Proof

By America's Test Kitchen

What's Proof about?

Proof, the new podcast from America's Test Kitchen, goes beyond recipes and cooking to investigate the foods we love (such as deep-fried twinkies and tiki drinks) and don't love (like once-in-vogue celery and the meteoric rise of the grain bowl); ask the big questions (where do food cravings come from?); and uncover the hidden backstories that feed your food-obsessed brain. Proof, solving food mysteries one story at a time.

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Oyster Mushroom Revolution

01.02.2020

In Rwanda, is a better tomorrow just a mushroom farm away?

Proof episodes:

01.02.2020 Oyster Mushroom Revolution In Rwanda, is a better tomorrow just a mushroom farm away?
12.26.2019 Underground Aams Trade, Part 2 How hard could it possibly be to procure a Pakistani mango?
12.19.2019 Underground Aams Trade, Part 1 To find the best Pakistani mangoes around, turn to WhatsApp.
12.12.2019 Jamon, Y'all Pigs + pasture + nuts: Is Iberico ham more than the sum of its parts?
12.05.2019 Tracing Jambalaya Tracing jambalaya’s roots takes us on a journey through the African Diaspora.
11.21.2019 Why Not Eat Bugs? The next big dairy alternative is made of… bugs—that is, if we can get over the ick-factor.
11.14.2019 Prepping for the Worst Storing food for doomsday might not be as crazy as we think.
11.07.2019 The True Cost of Mezcal The mezcal business is booming. But will the magic of mezcal be lost in order to keep up with demand?
10.17.2019 Season 3 Starts November 7th Tune in for Season 3 of Proof beginning November 7.
10.03.2019 Can You Prevent Brain Freezes? Does eating ice cream slower prevent a brain freeze?
09.26.2019 Can Pistachios Spontaneously Combust? Do pistachios spontaneously combust?
09.19.2019 What Food Should I Wish For On A Deserted Island? If I was stranded on a deserted island, what's the best food to wish for?
09.12.2019 What Weird Things Did Presidents Eat? What are the weirdest things US presidents ate?
09.05.2019 Can You Bake A Cookie In Space? If you flung a cookie dough ball into space, how long until it bakes into a cookie?
08.29.2019 Why Is Ranch So Addictive? Why is ranch so addictive?
08.22.2019 Are We All Victims of Food Fraud? In a world fraught with food fraud, how do you know what you're buying?
08.15.2019 Can You Get Drunk Off Kombucha? How much kombucha would it take to get you drunk?
08.08.2019 Is Cereal Soup? In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: Is cereal soup?
08.01.2019 Why Does OJ Taste Bad After Using Toothpaste? Why are some flavor pairings divine (chocolate + coffee) and others horrible (orange juice after toothpaste)?
07.18.2019 The Plan to Kill the Chinese Restaurant Chinese restaurants are an essential part of the American landscape. But a century ago, they were almost extinguished by an organized effort to wipe out Chinese eateries altogether.
07.11.2019 The Pretty Big Problem of Ugly Food “Ugly Food” subscription boxes propose to solve a very big problem: nearly half of all the food produced in the United States is being wasted. But will delivering a box of three-legged carrots and misshapen squash really address the root ...
06.27.2019 The Quest for Mystic Makgeolli Makgeolli is a traditional and complex brew that’s little known outside of Korea and widely misunderstood within the country. Can a new generation of brewers revive the lost art of the “true” Makgeolli?
06.20.2019 The OGs of America’s Oranges Every California navel orange you've ever eaten can be traced back to two trees in the front yard of Eliza Tibbet's Riverside, California home. This is the little known story of how an amateur farmer with utopian dreams launched an ...
06.13.2019 Hidden Valley Wine Great wine begins with high quality grapes, careful fermentation, deft blending techniques, and, in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe, a group of puritanical Russian immigrants called the “molokans.”
06.06.2019 Frankenfish The snakehead fish is an invasive species that’s been plaguing the Potomac river system for nearly two decades. Can turning this monster into a local delicacy save the Potomac?
05.30.2019 Welcome to the Microbiome Probiotics are everywhere, and heralded as the miracle cure to everything from indigestion to mood disorders. But do they really do anything?
05.23.2019 Who Killed the Miracle Berry? In the 1970s, the Miracle Berry was poised to become the sugar replacement of choice. So why haven't you heard of it?
05.02.2019 Season 2 Starts May 23rd Season 2 of Proof starts May 23rd.
04.11.2019 AMERICAN BARBECUE A conversation with culinary historian Michael Twitty about the history of American Barbecue.
03.21.2019 CELERY TONIC Jack Bishop discusses the history and unique flavor of celery tonic.
03.07.2019 NATURAL VS. ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS Reporter Sara Joyner explains the difference between natural and artificial flavors.
02.21.2019 TEST COOK CRAVINGS How do the test cooks at America's Test Kitchen manage their cravings?
02.07.2019 NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS We get into the physics of ketchup.
01.24.2019 ZEPPOLES Zeppoles are a staple of the San Gennaro street fair in New York city.
12.20.2018 KETCHUP Do burgers need ketchup? We infiltrate Louis’ Lunch, a notorious no-ketchup joint, to get answers.
12.13.2018 BOWLS When did adding the word bowl to everything from grain to breakfast become a thing? In this episode, we do a deep dive into bowl culture.
12.06.2018 FAIR FOODS How and why did deep fried foods become a sport at state fairs?
11.29.2018 BEANBOOZLED, Part 2 In part 2 of our Beanboozled story, we go inside Givaudan, one of the largest flavor houses in the world, to uncover how stinky sock flavored jelly beans are made.
11.22.2018 BEANBOOZLED, Part 1 How in the world did Jelly Belly create a stinky sock-flavored jelly bean? We take a deep dive into the weird science of flavor in part 1 of this 2 part journey.
11.15.2018 TIKI We follow the popular cocktail on a historical journey through the rise and fall of tiki culture in America.
11.08.2018 CRAVINGS Where do food cravings come from? Are they cultural, genetic, gender-specific? We find out if science has the answer.
10.31.2018 CELERY Celery was the "it" vegetable of the Victorian era. We trace celery's fall from grace and ask the important question: is it poised for a comeback?
10.09.2018 Introducing Proof from America's Test Kitchen Proof is a new podcast from America’s Test Kitchen that goes beyond recipes and cooking to solve food mysteries big and small.

