Food

83. 2023!

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) kick off the new year by sharing some of their personal, professional, and podcasting goals for 2023, including some exciting teasers for new content coming soon! Talking points include: being intentional about being adventurous with food; setting achievable goals; finding joy in self-care; eating disorder recovery; TikTok; and of course, Munch Madness!

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82. The Craziest Sandwich in New York?! ft. Eric Silver

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) wraps up this year of Bread with a final foray into the sandwich! Eric Silver (@el_silvero) joins the party to talk about the Bacon Industrial Complex, a walkthrough of the thought process behind how much meat goes into a good sandwich, and the pork-forwardness of Italian sandwich culture. Plus, a game of Is This Sandwich Appetizing Or Too Much?!

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81. Food & Chronic Illness ft. Mallory Skinner

This week, host Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) chats with special guest Mallory Skinner (@mal_skinner) about the interplay between food and chronic illness! We get into Ulcerative Colitis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and…

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80. Honey ft. Amanda McLoughlin

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) chats with special guest Amanda McLoughlin (@shessomickey) about everyone’s favorite sticky treat, honey! We get into honey’s connection to Judaism, the joys of micro-dosing on plant-based allergens, and the ethics of using animal by-products!

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79. 6 Great Food Books for your Holiday Gift-Giving!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) shares book recommendations to help you find the perfect holiday gifts for the Food nerds in your life!

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78. Eating Pokémon Scarlet & Violet ft. Cupcakedex!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talks to special guest Cupcakedex (@cupcakedex) about Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s new edible Pokemon, its restaurant meal mechanics, Kosher Bacon, and… Olive Pizza? Yeah that sounds about right.

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E25: Extending food’s shelf life with Louis Colaruotolo

Turning the raw materials of food into all the products we find in our stores is a science unto itself. Learning how to make, store, and preserve food without generating waste is a tricky and important problem to solve. This week’s guest is Louis Colaruotolo, a food science researcher to tell us about the incredible work that goes into what we eat. Katie and Vinny talk about dinosaur-human hybrids, lactose intolerance, and the opposite of leap seconds.

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77. Some Like It Hot (Sauce) ft. Dalton Deschain

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talks to special guest Dalton Deschain (@daltondeschain) about their new podcast Are You Afraid Of The Dark Universe, their love of hot sauce, and the most bizarre Italian dish ever.

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76. Got Beef?

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talk about Beef! We share our Formative Beef Moments, when we realized the actual potential of a good steak, and some of our favorite uses of ground beef! Plus: Bulgogi, Brazilian steakhouses, and a quick guide to different cuts of steak beef!

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75. Halloween Candy ft. Matt Cole

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talks to haunted house expert & friend of the show Matt Cole (@mc_dj_mc) about the behind the scenes of the haunted house world, the best halloween candies, and the ways we set kids up to fail on Halloween! Plus, test your knowledge with a riveting game of 50 Shades of Brown!

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