Girls' Lunch

Julia Andreas and Nicole Hylton
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Your mealtime companion/a podcast about food, history, gender, and sexuality. Everyone is welcome at the Girls' Lunch table!

  1. MAR 17

    26. Pre-Licked Hershey's Kisses: Hershey, Part 2

    We're back for the chocolate-coated conclusion of our Hershey series! Picking back up at the turn of the 20th century, Nicole and Julia chronicle the Hershey Company's history through the Great Depression, two World Wars, and (spoilers) the death of its founder and beloved candy man Milton Hershey. They also ponder the ethics of extreme wealth, chocolate as patriotism, the Hershey Company's relationship with the US government, and (of course!) wacky marketing. Don't fill up on your Ration D starvation chocolate—this episode is CHOC-full (hehe) of cool cocoa trivia! Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to Sources: The Hershey Story Museum, Hershey, PA The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars, by Joël Glenn Brenner Hershey, by Michael D'Antonio "Hershey's Kisses Chocolates," Hershey Community Archives "Ration D Bars," Hershey Community Archives Honeywell Kitchen Computer Advertisement, Neiman Marcus Catalog, scan courtesy of Wikimedia

    1h 9m

  2. JAN 28

    25. Milton's Chocolate Corner: Hershey, Part 1

    Milton Hershey was not always a chocolate man. But he was, for most of his adult life (and his teens) a candy man. And in his journey from confectioner to chocolatier, Milton had his fair share of oopsies. (By our count, at least three failed business ventures and one mental breakdown.) But thankfully, for those of us in the present who enjoy his chocolate (and his theme park!) Milton Hershey also had some really clutch women in his corner who helped him keep going. Join Nicole and Julia in this exploration of Milton Hershey's early life and the founding of Hershey's Chocolate. We'll also take a brief step into the conching room (iykyk) to see how chocolate is made and put some respect on the names of the women that made Hershey what it is today. Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to Sources: The Hershey Story Museum, Hershey, PA The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars, by Joël Glenn Brenner Hershey, by Michael D'Antonio "Hershey and Dandelion Media to Unwrap Founder's Story in Upcoming Major Motion Picture "HERSHEY," Set for 2026 Release" Press Release The Dispenser's Formulary, Soda Fountain Publications: New York, 1925

    1h 22m

  3. 12/10/2025

    24. Domestic (Science) Partners: Home Economics, Part 2

    Welcome back to Home Economics class! Did you keep your flour baby/egg/baby doll/real human baby alive over the last month? Maybe you'd like to teach it some deeply flawed early Child Psychology? In Part 2, you'll learn how Home Ec went from subverting to perpetuating traditional gender roles in the postwar era due to an unlikely culprit. We'll dive into the Home Ec that exists in the popular imagination, and the "Marriage Course" that now exists in Julia and Nicole's nightmares. And, finally, we will put a baked sweet potato at the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, where it rightfully belongs. Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to Sources: "Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession," ed. by Sarah J. Stage and Virginia B. Vincenti  "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live," by Danielle Dreilinger HEARTH - Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History "The Bureau of Home Economics: How Women Harnessed the Power of Science and Nutrition to Help Fight WWII and Improve Life on the Home Front," by Erika Whinihan "Giant Food's First Supermarket", by Lawrence Bush "Carlisle Origin of Giant," by Ryan Burke

    56 min

  4. 11/01/2025

    23. It's all Coming Up Home Economics: Part 1

    After a brief hiatus, Nicole and Julia are back at it again; yelling about food, feminism, and how the United States' culture is just good marketing.  In this episode, we discover how everything is Home Economics, you know, that one class your mom took in the 80's. We discuss the origins of the movement, it's rise and fall of influence in the American government, and maybe some ethically quesitonable decisions around babies. Come for the history, stay for the lava cakes, and leave after the bell rings.  Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to Sources: "Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession" by by Sarah J. Stage (Editor), Virginia B. Vincenti (Editor) "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live" by Danielle Dreilinger HEARTH - Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History The Bureau of Home Economics: How Women Harnessed the Power of Science and Nutrition to Help Fight WWII and Improve Life on the Home Front "DE GUSTIBUS; The Cakes That Take New York Erupt With Molten Chocolate," by Florence Fabricant for The New York Times "How the Chocolate Lava Cake, the Hottest Dessert of the '90s, Lost Its Cool," by Khushbu Shah for Thrillist

