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Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

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Meet the Most Famous American You’ve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent French …

4/30/2024 • 56 min

In his day, Luther Burbank was a horticultural rock star: everyone from opera singers to movie stars and European royalty to an Indian guru traveled to Santa Rosa, California, to meet him. Dubbed the "plant wizard," Burbank invented the plumcot and the stoneless plum, the white blackberry, and the potato variety used in every French fry you've ever eaten—as well… Play episode

All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood
The World Is Your Oyster: How Our Favorite Shellfish Could Save Coastlines…
Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition (enco…
Bam! How Did Cajun Flavor Take Over the World?
Anything's Pastable (Guest Episode)
Can You Patent a Pizza?
Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite (encore)
Dining at the (Other) Top of the World: Hunger, Fruitcake, and the Race to…
Dining at the Top of the World: Arctic Adaptation, Abundance, and...Ice Cr…
Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation (encore)
It's Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa (encore)
The Case of the Confusing Bitter Beverages: Vermouth, Amaro, Aperitivos, a…
Rice, Rice Baby
Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Aspa…
Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg
Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit
Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut
We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ra…
First Foods: Learning to Eat (encore)
All Aboard the Tuna Rollercoaster! Join the King of Fish for a Wild Ride t…
The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment
Secrets of Sourdough (encore)
Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)
Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu
The Incredible Egg (encore)
Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agriculture—and the Planet
Gettin' Fizzy With It (Encore)
Who's Eating Who: Pineapples and You
You've Lost That Hungry Feeling
Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the I…
What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, H…
All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste
The Fruit that Could Save the World
Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient
Always Coca-Cola: Coca, Kola, and the *Real* Secret Formula
Here Comes Truffle
Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus (encore)
The End of the Calorie (encore)
Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration
Caviar Dreams: The Tastes of Celebration
What Is Native American Cuisine? (Encore)
That Old Chestnut: A Nutty Tale, of Love, Loss, and Reconnection
Prescription Dinner: Can Meals Be Medicine?
Trouble in Paradise: Coconut War Waters and Coconut Oil Controversies
Does the Western Megadrought Mean the End of Cheap Cheese and Ice Cream?
Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)
What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable
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