59 episodes

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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    • 4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

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.

    Reheat: Comic Maria Bamford Risked Her Life For Ice Cream

    Reheat: Comic Maria Bamford Risked Her Life For Ice Cream

    The native Minnesotan explains why a little internal bleeding can't keep her from a treat, and why the way she eats salad is like the way she deals with depression.

    • 28 min
    What Westerners Misunderstand About Chinese Cuisine

    What Westerners Misunderstand About Chinese Cuisine

    Fuchsia Dunlop has written some of the best known English-language books on Chinese cooking, spending years at a time immersing herself in different regions of China in order to learn the area’s dialect and culinary specialties. But as she tells Dan, that wasn’t her original plan.

    • 37 min
    The Grandma Chefs Of Staten Island

    The Grandma Chefs Of Staten Island

    When Jody Scaravella lost his grandma, his mom, and his sister within a few years, he opened a restaurant in their honor, as a way of dealing with his grief. But the restaurant, Enoteca Maria on Staten Island, NY, had a twist: the chefs were all Italian grandmas, or nonnas.

    • 28 min
    Reheat: The Last Sporkful Thanksgiving Special Ever

    Reheat: The Last Sporkful Thanksgiving Special Ever

    Starting this week we're pulling one classic Sporkful from the deep freezer every other Friday and sharing it with you! We're calling these episodes "Reheats." If you have one you want to hear, email us at hello@sporkful.com! This week to kick things off: We discuss the beauty and tyranny of tradition, as well as the Wheel Of Infinite Thanksgiving Anxiety, with legendary food writer Mimi Sheraton, Milk Street Kitchen's Christopher Kimball, and cookbook author Kian Lam Kho. And yes, we're serious.

    • 38 min
    The Drinking Coach Has A Cocktail For You

    The Drinking Coach Has A Cocktail For You

    Tiffanie Barriere is an award-winning bartender and cocktail educator who goes by the title “The Drinking Coach.” As the holidays approach, Tiffanie joins us to share some cocktail inspiration, talking with Dan about drinks for every season. She’s also created a cocktail perfect for this season -- find it on Dan’s Instagram and in our newsletter!

    • 35 min
    How To Make A Battle-Ready Pizza

    How To Make A Battle-Ready Pizza

    How did the U.S. military create a pizza that soldiers could eat on the battlefield? Our friends at the podcast Proof from America’s Test Kitchen follow the five-year journey to create the world's most shelf-stable pizza.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
3.5K Ratings

3.5K Ratings

Bethee1023 ,

Ultimate hack Dan!!!

Use an egg slicer to slice your mushrooms! Your welcome.

Spiderwoman25 ,

Used to really enjoy

Something changed. I used to really enjoy the content and guests. Dan was engaging and entertaining. We listened intently and were curious as Dan navigated his way to create his own pasta shape. Then…..as in a movie script where the plot falls apart….so did Sporkful. We kept hoping the episodes would get back to a focus rather than banter that goes nowhere. My husband and I really did enjoy listening but gave up after too many wasted episodes. Too bad.

coolkidperson😎 ,

awesome podcast!!!

highly recommend this podcast, the host’s kids are so funny!

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