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84: Tampopo (1985) - The Machine Needs Eggs


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This week we're talking about savoury broth, mysterious strangers, and the power of food in society--it's satirist Juzo Itami's noodle western, TAMPOPO!

It's a massive episode this week as we're discussing what makes this such a comfort favourite of many households, the immaculate costuming and food design, our favourite vignettes, and infamous egg swaps. No movie better examines the human and cultural connections to food and the potential transgressions associated with it.

Get to know your hosts a little better through our personal perfect menus; plus, our experiences as restaurant workers, our biggest food memories, our personal relationships to food, ALL OF IT.

Next week let's do crimes and fall in love against our best interests with Steven Soderbergh's OUT OF SIGHT!

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