No Substitutions, Please

No Substitutions, Please

By Noah McKinnon and Louisa HerronArtsFood
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No Substitutions, Please episodes

  • Episode 137: Biryani

    What do you do when you want to cook a protein, and rice, and vegetables, and you only have one pot to work with? You stuff it all in there and let it socialize for a few hours. Louisa and Noah talk about the Persian-Indian dish that lets you have a little bit of everything with each bite.

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

    51 min
  • BONUS: Proximate Foods Trivia!

    Since we're asking you to donate to our triviathon fundraiser, here's a little taste of what it's like when we pit our knowledge against each other . . . and, not coincidentally, of what you get when you join our Patreon. Enjoy!

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

    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 136: Pecan Pie

    Good news, everyone: we found a Thanksgiving food we hadn't covered yet! Noah and Louisa talk about the perfectly acceptable custard pie whose adherents, for some reason, keep trying to make sound grosser than it is.

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

    51 min
  • Episode 135: Red Velvet Cake

    If you want to roll out the red carpet for dessert . . . you should probably make something with less frosting. Noah and Louisa talk about a classic cake, and Noah discovers that he is, in fact, an easy mark.

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

    51 min
  • Episode 134: Maduros

    Noah and Louisa prove that even when you think the plantains sitting on your counter couldn't possibly be usable, they find a way to surprise you. Also, Noah gets his Puerto Rican tarjeta revoked.

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

    53 min
  • Episode 132: Roasted Garlic

    Even as sharp a customer as garlic, in the end, surrenders and sweetens in a constant low heat. Noah and Louisa talk about why people seem unable to realize that's what they're supposed to be making.

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

    46 min
  • Episode 131: Braised Brisket

    The thing about a cheap cut of meat is that, once you figure out how to properly cook it, it stops being cheap really quickly. Noah and Louisa dig into one of the best-known examples.

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

    53 min
  • Episode 130: Panna Cotta

    A jiggly monument to the wonderful flavor of fresh dairy, or the least stressful dessert in the world if you're paying attention? Noah and Louisa help you decide.

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

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

    56 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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