget documentary Super Size Me, and achieved success that most documentary filmmakers can only dream about. The film made millions at the box office, it was nominated for an Academy Award, and it turned Morgan into a star. To this day, the film is still shown in middle school and high school health classes across the country.

    55 min

  3. 18 OCT

    Reheat: Jet Tila Cooks Pad Thai For 20,000 People

    Food Network star Jet Tila’s parents opened the first Thai market in the US in 1972. Now he’s trying to introduce people who aren’t Thai to the foods he grew up with. He tells the story of protecting his family’s store during the LA riots and explains why he considers himself more a businessman than a chef.

    29 min

  4. 14 OCT

    Ed Gamble Is More Than A Diabetic Comedian (Live)

    Comedian Ed Gamble calls himself a “very greedy boy.” That’s because he’s always loved food, from the diary entry he wrote at six years old about his passion for calamari and pastitsio, to the desserts he now critiques as a judge on the BBC show Great British Menu. But his relationship with eating has taken many twists and turns in his life: first when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and then when he decided to lose weight as an adult.

    38 min

  5. 11 OCT

    Reheat: What Rock Star Sammy Hagar And Chef Jacques Pepin Have In Common

    Dan eats fresh mozzarella with the former Van Halen frontman and drinks beer out of paper cups with the legendary French chef. It turns out neither of these guys is who you think they are.

    26 min

  6. 7 OCT

    How Cascatelli Ended Up In A German Museum

    In honor of National Pasta Month, Dan shares the story of how his pasta shape, cascatelli, ended up in a design museum in Germany. When he travels with his family to see the exhibition, al dente: Pasta & Design at the HfG Archiv-Ulm, he finds it’s more incredible, and powerful, than he ever expected.

    39 min

  7. 30 SEPT

    Preserving Jewish Food And Pushing It Forward, With Joan Nathan And Jeremy Salamon

    Ahead of the Jewish High Holidays, we’re talking with two cookbook authors about how Jewish food around the world has evolved, and where it’s going next. For decades, Jewish home cooks have turned to Joan Nathan for a taste of the familiar, and for a window into what Jews in other parts of the world eat. Dan talks with Joan about why her first cookbook was initially rejected by 16 publishers, and the Arab chicken dish she ate in Israel that changed her life.

    42 min

  8. 27 SEPT

    Reheat: A Brief History Of Cereal And Milk

    We explore the history of an iconic American food couple — cereal and milk — with help from New York Times food correspondent Kim Severson and author Mark Kurlansky.

    36 min
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We obsess about food to learn more about people. The Sporkful isn't for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who's also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli. James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast. A Stitcher Production.

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  • Channel
    Stitcher Studios
  • Creator
    Dan Pashman and Stitcher
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2024
  • Episodes
    414
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 145140
  • Show Website
    The Sporkful

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