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It's our Season Finale, Listeners! And it's also the holidays! So we're celebrating the end of 2022 with one of our favorite festive foods: GINGERBREAD! Our Chef-Creator Lia Ballentine... Read more...

Episode 34: Filipino Food: "Ang Sarap!" ("It's Delicious!")

Mabuhay, Listeners! October is Filipino American History Month, and we're excited to celebrate with a special Filipino food episode! Our Chef-Creator Lia Ballentine shares her Filipino culture with us and dives... Read more...

Episode 33: Peppers: Comin' in Hot!

Hi Listeners! Anna and Lia are ready to get jalapeño your business, because this episode is all about Peppers! In the Deep Dish, our Foodlosopher Anna Van Valin takes us through... Read more...

Episode 32: Who Let the (Hot) Dogs Out?

Hi Listeners! Anna and Lia are about to get frank with you, because this episode is all about Hot Dogs! Prepare to play detective as Anna Van Valin, our... Read more...

Episode 31: Cookies: Double Stuffed (Part 2)

We’re back with Part 2 of “Cookies: Double Stuffed” Get ready for an extra deep Deep Dish with our Foodlosopher, Anna Van Valin, as she dives into one of the most... Read more...

Episode 30: Cookies: Double Stuffed (Part 1)

There’s DOUGH much we want to tell you about cookies, we had to do it in two episodes! In Part 1 of this epic two-parter, Anna and Lia share their... Read more...

"A MEAD-ing of the Minds" with Drinking Horn Meadcast

This is a crossover episode you MEAD to hear! Our Foodlosopher Anna Van Valin and Chef-Creator Lia Ballentine have joined forces with Evan Anderson and Nick Irvine of the Drinking Horn Meadcast to discuss... Read more...

Episode 28: Pretzels: Get it Twisted

Anna and Lia are tied up in knots — delicious, doughy knots — because this episode is all about pretzels! Lia Ballentine, our Chef-Creator, starts us off with the... Read more...

Bonus Episode: Raw Oysters: a Mysterious and Tragic Dramatic Reading

Overture, curtains, lights! Prepare to be mesmerized by Anna Van Valin’s and Lia Ballentine’s portrayals of the moving characters in this highly-lauded short play written by the world’s most creative storytellers... Read more...

Episode 26: Honey: 2 Queens, 1 Hive

Anna and Lia have gotten themselves into a sticky situation - because this episode is all about honey!First, Lia Ballentine, our Chef-Creator, tells us about the food holidays honoring our... Read more...

Episode 25: Aphrodisiacs: Foods That Put us in The Mood!!

Welcome back, Listeners and (food) Lovers! Cue the love songs, because romance (or something like it) is in the air as we kick off Season 3 talking about Aphrodisiac... Read more...

Episode 21: As ‘Murican as Apple Pie

It’s our Season Finale, so we’re slicing into the most iconic American food - Apple Pie! In the Deep Dish, Anna Van Valin gets to the core of how Apple Pie became... Read more...