No Substitutions, Please

No Substitutions, Please

By Noah McKinnon and Louisa HerronArtsFood
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No Substitutions, Please episodes

  • Episode 28: Shepherd’s Pie

    If you're the weirdo who thinks we haven't done enough British food, well, this one's for you. Noah and Louisa discuss the classic comfort casserole that dares to say: is there anything better than a blanket of mashed potatoes over ground meat?

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    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    46 min
  • Episode 27: Scrambled Eggs

    If you've been listening for a while, you know Noah tends to recoil when Louisa breaks out descriptors for eggs—so, naturally, we figured it was time to take the bull by the curds. Whether you like your scrambles French-style or nearly omeletted, we're sure you'll find someone to annoy you in this sojourn through the most controversial of breakfasts.

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    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    40 min
  • Episode 26: Buffalo Wings

    The rare episode where both hosts have made the food in question. If you're one of the three people left who doesn't know where Noah lives, let him regale you with the tales of every petty argument he's had to hear about this food. It's chicken wings in orange hot sauce. It is not that complicated. How did you jackwagons even find a topic to be more insufferable about than the Bills?

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    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    58 min
  • Episode 25: Nutella

    For this exciting milestone, Noah and Louisa decided to do things a little differently. This time, we cover recipes made with Nutella—decadence in a jar or overrated slop? Let them tell you all about it.

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    Noah: @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky, @[email protected] on Mastodon.

    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    46 min
  • Episode 24: French Fries

    How is this the most sacrilegious episode we've done yet? Noah and Louisa discuss that most quintessential of fried-tuber side dishes, that most incorrectly-named of fast-food staples: the French fry.

    ERRATUM: Noah refers to "Death Valley" in this episode. He meant the "San Fernando Valley." He would never disrespect the good people of Southern California in this way. Their baseball teams, perhaps, but not the people.

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    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    45 min
  • Episode 23: Cheesecake

    Picture it: the Internet, 2023. Noah and Louisa discuss the dense and delicious dessert that, despite the doughtiest deeds of this delegate for the duty of description . . . does not start with a D. Look, it's cheesecake. We love it. Let us tell you all about it.

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    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    43 min
  • Episode 22: Squash Soup

    Did you know squash soups don't have to taste like you puréed a pumpkin spice latte? Did you know Noah has actually made some of the foods on the show? This time, he and Louisa get to talk about all the different ways you, too, can make your soup as gourd as possible.

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    Noah: @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky, @[email protected] on Mastodon.

    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    51 min
  • Episode 21: Minestrone

    Hearty soups, full of beans and tubers, are a regular feature of cucina povera—and, precisely because of that, are particularly susceptible to dinguses who want to overcomplicate things for no reason. Noah and Louisa get to talk about a soup one of them does not, in fact, particularly like.

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    Noah: @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky, @[email protected] on Mastodon.

    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    51 min
  • Episode 20: Clams Chowder

    Bowlful of red, bowlful of white, or possibly a secret third bowlful: whatever kind of mood you're in tonight, Noah and Louisa discuss the soup that will one day draw battle-lines across the Northeast.

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    Noah: @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky, @[email protected] on Mastodon.

    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 19: Chicken Noodle Soup

    At its best, a wonderful savory restorative; at its worst, an unevenly-seasoned mess of mushy vegetables and bad meat. Noah and Louisa talk about that most famous of broths for the convalescent.

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    Noah: @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky, @[email protected] on Mastodon.

    If you should find any outlandish recipe comments you'd like us to discuss, send them our way at [email protected].

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

    51 min

About No Substitutions, Please

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A show about food and the things people do to it. Every week, Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron pick a dish, define its most important elements, and then sit down to find out what the Internet thinks…

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