Proof

Introducing Mystery Recipe, a New Podcast from America's Test Kitchen Kids

March 16, 2020 12:59 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Mystery Recipe is a new podcast from America's Test Kitchen Kids! With new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, this short-form podcast will help kids AND their grown-ups uncover the fun, fantastical, and fascinating sides of food. Each week will have a different ingredient theme, which builds to the grand finale: a mystery recipe cook-along. Get excited about cooking (and eating) by digging into the deliciously silly and unexpectedly educational. See Privacy Policy at htt...

[Bonus] Introducing Clearstory from This Old House

February 06, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Our friends at This Old House have a new podcast called Clearstory. Hosted by Kevin O'Connor, Clearstory is a podcast that sheds light on the surprising stories behind our homes. The episode we bring you today, "Wood: Dead in the Water?", is all about old-growth wood found at the bottom of riverbeds that's used for beautiful furniture and flooring. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oyster Mushroom Revolution

January 02, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

In Rwanda 26-year-old Christian has turned his mom’s backyard into an oyster mushroom cultivation lab, with mushrooms sprouting here and there. And he’s not alone. For a country still known internationally for its 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s booming mushroom industry reflects hope for a brighter future. In Rwanda, is a better tomorrow just a mushroom farm away? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Underground Aams Trade, Part 2

December 26, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

In part two of this investigation, reporter Ahmed Ali Akbar explores the underbelly of the secretive mango distribution industry. He uncovers the historical and economic reasons that importing mangoes from Pakistan has been so difficult — from regulation to irradiation. And he finally traces product to supplier. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Underground Aams Trade, Part 1

December 19, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Pakistani-American communities in the U.S. rely on dealers on WhatsApp to gain access to their most coveted treasure: Pakistani mangoes. And they pay a premium for it. In part one of this two-part investigation, reporter Ahmed Ali Akbar searches for answers. Why are Pakistani mangoes so hard to find? And why is the Pakistani community resorting to deals on WhatsApp to procure them? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Jamon, Y'all

December 12, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

In 2015, Will Harris, a farmer in southwest Georgia, partnered with Spanish entrepreneur father and son to bring Iberian pigs to the United States. The climate would be different (from hot, dry Spain to wet, humid Georgia) and so would the pigs' diet (they would eat Georgia pecans instead of acorns), but Harris figured this expensive gamble could pay off. Can jamón ibérico can be reduced to a simple formula (pigs + pasture + acorns), or is there more to the story? See Privacy Poli...

Tracing Jambalaya

December 05, 2019 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB

Reporter Kayla Stewart attempts to trace Gulf Coast dish Jambalaya back to its rumored roots in West Africa’s Jollof Rice. Kayla’s journey to find a connection between the two dishes takes her from her mother’s Houston kitchen to the streets of Accra. But instead of a link, she finds that the history of African American food ways cannot be separated from the influences of slavery and colonialism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https...

Why Not Eat Bugs?

November 21, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

A South African Entrepreneur, Leah Bessa, discovers that processing Black Soldier Fly larvae produces a milk-like substance, dubbed Entomilk. Can Leah’s entomilk ice cream succeed as a dairy-alternative? Although South African populations have a traditional history of bug-eating, can modern society overcome its ick-factor to take advantage of all bugs have to offer? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

Prepping for the Worst

November 14, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

In a deep dive into “prepper” culture, we learn what makes up the ultimate survival cuisine. We investigate the motivation of this subculture that stocks up on non-perishables for the end-of-times. Should the desire to survive be reduced to a quirky paranoia, or is the quest to prepare for survival in dire circumstances more noble than we give it credit for? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-inf...

