An island nation that has as many great eats as this should be a popular destination, but is one of it's favorite dishes a bit taboo? Possibly, but that is only one thing about the great island of Vanuatu! Join us on our culinary expedition to one of the happiest nations on Earth and listen to see what yer missin!

1997 might have felt like an in-between-er year but it was anything but! Filled with some of our favorites to this day, and some that will only live in our memory 1997 was a great year of the 90s! Listen to see what yer missin and remember to hangout with Andrew and I for our time traveling plate or just hang with Andrew over at Our Last Meal, wherever you listen to podcasts or ourlastmeal.com!

Budmo! is the work of Anna Voloshyna, who grew up and lived in the Ukraine for twenty years before moving to the U.S. After some food photography and styling work, she then began helping chefs and brands tell their stories. After all of these she then began having pop-up dinners. Budmo! is the cookbook that has resulted of these dinners and will completely change your view of Ukraine, Ukrainian-Eastern European food, and how great this cuisine will influence the rest of your weekly and monthly grocery lists. Join Anna and I on a great discussion of this book on Cookbook Corner! Listen to see what yer missin!

Filled with country roads, country food, and enviable foliage, West Virginia has brought us some of the best comfort food dishes around. The Carolinas wish they had the Dixie or Slaw Dog and the building blocks of Appalachian homemade style meals are limitless in these hollers! Listen to see what yer missin!

Filled with many changes recently, Sri Lanka is where we have traveled to for our Mapping the Culinary World! Influenced by Indian cuisine but also including tropical flavors, and many Southeastern Asia noodle dishes, and curries galore. Join us in Sri Lanka and hear about the cuisine and the new scene in this amazing country! Listen to see what yer missin! 

Luladey Moges has created a cookbook that has made Ethiopian food a few simple recipes, and ingredients away. Ethiopian food is communal, but it is so full of great spice, flavor, and benefits to those who may be vegetarian, vegan or gluten free. The main thing that Lula wants you to know, is cooking this book is going to be simple, flavorful and is going to create wonderful times at home. With recipes for injera, and more wots than you can wag a finger at, she is going to change the way you think about Ethiopian cuisine and bring that experience to your kitchen. Her book is available now for preorder and will release on October 4th! Listen to see what yer missin! 

Join us on our time travelling plate to 1991! There were sumo wrestlers going to other places, Earthquake cake was all the rage, and so many fast-food chains were expanding while someone who understood those food chains had passed. It was the first year in a decade filled with grocery store expansion, home convenience food and I was just a little overall wearing baby! Join us on Plate In Time and Listen to see what yer missin!

Alaska...the grand expanse of wilderness, bears, moose, berries, National Parks, and tribes galore. This is a place of special importance and is the largest state, so we do our largest United Foods of America yet! Sonny from Sonny Says Stuff on Twitch and one of the co-hosts of Milktown (wherever you get your podcasts) joins me on the culinary adventure through Alaska! Listen to see what yer missin!

Travel with us to the Caribbean in the Dominican Republic on Mapping The Culinary World! Have some Yaroa and Pico Pollo with a nice refreshing mamajuana to keep everybody vibing. Joining us on the trip is good buddy of the pod Joel and you too! Listen to see what yer missin and make sure to pack an extra notebook to take down all these wonderful foods and phrases to live by!

The year that is rarely talked about, 1900! This was a time of many advances, convenience foods reigned, and a certain type of chocolate was making its way onto the stage. We also go over what the times were like, what there was to look forward to, and what things in the past were making strides for the century of the future...Listen to see what yer missin!