On this week's episode, we are celebrating the arrival of autumn (and mourning the passing of summer) by talking about apples. We cover the long history of apples, then we talk about what makes an apple crispy, and what different types of apples there are and which ones are good for eating and which ones are good for dessert! Plus, we help our Food Fight listener send off her daughter to college with some good recipes that are healthy and quick and inexpensive.
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Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsor, IKEA Draper.
It's Annual Swedish Crayfish Party time!
Our sponsor for this week's episode is the Draper Utah IKEA (67 West IKEA Way, Draper, Ut 84020). IKEA Draper and other participating IKEA stores are having their special end-of-summer celebration: the Annual Swedish Crayfish Party on Friday, September 15, 2017. Contact your local store for more information.
Co-Hosts are Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor is Leland Redd.
On this week's episode and in light of current events, we get into survival food, starting with its history from hardtack and pemmican. Then we move on to the current Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) and how those were developed to what they are today. Plus, we chat about making sure your water supply is good. We then also cast our vote for a question posed to us about pineapple on pizza during our Food Fight segment.
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Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsor, IKEA Draper.
It's Annual Swedish Crayfish Party time!
Our sponsor for this week's episode is the Draper Utah IKEA (67 West IKEA Way, Draper, Ut 84020). IKEA Draper and other participating IKEA stores are having their special end-of-summer celebration: the Annual Swedish Crayfish Party on Friday, September 15, 2017. Contact your local store for more information.
Co-Hosts are Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor is Leland Redd.
On this week's episode, Sharon is joined by Ike to talk all about crawfish (this is the correct way to pronounce it, of course!), American-style! They give tips on how to catch your own (cat food!) and how to put your own crawfish boil. We also help our Food Fight listener not feel like a lunch mooch.
Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsor, IKEA Draper.
It's Annual Swedish Crayfish Party time!
Our sponsor for this week's episode is the Draper Utah IKEA (67 West IKEA Way, Draper, Ut 84020). IKEA Draper and other participating IKEA stores are having their special end-of-summer celebration: the Annual Swedish Crayfish Party on Friday, September 15, 2017. Contact your local store for more information.
On this week's episode, Winter is joined by Lee in having a discussion about crayfish and the crayfish parties that are often held in Sweden in August and September. We welcome our special guests, Marcus and Deanne Carlson and Julie Ann and Brandon Lake, for a lively discussion called Crayfish Part 1: Sweden! We learn all about the history of these crayfish parties in Sweden and how to throw one yourself. Also, we help one of our Food Fight listeners get started using her new Instant Pot by first taking it out of the box.
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Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsor, IKEA Draper.
It's Annual Swedish Crayfish Party time!
Our sponsor for this week's episode is the Draper Utah IKEA (67 West IKEA Way, Draper, Ut 84020). IKEA Draper and other participating IKEA stores are having their special end-of-summer celebration: the Annual Swedish Crayfish Party on Friday, September 16, 2017. Contact your local store for more information.
This week, we talk about one of our favorite foods and ingredients: eggs! The incredible edible egg! What came first, the chicken or the egg? The chicken, of course, so we chat about how the chicken was domesticated and how chickens lay eggs. Then we get into the components of the egg, the whites and yolk, and our favorite way of making scrambled eggs. Plus, this week's Food Fight listener needs help navigating the office potluck when food allergies and preferences are on the line.
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Hosts and producers: Winter Redd and Sharon Titus
Sound engineer and editor: Leland Redd IV
On this week's episode, we are celebrating a whole year of being on the air as the Hungry Squared Podcast (thanks to Lee Redd and Ike Hall, our right-hand men)--yay! We have had so much fun so far and look forward to celebrating many more episodes with you, our awesome listeners, and we celebrate by talking about some of our favorite celebration foods from charcuterie to cake. Plus, we help out a first-time farmer's market attender and Food Fight listener on this week's question.
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True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
On this week's episode, we delve into the wide world of meal replacements, from old-school SlimFast shakes to Soylent, a modern meal replacement. It's fascinating! Have you ever gone on a liquid diet before or would you? Winter is willing to try, but Sharon is not convinced. We also help a Food Fight diner thwart off (or not) french fry thieves.
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Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsors.
