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**TASTE Daily**

If you’re a fan of home cooking, deep dives into culinary history, and emerging topics in today’s quickly moving food culture, TASTE Daily is a must-listen. Home to the popular series TASTE Food Questions, as well as essays, travel features, interviews, and deeply reported narrative non-fiction published on TASTE. Produced by Max Falkowitz, Anna Hezel, and Matt Rodbard.

Latest Episodes:

Why do we call it Butterscotch? Jul 19, 2019

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The toffee-like confection contains no Scotch whisky and often no butter. What gives?

One Bottle of Fish Sauce Is Not Enough Jul 18, 2019

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When seafood is slowly fermented with salt, the result is a briny, savory blast of umami that can transform dishes and inspire lifelong love affairs.

Who Invented the Pretzel? Jul 17, 2019

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What the Catholic church has to do with your favorite bar snack.

The Secret Lives of Private Chefs Jul 16, 2019

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To become a private chef for an athlete, movie star, or billionaire tech founder, you need years of professional experience and a knack for keeping secrets.

Who Invented the Frozen Margarita? Jul 15, 2019

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The original machine is now in the Smithsonian.

From the Mouth of the Gods Jul 14, 2019

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Ethiopian coffee is one of the world’s great culinary treasures. It’s also extremely undervalued. Geoff Watts, cofounder of Intelligentsia Coffee, is on a mission to get you—and the $100 billion industry—to pay more. Much more.

Is Baby Corn Really Baby Cobs of Corn? Jul 13, 2019

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And why fresh cornlettes are so hard to find.

Coffee Is Cooler Than Ever. So Is the Third Wave Dead? Jul 12, 2019

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Growing demand for cold coffee has lead to a meaningful departure from many of the aesthetics and values central to the third wave. Is this a good thing?

What Is a Pie Bird? Jul 11, 2019

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And does your pie need one?

Does Instant Coffee Have to Be Terrible? Jul 10, 2019

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"A handful of new companies are challenging the norm for instant coffee that we’ve accepted for more than a hundred years. "