The True Cost of Mezcal

November 07, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

Mezcal has recently enjoyed a spike in popularity, which brought a welcome surge to the Oaxacan economy, the southern Mexican state where Mezcal is produced. But is the demand for Mezcal outgrowing the supply? What can be done to ensure it survives for years to come without sacrificing the agave plants and land that sustain it? Can mezcal avoid becoming the next tequila? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

Season 3 Starts November 7th

October 17, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.8 MB

An underground mango industry, the hidden costs of your favorite Mezcal, and ice cream made from bugs. Season 3 goes deep to challenge our ideas about what we eat and uncover where it comes from. Tune in for Season 3 of Proof beginning November 7. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can You Prevent Brain Freezes?

October 03, 2019 04:00 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: does eating ice cream slower prevent a brain freeze? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can Pistachios Spontaneously Combust?

September 26, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: do pistachios spontaneously combust? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Food Should I Wish For On A Deserted Island?

September 19, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 9.08 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: If I was stranded on a deserted island, what's the best food to wish for? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Weird Things Did Presidents Eat?

September 12, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: What are the weirdest things US presidents ate? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can You Bake A Cookie In Space?

September 05, 2019 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

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? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why Is Ranch So Addictive?

August 29, 2019 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: why is ranch so addictive? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are We All Victims of Food Fraud?

August 22, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MB

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? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can You Get Drunk Off Kombucha?

August 15, 2019 04:04 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: How much kombucha would it take to get you drunk? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is Cereal Soup?

August 08, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

In these bonus episodes, we try to answer your weird food questions. This week: Is cereal soup? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why Does OJ Taste Bad After Using Toothpaste?

August 01, 2019 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

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)? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Plan to Kill the Chinese Restaurant

July 18, 2019 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

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. We want to get your feedback about Proof. Please take this survey so we know what you like a...

The Pretty Big Problem of Ugly Food

July 11, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

“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? We want to get your feedback about Proof. Please take this survey so we know what you like and what w...

The Quest for Mystic Makgeolli

June 27, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

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 fermen...

The OGs of America’s Oranges

June 20, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

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 i...

Hidden Valley Wine

June 13, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB

Great wine begins with high quality grapes, careful fermentation, deft blending techniques, and, in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe, a group of puritanical Russian immigrants called the “molokans.” Learn how this region’s earliest settlers escaped from religious persecution in tsarist Russia and how a culture of innovation and experimentation has transformed this humble strip of land near the Pacific coast into one of the most fawned over and exciting wine destinations in the world. Se...

Frankenfish

June 06, 2019 04:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB

The snakehead has been described as one of the ugliest fish in the world. It has a thick neck and razor-sharp teeth. It's been rumored to bite little kids and walk on land. It’s also an invasive species that’s been plaguing the Potomac river system for nearly two decades. Can turning this monster into a local delicacy save the Potomac? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the Microbiome

May 30, 2019 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

Probiotics are everywhere, but the science that explains the mechanism of the gut-brain connection still isn't there. Harvard PhD candidate Cary Allen-Blevins is researching everything from breast milk to kombucha to better understand the role of probiotics in gut health. This episode is a collaboration between Proof and Veritalk from Harvard's Graduate School for Arts and Sciences. The original version is part of a series on food that Veritalk produced recently. Check it out at: ht...

Who Killed the Miracle Berry?

May 23, 2019 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

In the 1970s, the Miracle Berry was poised to become the sugar replacement of choice. It was hailed as the solution to the diabetes epidemic, and was preferred to every other sugar alternative in blind taste tests. The fruit contains a taste-altering protein, miraculin, that makes sour foods taste sweet. So why haven't you heard of it? Did "big sugar" engineer its downfall? And can modern food entrepreneurs reposition the miracle berry as the future of sweet? See Privacy Policy at ...

