Savor

This franchise has spawned a bounty of food- and drink-related merchandise and licensed products, from mundane to amusing to of dubious propriety. Anney and Lauren have a bad feeling about some of the strangest culinary tie-ins from the history of Star Wars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This tropical fruit with a thin, leathery skin doesn’t travel well, so it’s inspired all kinds of innovations to get it from tree to plate over the centuries. Anney and Lauren take a fresh look at the history and science behind lychees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This style of beer – the most popular in the world today – represents the cutting edge of brewing technology from the 1840s. Anney and Lauren hop into the science and history of pilsners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A playful roundup of a 12-ton KitKat truck theft and the viral tracking tool that followed the trail. Coverage of amplified security escorts and meme-filled public reactions. A family spat over Reese’s ingredient changes and industry pressures behind recipe tweaks. Corporate PR moves and the fallout within a chocolate dynasty.

A playful tour of pretzel varieties, from soft twists to crunchy knots. They trace fermentation, the alkaline dip that makes pretzel crust, and safe home-baking tips. The tale moves through religious origins, medieval records, and American industrialization. Pretzels also become a springboard for math and physics metaphors and quirky historical legends.

This cookbook, stirred up by two women in Manhattan in the early 1980s, helped change how America cooks and eats for the fresher (including a lot of vinaigrette), but their success was hampered by the era. Anney and Lauren explore how Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso created The Silver Palate cookbooks, and how they lost The Silver Palate shop and packaged products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These large game fish, prized for their mild, firm meat, can travel thousands of miles a year through the world’s warm oceans. Anney and Lauren dip into the biology and history of mahi mahi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This wide category of chewy candies comes in all kinds of flavors and shapes, and can get their bounce from a bunch of different ingredients. Anney and Lauren dig into the history and science behind gummy candies, from baby to bear to bean and beyond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julia Skinner, food historian and author focused on preserving and fermenting, shares practical ways to save food and make techniques accessible. She talks about pressure canning, low-equipment methods for small kitchens, creative ferments, global preserving traditions, community knowledge-sharing, and the history and politics behind preservation.

In the U.S., the National School Lunch Program helps feed over half of the nation’s students, creating a baseline for how (and what) millions of kids eat. Anney and Lauren serve up the history socialized school lunch programs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.