    55 min

  5. 08/22/2025

    22. Recipes and Recollections with Jennifer Cognard-Black

    In this very special guest episode, Nicole and Julia are joined by their friend and mentor Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black, Professor of English at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Nicole, Julia, and JCB discuss the history of the recipe and the sharing of recipes as a feminist act. We also talk, like, A LOT about Fried Green Tomatoes, and play a very Victorian version of the "Is it Nail Polish" game. Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Jennifer's Work: Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal, ed. by Melissa Goldthwaite and Jennifer Cognard-Black Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically, ed. by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa Goldthwaite Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker, by Jennifer Cognard-Black (audiobook) Books That Cook: Food and Fiction, by Jennifer Cognard-Black (audiobook) Additional Sources: "The Making of The Modern American Recipe," by Helen Zoe Veit Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg Victorian Varnish Nail Polish The Victorian Cookbook, by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson The Victorian Way (Cookbook and YouTube channel)

    1h 11m

  6. 07/06/2025

    21. Hungry for High Scores: Video Games, Part 2

    Would You Like to Load Your Last Save File? >Yes. In Part 2 of our video game series, Nicole and Julia resume play in the 1990s, chronicling some of the great restaurant sims of the era. We play some browser-based flash games in the school computer lab instead of doing our math homework, invoke the flaming-eyed wrath of Cooking Mama by failing to separate an egg, and win back our grandparents' bakery from Generic MegaCorp by clicking lots of buttons. Mainly, our goal is to make Papa Louie proud. This episode sponsored by your local Pizza Syndicate, a legitimate business not affiliated with any criminal dealings and/or underground. Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to sources: "King's Candy Crush Saga Hits $20 Billion in Lifetime Revenue," by Jeffrey Rousseau "Food Culture Has Invaded Video Games, and the Results Are Mesmerizing," by Kat Thompson Papa's Pizzeria website, Flipline Studios Delicious Pixels: Food In Video Games, by Agata Waszkiewicz Casual Games Market Report (2007), by Casual Games Association Venba website, Visai Games

    1h 20m

  7. 06/09/2025

    20. Hungry for High Scores: Video Games, Part 1

    Let's go to the arcade! In part one of our two-part series, Nicole and Julia take you through the cooking games leaderboard and introduce you to some of the genre's "top players" in the 1970s and 1980s. We'll see the formation of a lot of popular mechanics and gameplay that persist in cooking and food-related video games today. We'll also talk about girl(y) games, representation, and the time Julia was personally victimized at a GameStop circa 2008. Don't forget your quarters! Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to sources: "Tapper," Museum of the Game "Chili's Big Smasher BurgerTime Video Game Levels Up Fast-Food Face-Off with the Chance to Win Free Burgers for Life" Press Release Tweet by Garry Kitchen about the origin of Pressure Cooker High Score, dir. France Costrel "Short Order" review by NESFriend on YouTube "Why Doesn't The Industry Make Good Girls' Games?" by Moon Channel on Youtube Delicious Pixels: Food In Video Games, by Agata Waszkiewicz Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry, by Mary Kenney

    1h 6m

  8. 05/01/2025

    19. Boobs, Bottles, and Baby Food

    We're taking it back to where it all began with this one, and we mean that quite literally, because today we're talking about baby food! In this special episode, Nicole and Julia prepare for Baby Andreas and learn about the history of how we humans have fed our babies throughout time. We also taste test some baby food and try not to gag. Whether you were a bottle baby or breast was best, this episode has something for everyone! Our theme song is "Red Onions" by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul  We're on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole's website is nicolehylton.com. Have an episode suggestion or question? You can email us at girlslunchpodcast@gmail.com and we will add it to our chaotic list of future episode subjects. Links to sources: Maternal Breastfeeding or Wet Nursing? Religion, Persecution, and Ideology in the 17th Century 'NEW' BREAST MILK AIDS THE NEWBORN: Synthetic Is Found in Test on 171 Infants to Equal or Excel Natural Product News of Food: Baby Formulas Are 'Custom Designed' and Delivered Right to Your Door A concise history of infant formula (twists and turns included) Breast-Milk and the World Protein Gap Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk These New Breastfeeding Guidelines Ignore the Reality of Many American Moms Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, by Fannie Farmer Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet, by Amy Bentley "Baby Food," FoodTimeline.org

    1h 18m
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Your mealtime companion/a podcast about food, history, gender, and sexuality. Everyone is welcome at the Girls' Lunch table!

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  • Creator
    Julia Andreas and Nicole Hylton
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    Girls' Lunch