No Substitutions, Please

By Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron

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 ab... more

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August 10, 2025 Episode 129: How We Became Cooks
And now for something completely different—instead of picking a food and dunking on the people who can't get it right, Noah and Louisa talk about how they weren't always the masterful cooks and podcast hosts you hear before you today.
And there's a big announcement, to boot.
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
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56min
August 03, 2025 Episode 128: Potato Skins
A Certified Good One,™ according to Louisa! No food we have ever covered on this show has more deserved being compared to a boat, so we're just going to hit the accelerator on this one. These are the appetizer equivalent of a VIking funeral, in that they are small vessels you set on fire and there's usually alcohol involved. What else do you need to know?
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
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56min
July 27, 2025 Episode 127: Tuna Salad
The substance that binds American childhoods together. Whether you like it plain-Jane mayonnaise or fancy, sharp, and full of stuff that isn't tuna, you've had this before, and you probably know exactly how you feel about it. Noah and Louisa tell you their part of the story.
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Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
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1h 10min
July 13, 2025 Episode 126: (#)Gravy
Noah and Louisa succumb to a silly meme. No, they're totally not using it as an excuse to talk about the fondation of every truly transcendent meat dish. How dare you insinuate that?
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
53min
June 29, 2025 Episode 125: Mississippi Mud Pie
Why are there so many foods with real gross names? Noah attempts to get over it while Louisa extols the virtues of this triple- (or quadruple-, if you're not a coward) chocolate pie.
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
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46min
June 22, 2025 Episode 124: Spanakopita
We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of The Odyssey. Noah and Louisa oblige.
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
1h 3min
June 15, 2025 Episode 123: Fried Calamari
We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of Star Wars. Noah and Louisa oblige.
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
56min
June 01, 2025 Episode 122: Shakshuka
The Mediterranean dish that proves if it's liquid, you can poach eggs in it. Noah and Louisa meant to talk about that food for an hour and change; the culinary gods had other plans.
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@NoSubsPlease on BlueSky.
Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
1h 5min
May 25, 2025 Episode 121: Pastelón
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union between two of the most important foods in global culinary history: picadillo and plantains. Noah and Louisa, neither of them capable of holding their peace (even for a moment), rhapsodize about the results.
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
59min
May 11, 2025 Episode 120: Stuffed Mushrooms
Just as the monsters who will do battle with the gods at Ragnarök were ferried aboard the keratinous Naglfar, this fungal fleet ferries the flavors of cream cheese, scallions, bacon, and breadcrumbs, and more to your felicitous guests. So Noah and Louisa talk about them, using much less disgusting metaphors.
Follow us:
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Noah: @elderrumbao on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky.
Louisa: @[email protected].
Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.
...more
1h 5min

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