True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
On this week's episode, we are summer-lovin' on all the summer foods, because it's so hot outside! We talk about potato salad (yum!), ambrosia salad (weird!), and Jell-O salad (hit or miss!), then move on to the fun (and deadly) history of watermelons. We also help our Food Fight listener try and practice food safety at all her summer picnics she will be attending in the next few weeks.
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Zip Schedules, an online employee scheduling software that makes making a schedule a piece of cake! Go to zip schedules.com to get 30 days free, PLUS our listeners get an additional 20% off each month for up to year when they sign up and enter the code HUNGRY. Thanks, Zip Schedules!
True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
On this week's episode, we get to talk to Caroline Wallace, Sarah Wood, and Jessica Deahl, the authors of the new book Trappist Beer Travels. They traveled thousands of miles to all eleven Trappist monasteries for a behind-the-scenes look at the history and brewing practices of the Trappist monks throughout the centuries. Plus, we help our Food Fight listener figure out how to come to a compromise when it comes to phones during date night.
Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsors.
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True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com by August 1, 2017 to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
On this week's episode, we had a Blogher17 attendee guest intro the podcast with Sharon during our live podcasting session. Then, we got to talk to Brad Bernhart of Earlywood, a company that makes simple, beautiful, and well-engineered wooden utensils and kitchen tools. We love multi-tasker kitchen tools and we love how he engineered the wooden spoon to something sleek and useful. Plus, we help our Food Fight listener send a peace signal with his BBQ grill.
Our episode is brought to you today by our awesome sponsors.
Zip Schedules, an online employee scheduling software that makes making a schedule a piece of cake! Go to zip schedules.com to get 30 days free, PLUS our listeners get an additional 20% off each month for up to year when they sign up and enter the code HUNGRY. Thanks, Zip Schedules!
True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
This week, Lee is joining Winter for a minisode about Winter's favorite Disney Park foods, which include the Turkey Legs, Dole Whips, and the churros. We throw in a bonus too, the Grapefruit Cake, that sounds delightful!
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True Aussie Beef and Lamb are having a fun summer grilling sweepstakes where one of our listeners can win a Big Green Egg. Go to www.grillonthegreen.com to enter and make sure you choose the Hungry Squared Podcast in the drop-down menu. We want one of our listeners to win!
We are delighted to have May Fridel, author of the Indian Cuisine Diabetes Cookbook and CEO of Passion for Spices. She talks all about spices, her family's history in the spice trade, and how to handle and prepare them. She teaches us some basic Indian cuisine and techniques and we learn a lot! Head on over to Instagram @hungrysquared for a contest to win one of her cookbooks. Plus, we help our Food Fight listener with some geeky side-dish ideas for a future food truck.
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On this week's episode, we welcome Ike Hall and Lee Redd as special guests to talk all about barbecuing and smoking in preparation for Father's Day. They get into the history of barbecue and what makes a region's sauce and style of barbecue unique. They also help our Food Fight listener break up with a restaurant.
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IKEA's Midsummer Smorgasbord is this Friday, June 16, 2017 at the IKEA Draper, Utah. Join us for yummy Swedish food and activities for the whole family. Talk to your friendly IKEA food associate and they will get you set up with tickets.
On this week's episode, we delve into the cool history of refrigeration, including a look into ice harvesting and ancient ice and snow storage, the science of how your refrigerator works, and the design of refrigerators. Plus, we help a Food Fight listener deal with wedding season and food etiquette.
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On this week's episode, we reminisce on how we didn't really eat butter growing up (we were raised on margarine), but also the history of butter, the science of butter, and the different types of butter there are out there. There's a lot of butter for everyone! We also help out our Food Fight listener as he enters the dating scene again.
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On this week's episode, we talk first generally about shellfish, the anatomy and history of different crustaceans, then we get into the lobster specifically and how it rose from a poor man's protein to a rich man's luxury dish. It's an American rags-to-riches tale! We also help out our Food Fight listener battle garlic-induced body odor.
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On this week's episode, we get to chat with Nicki Sizemore of From Scratch Fast, all about the food processor. We get into the history of the food processor, the design of the machine, and how we can use it in our home more readily. We learned SO much. Plus, we chatted about all the good food in her cookbook, The Food Processor Family Cookbook, and we're drooling! Head on over to Instagram @hungrysquared for a contest to win one of her cookbooks. Then, we help our Food Fight listener figure out how to vacation with her non-foodie friend.
