Proof

Latest Episodes:

Can You Bake A Cookie In Space? Sep 05, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: If you flung a cookie dough ball into space, how long until it bakes into a cookie?

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Why Is Ranch So Addictive? Aug 29, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: why is ranch so addictive?

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Are We All Victims of Food Fraud? Aug 22, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: In a world fraught with food fraud, how do you know what you're buying?

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Can You Get Drunk Off Kombucha? Aug 15, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: How much kombucha would it take to get you drunk?

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Is Cereal Soup? Aug 08, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: Is cereal soup?

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Why Does OJ Taste Bad After Using Toothpaste? Aug 01, 2019

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In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: Why are some flavor pairings divine (chocolate + coffee) and others horrible (orange juice after toothpaste)?

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The Plan to Kill the Chinese Restaurant Jul 18, 2019

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Chinese restaurants are an essential part of the American landscape -- even more ubiquitous than McDonald’s. But a century ago, they were almost extinguished by legislation passed around the country that barred young white women from eating at chop suey houses. This is the story of an organized effort to wipe out Chinese eateries altogether and how these restaurants survived in spite of it.

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The Pretty Big Problem of Ugly Food Jul 11, 2019

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“Ugly Food” subscription boxes propose to solve a very big problem: nearly half of all the food produced in the United States is being wasted, even while many struggle to put food on the table each day. But can delivering a box of three-legged carrots and misshapen squash really address the root causes of food waste? Or is the Ugly Foods movement actually doing more harm than good?

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The Quest for Mystic Makgeolli Jun 27, 2019

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Makgeolli is a quintessentially Korean alcohol, but few people outside of the Korean peninsula have ever heard of, much less tasted it. Even within Korea, it’s mostly known as an overly sweet, low quality drink available at every corner convenience store. But the real version of Makgeolli is the product of centuries of traditional Korean brewing techniques -- an elegant, complex, and balanced brew easily made in any home kitchen with only three ingredients: water, rice, and a fermentation starter called nuruk. How did Korean history shape Makgeolli production? And can a new generation of brewers revive the lost art of the “true” Makgeolli?

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The OGs of America’s Oranges Jun 20, 2019

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Eliza Tibbets was ahead of her time. She was a suffragist, an abolitionist, held regular seances in her home, and lived in a utopian community. And in Riverside, California, she was also considered the unofficial queen of the orange industry. As local legend has it, every navel orange tree in the Golden state can be traced back to cuttings from the two parent trees in Eliza’s front yard. This is the little known story of how an amateur farmer with utopian dreams launched an entire industry.

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