Proof

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Proof episodes:

Oyster Mushroom Revolution

Underground Aams Trade, Part 2

Underground Aams Trade, Part 1

Jamon, Y'all

Tracing Jambalaya

Why Not Eat Bugs?

Prepping for the Worst

The True Cost of Mezcal

Season 3 Starts November 7th

Can You Prevent Brain Freezes?

Can Pistachios Spontaneously Combust?

What Food Should I Wish For On A Deserted Island?

What Weird Things Did Presidents Eat?

Can You Bake A Cookie In Space?

Why Is Ranch So Addictive?

Are We All Victims of Food Fraud?

Can You Get Drunk Off Kombucha?

Is Cereal Soup?

Why Does OJ Taste Bad After Using Toothpaste?

The Plan to Kill the Chinese Restaurant

The Pretty Big Problem of Ugly Food

The Quest for Mystic Makgeolli

The OGs of America’s Oranges

Hidden Valley Wine

Frankenfish

Welcome to the Microbiome

Who Killed the Miracle Berry?

Season 2 Starts May 23rd

AMERICAN BARBECUE

CELERY TONIC

NATURAL VS. ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS

TEST COOK CRAVINGS

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

ZEPPOLES

KETCHUP

BOWLS

FAIR FOODS

BEANBOOZLED, Part 2

BEANBOOZLED, Part 1

TIKI

CRAVINGS

CELERY

Introducing Proof from America's Test Kitchen

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