The Food of Shangri-La: Cooking Up Yak Meat, Pickled Bamboo and Potato Pancakes in China’s Remote Yunnan Province

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The Life and Death of Gourmet: Ruth Reichl Tells All

Something surprising happened earlier this month: Five intrepid journalists brought Gourmet magazine back from the dead after they discovered Condé Nast let its trademark lapse. This week, we revisit our episode from 2019 with Gourmet’s final editor-in-chief, Ruth Reichl. She sha ...  Show more

The Science of Food: Steaks, Bugs and Expiration Dates

For a throwback, we’re looking back at one of our all-time favorite episodes—our science episode from 2020. We chat with flavor chemist Dr. Arielle Johnson about how to eat a tree, how insects use flavor molecules to communicate and the science of taste and smell. Plus, Meathead ...  Show more

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