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Dan Pashman

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Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat)

12/12/2025 • 31 min

Patti LaBelle is not just a music icon, she’s also a food icon. She’s written best-selling cookbooks, hosted a food TV show, and even cooked for Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and Prince. She talks with Dan about touring the segregated South in the ‘60s, the viral video that made her sweet potato pie a Walmart sensation, and the one recipe in her cookbook that’… Play episode

Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors
Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat)
Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars
What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth? (Reheat)
What’s It Like To Cook With A Brain Injury?
Hosting Thanksgiving With Amy Sedaris (Reheat)
The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father
In The Test Kitchen With Dan Souza & Lisa McManus
What Is Colorado Style Pizza?
Phil Rosenthal Has A Menu Strategy (Reheat)
How Did Tony Shalhoub Learn To Play A Chef On Screen?
A Comprehensive Candy Treatise For Halloween (Reheat)
What Makes Dorie Greenspan’s Recipes So Good?
How Did Staying Hydrated Become A Thing? (Reheat)
How Does Paul Hollywood Dunk His Cookies?
Nadiya Hussain, From “Great British Bake Off” To Elbows Out (Reheat)
Why Would You Put A Recipe On Your Gravestone?
Can I Wipe My Oily Hands On My Legs? (Reheat)
What's In Taylor Swift's Signature Cocktail?
How Ketchup Got Its Name (Reheat)
What Can McDonald’s Tell Us About Black America?
Celebrating Shabbat At Wendy’s (Reheat)
What’s A Jewish Tavern And House Of Learning?
Is The Future Of Bourbon Female? (Reheat)
Why Does Cracker Barrel Keep Making People So Mad?
How To Host Your Own Porkapalooza
Soju, Snacks, And Ramen: How To Party Like A Korean
Writer Samantha Irby Is Having Fewer Over-The-Sink Moments (Reheat)
Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski Is An Emotional Eater
Dan Savage Recommends A Polyeaterous Lifestyle (Reheat)
How Long Should You Wait For The First Bite?
The Sporkful Dating Game! (Reheat)
On The Hunt For The Elusive Pawpaw
How To Be The Best Dinner Party Guest (Live)
We Invent An Ice Cream Sandwich
From Flurry To Blizzard: Ranking Weather-Themed Desserts With A Meteorolog…
2 Chefs And A Lie: Normal Gossip Edition
Marc Maron’s Drug Of Choice Is Sausage Gravy And Biscuits (Reheat)
Are Carbs In Europe Better For You?
This Podcast Contains MSG (Reheat)
The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 3)
The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 2)
The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 1)
How To Eat Your Way Across Myrtle Beach
Is Imitation Vanilla Better Than The Real Thing?
This Hot Dog Tastes Like Home (Reheat)
The Street Vendor Who Sleeps In His Van To Protect His Turf
This Butcher Wants You To Eat Less Meat (Reheat)
How Jessica B. Harris Redefined American Food

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