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On this week's episode, we are preparing for Mother's Day, so that means we talk all about brunch. But first, we have a couple of special guests, Catherine of the Gluttonous Geek and Annette from Origami Foodie, who tell us a recipe that reminds them of their mothers and grandmothers. Sharon and Winter then delve into the history of brunch, and how to create a well-designed brunch gathering. We then help a Food Fight listener with how to say thank you to a generous relative.
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On this week's episode, we learn all about the history and seed dispersal of avocados. Plus, we go over the Flavor Bible's recommended pairings for the "quiet" avocado flavor, and we delve in deep into the history of ripening rooms for avocados, so that we can impulse buy avocados for our guacamole at the grocery store. We also advocate telling food lies as necessary to our Food Fight listener.
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On this week's episode, we interview Melissa Bahen of Lulu the Baker and the new book Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast, and delve a little more into the concept of hygge and how Scandinavians gather with one another. She gives us some history of different aspects of the Scandinavian and Nordic countries and how to make your own gathering with food and decorations that are perfectly hyyge! Go to https://www.etsy.com/shop/LulutheBakerShop and enter HUNGRYSQUARED to get 20% through May 31, 2017. Also, we're giving away one of Melissa's books at www.instagram.com/hungrysquared/. Contest ends April 28, 2017 at 11:59 pm, so enter now!
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Our episode is brought to you today by Zip Schedules, an online employee scheduling software that makes making a schedule a piece of cake! Go to zip schedules.com to get 30 days free, PLUS our listeners get an additional 20% off each month for up to year when they sign up and enter the code HUNGRY. Thanks, Zip Schedules!
This week we're tackling a listener request: it's all about roux, the thickener of sauces. We talk about the different types of roux and how to make one. Then we delve into some very old history of roux, then discuss the science behind the starch + fat + heat + movement that creates that lovely mixture that helps you thicken up your soups and sauces. Then we help a Food Fight listener with an environmental concern that is weighing on her mind.
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This week, we talk all about menu engineering and the psychology of menu design with special guest and neuroemotional psychologist and brander, Ali Craig. She breaks down each part of the menu and what kind of game the restaurant brand is trying to play. By the end of our discussion, we feel like we've been duped this entire time! Visit Ali and find a fun restaurant cheat sheet at her site alicraig.co.
We also help a Food Fight listener (and Winter) figure out what's allowed in her new garbage disposal.
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Go to www.hungrysquared.com for all our show notes and don't forget to write in your listener mail to hungrysquared@gmail.com.
On this week's episode, we talk to the ever knowledgable Anna Curran, founder of the online service Cookbook Create, about the history of cookbooks. She delves into the oldest cookbooks and how certain things, like literacy and the internet, changed cookbooks and how they are presented. Did you know there is a recipe for a hamburger that dates to the 4th century in a Roman cookbook? Crazy! Anna has given our listeners a special surprise, so go to the show notes at www.hungrysquared.com to see what you get! Also, if you are looking for a cool and unique gift for Mother's Day, bridal shower, or wedding, you can make your own cookbook at www.CookbookCreate.com. Thanks again, Anna!
We also help our Food Fight listener differentiate between tomato paste and tomato sauce.
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On this week's episode of food nerdery, we are teasing out the differences between ice cream, gelato, custard, and other sundry frozen desserts. Of course, we had to conduct a scientific experiment and try out five different frozen treats before recording! We talk all about the history of ice cream, percentages of fat and sugar, and go into ice creams that are served around the world.
Then we help our Food Fight listener pick her battle when it comes to dessert. It was surprising!
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You can find all the show notes for today's episode at www.hungrysquared.com.
On this week's episode, we take a look behind the curtain of how a food product gets on your local grocery store shelves as we interview Sarah Jones of the Miss Jones Baking Co. It was fun to chat with her about her love of baking and how she wanted to bring that home-baked flavor to consumers. She tells us how she came up with her idea of creating the next home baking company that produces organic and vegan (or vegan friendly) frostings and baking mixes, how she found a food scientist, and eventually a manufacturer to create her products.
We're having an contest on Instagram to win a prize pack from Miss Jones Baking Co, so head over to https://www.instagram.com/missjonesbakes/?hl=en for more details.
We also help a Food Fight listener not be such a bad date. Yikes!
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