Season 2 Starts May 23rd

May 02, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MB

An FDA conspiracy, an invasive species threatening our waterways, and an emerging wine region that shouldn't work. If you thought Season 1 changed the way you thought about food, stay tuned. Season 2 of Proof starts May 23rd. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AMERICAN BARBECUE

April 11, 2019 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

A conversation with culinary historian Michael Twitty about the history of American Barbecue. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CELERY TONIC

March 21, 2019 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

Jack Bishop discusses the history and unique flavor of celery tonic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NATURAL VS. ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS

March 07, 2019 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.58 MB

You've seen them on labels, but what are natural and artificial flavors anyway? Reporter Sara Joyner explains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

TEST COOK CRAVINGS

February 21, 2019 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MB

How do the test cooks at America's Test Kitchen manage their cravings? Jack Bishop heads into the kitchen to find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

February 07, 2019 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MB

Ketchup isn't just a popular condiment, it's also scientifically fascinating. Bridget sits down with Jack Bishop to talk about the physics of ketchup. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ZEPPOLES

January 24, 2019 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.41 MB

Zeppoles are a staple of the San Gennaro street fair in New York city. Jack Bishop has a special connection to the Italian fritters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

KETCHUP

December 20, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Do burgers need ketchup? The birthplace of the burger, Louis’ Lunch, doesn’t think so. The family-run business has maintained a strict no-ketchup policy since they opened in 1895. We infiltrate this notorious ketchup resistance cell to try to understand why ketchup is such a polarizing condiment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BOWLS

December 13, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

We are living through a fascinating moment in culinary history: the swift and relentless takeover of the [blank] bowl. These days, you can go an entire week of eating all of your meals in bowl form and never overlap once. Why are we bowl happy and how (or when) did adding the word bowl to everything from grain to breakfast become a thing? In this episode, we do a deep dive into bowl culture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

FAIR FOODS

December 06, 2018 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

State fairs have become the site of a novelty fried foods arms race, with vendors clamoring to outdo themselves (and each other) every year. We set out to learn why the adrenaline-seeking foodie in each of us wants to try deep-fried kool-aid at the fair, even if we eat sensibly in our real lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BEANBOOZLED, Part 2

November 29, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MB

In part 2 of our Beanboozled story, we go inside Givaudan, one of the largest flavor houses in the world, to uncover how stinky sock flavored jelly beans are made. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BEANBOOZLED, Part 1

November 22, 2018 05:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

Jelly Belly's popular "Beanboozled" game is an edible version of Russian roulette. You might score a tutti frutti bean, or you might get stuck with a stinky sock-flavored bean. But how in the world did Jelly Belly distill these disgusting flavors into a tiny, innocent looking candy? This curiosity leads us into the strange hidden world of commercial flavor chemistry, secret societies of flavorists, and so-called flavor artists. This is part 1 of an engrossing journey into the weird ...

TIKI

November 15, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

Wait... the mai tai was invented in Oakland?! We follow the popular cocktail on a historical journey through the rise and fall of tiki culture in America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CRAVINGS

November 08, 2018 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

We've all been there - the moment when an overpowering food craving descends upon you and takes possession of your body, mind, and wallet. But where do food cravings come from? Are they cultural, genetic, gender-specific? We find out if science has the answer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CELERY

October 31, 2018 21:25 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Celery was the "it" vegetable of the Victorian era - celery tonics claimed to cure everything from overstrained nerves to a sluggish liver, and upper-class Victorians had special dishes for serving and displaying their celery. So how did celery go from fashionable to forgettable? We trace celery's fall from grace and ask the important question: is it poised for a comeback? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...

Proof from America's Test Kitchen

October 25, 2018 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.2 MB

Proof is the flagship narrative podcast from America's Test Kitchen, where we take ATK's inquisitive and relentless approach to telling unexpected, funny, and thought-provoking stories about food and drink. It's not a recipe show. And it's not a show about celebrity chefs. Proof plunges into history, culture, and science--through the lens of food--to reveal more about our world. Hosted by Kevin Pang. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

Introducing Proof from America's Test Kitchen

October 09, 2018 16:44 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MB

Proof is a new podcast from America’s Test Kitchen that goes beyond recipes and cooking to solve food mysteries big and small. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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