The Sporkful

This episode looks at why breweries are now filled with toddlers, infants, and parents alongside beer fans. Andres O’Hara traces the shift through the craft beer industry’s slowdown, an aging customer base, and two brewery owners with sharply different experiences managing kids in their spaces.

Yotam Ottolenghi talks sugar, baking, and the mindset behind his dessert book Sweet. The episode also gets into why bakers and cooks approach food differently, his skepticism of restaurant specials, and what perfectionism looks like in the kitchen with kids.

Indian food’s place in American culture is the focus of this live conversation with Priya Krishna and Madhur Jaffrey. They explore why a cuisine embraced by many still gets labeled “foreign,” and what would need to change for it to be seen as fully American.

Food etiquette and personal taste collide as Dan Pashman, Brittany Luse, and Eric Eddings tackle listener questions and their own long-running arguments. The episode digs into vacation dining, whether soup counts as bar food, and the surprisingly divisive question of ice in milk.

This episode looks at the divide between fat acceptance and body positivity, and asks whether wanting to lose weight can fit with a body-positive outlook. With influencer Gabriella Lascano, it explores how social media, self-image, and stigma collide.