The Sporkful

Serious Eats food science guru Kenji Lopez-Alt challenges some of Dan's eating innovations, then Sporkful listeners challenge Kenji with their own questions. Can The Sporkful stump Kenji?

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Sometimes food bridges divides, other times it creates them. This week listeners call in to share stories of food and in-laws. Emma wooed her wife's Christian family with Hanukkah potato pancakes, but Erin's in-laws shunned her vegan diet.

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The YouTube star talks about coming out to herself and her family, why throwing parties makes her anxious, and how you know you're too drunk to cook.

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This long-running feud comes to a head live on stage, with WNYC's Brooke Gladstone moderating. It's like a presidential debate, but with more dignity.

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Dan eats fresh mozzarella with the former Van Halen frontman and drinks beer out of paper cups with the legendary French chef. It turns out neither of these guys is who you think they are.

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(Repeat) Radiolab's Robert Krulwich tells the story of a turkey that put the moves on his wife, we learn how NOT to make dessert with On The Media's Brooke Gladstone, and we find out what happens when people ask a Butterball Turkey Lady to mediate a family dispute. 

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(Repeat) Amy Sedaris and Mo Rocca offer advice on dealing with family at the holidays, the NY Times’ Sam Sifton rails against appetizers at Thanksgiving, and Kenji Lopez-Alt talks turkey science.

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For Veterans Day, we bring you vets' stories of unforgettable meals on the front lines -- from fishing with grenades in WWII to bartering with Girl Scout cookies in Iraq. 

Plus a group of Marines sets off into the dessert with nothing but a compass and a rumor to go on. What they find changes them forever.

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We cook up a Diwali feast with a Trinidadian mother and daughter and discuss straddling cultures with the Indian-American DJ who introduced a blend of hip hop and Punjabi folk music to the club scene.

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The TV host and best-selling author discusses growing up on Army bases all over the world, her own time in the Air Force, and the foods she ate along the way -- from blood sausage to bibimbap to Spam.

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