We explore the many stories and alleged histories of the simple hot dog, and we discuss how we should get into competitive eating...or not. Okay, we'll leave the eating to the greats, like Kobayashi and Chestnut, and talk about them instead. During our Food Fight segment, we help our listener figure out how to tackle her china dilemma (her dishes, not the country).
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We're delving into the history of school lunch and remembering our own school lunch days. Winter loved school lunch, but is jealous of Sharon and her cool lunch box. We help one of our listeners out during our Food Fight segment who has a problem with a funky Nalgene bottle.
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We talk with Jason Logsdon, author and founder of Amazing Food Made Easy, about making infusions with the craziest methods, like sous vide and whipping siphons. You can win 1 of 3 signed books written by Jason in our contest for this episode. Leave us an iTunes rating and review and leave us a comment on our blog and you're entered. One of our Food Fight listeners foresees a kitchen disaster because of her cooking partner and we try to help her! Eek!
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Winter is in search of a new garlic press, while Sharon raves about hers. We also created venn diagram to explain themselves and why they have the kitchen tools they have. We also help a listener figure out how to avoid bad lunch places with the boss. Yikes!
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Our minds are blown by the science of caramelization and our mouths started to water as we chatted about things we like to caramelize. Sharon thinks we get a our first piece of hate mail during our Food Fight segment.
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We chat about the science behind seasoning your cast iron pans. Sharon teaches Winter how to actually season the pans she owns and how to restore a vintage piece if you've got one. Plus, we help a Food Fight listener who is turning orange!
We are so happy to chat with our friends, Giselle and Jason McClure, the owners of Chili Beak. These purveyors of their chili oils will go into the background of chili oils, their process of coming up with their recipes, and some of the science between chili oils vs hot sauce. During our Food Fight segment, we help one organized listener in their kitchen after a meal.
Today we're talking about fad diets, and Winter has a quiz for Sharon about the crazy diets that are out there, while Sharon talks about the Whole 30 diet. We also help out another listener get into her wedding dress during our Food Fight.
We're practicing safe lunch and using condiments today (ha ha!). We delve into the history of ketchup and the well-designed Grey Poupon bottle and ad campaign in today's episode. We also help one of our meat-eating listeners figure out how to cook for his vegan girlfriend in the Food Fight Segment.
We're talking about pies today. It all started with the Pi Day Party, and we go on to the what makes a good pie crust, the Maillard Reaction, the best fillings for pies, and the Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival. We also help one of our listeners with a picky eater in her life during our Food Fight segment.
Sharon Titus and Winter Redd are introducing who we are and what this podcast is all about. On Hungry Squared, we're going to be talking about the nerdy side of food: science, design, and history. Are you ready?
Let's jump in!