Hungry Squared: Where the brain and belly meet

Sharon's out this week and Lee joins Winter to interview chef Justice Stewart, author of Mastering the Art of Sous Vide and the blog Gourmet Deconstructed. He talks about how he started out as a construction worker then transitioned to becoming a chef. We get into how he got into the sous vide method of cooking (wild game) and his new cookbook, Mastering the Art of Sous Vide.

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Hosts: Lee and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

On this week's mini-episode, we look back on our 2018 and describe our year in terms of food. Then we look forward to 2019 and talk about about the food we hope describes our year. What's your food of 2019?

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound editor and engineer: Lee Redd

This is Part 2 mini episode where we to talk about a couple of foods, roasted chestnuts and plum pudding, that are in a couple other favorite Christmas songs. We hope you're having a wonderful holiday season!

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

This is Part 1 mini episode where we to talk about a couple of foods, sugarplums and candy canes, that are in our favorite Christmas songs. We hope you're having a wonderful holiday season!

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

On this week's mini episode (it's getting busy!), we talk about the history of dinner parties and and why we've been throwing dinner parties for thousands of years. What's your dinner party style?

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

In light of the recent romaine lettuce recall of 2018, we discuss how food recalls work, either from the companies themselves or from higher authorities such as the FDA. We also are so excited for new sound effects for our other segments, thanks to our dear listener Joyce S. 

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd.

We are full swing into the holiday season and we need a little caffeine to get us through. We discuss what happens in our bodies when we consume caffeine, how it affects our taste and perception of taste, and why we are so addicted to it! Plus, we talk about tiny rubber spatulas and Kerrygold butter.

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

It's all about Thanksgiving around the world and how they celebrate and what they eat in this week's mini episode. We are thankful for you, our wonderful listeners, and we hope you have a delightful Thanksgiving!

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd

We are delighted to be with dietician Claudia Wilson RDN, the owner of All of Nutrition and author of the book One Two Punch, and dietician Marysa Cardwell RDN on this episode. Claudia talks about the philosophy behind her book--Burn, Balance, and Become--and how it totally can change how you eat. They also answer some of your questions in our Ask-A-Dietician segment, and we talk about strawberry hullers and quinoa (pronounced keen-wah).

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd.

We discover on this week's episode the origin of the taste tester and their role in keeping important people alive. Also we discuss how their are professional taste testers, also known as organoleptic panels, and non-professional taste testers and how they are used to shape what we eat. Fascinating!

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Hosts: Sharon Titus and Winter Redd. Sound engineer and editor: Lee Redd.