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The Sporkful

3x James Beard Award winner. Named one of TIME's 100 Best Podcasts Of All Time. We obsess about food to learn more about people. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, inventor of the viral pasta shape cascatelli.

Podcast · By Dan Pashman · American English · Official site

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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    Live: The Great Yogurt Feud (opens the original)

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    If someone asked you to name the country that dominates American yogurt aisles, you would undoubtedly say Greece. Thick Greek yogurt makes up more than half of all US yogurt sales. But shaking its fist from the shadows is another country that’s even more obsessed with yogurt: Bulgaria.

  2. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Traveling Back In Time For Coconut Cake (Reheat) (opens the original)

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    Dan goes on an adventure around Los Angeles, starting at the airport. Where is he going? He doesn't know.

  3. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    Why Did Carla Lalli Write A Cookbook About Her Divorce? (opens the original)

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    Thirty years into her career as a chef and cookbook author, Carla Lalli is releasing a book many people told her she shouldn’t write. It’s called Food Is A Feeling, and it’s a lot more personal than her others.

  4. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Why Won’t Anyone Invite Michael Pollan To Dinner? (Reheat) (opens the original)

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    You know that friend of yours who rails against the evils of high fructose corn syrup? The one who’s obsessed with where every single morsel of their food comes from? Writer Michael Pollan — author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, and Cooked — may have made your friend like that.

  5. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    After His Father’s Murder, Carlos Frías Found Solace In Miami’s Ventanitas (opens the original)

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    Fernando Frías was a successful cafe and restaurant owner in Havana, but when Fidel Castro came to power, the government nationalized Fernando’s businesses and imprisoned him when he tried to leave the country. Eventually he got out, settling near Miami like so many other Cuban expats. Even though Fernando never went back to Cuba, he was always searching for pieces of his homeland in the Cuban-American community in Miami.

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