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Episode 162: ‘The Human Cost of Art’
From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food Episode 162: “‘The Human Cost of Art’” This one is heavy. The title for this episode comes from the last line of “Woman under Siege: Leningrad 1941-1942,” by Darra Goldstein in the book From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives [...]
Episode 161: When In Austin
Terry Grier and his co-host, Vicky. Photos Courtesy of Terry Grier. Episode 161: “When In Austin” Will sits down with fellow podcaster Terry Grier of the podcast When In Austin. They talk about food, podcasting, and life in general.
Episode 160: Awash in El Lago
Will lets out a secret, tries to rally listeners for Austin Bakes for West, and talks with Elizabeth Gunz of El Lago Foods. El Lago is in many ways the foundation upon which Central Texas Tex-Mex is built so listen up. (Full disclosure: they paid me in tortillas after the interview.)
Episode 159: Quick Stories from Matt’s Famous El Rancho
It’s more of a snack than a full episode. Have a listen to the folks behind Matt’s El Rancho tell a few quick stories about this storied institution. That interview was conducted by Letisha Brown and Scott Pryor for the Foodways Texas oral history archives.
Episode 158: Our Barbecue, Ourselves
On his 13th wedding anniversary, Will reflects on the fact that he didn’t have to pawn anything to take the lovely Anastasia out to eat this year. He celebrates the AFBA cookbook launch. And he talks with food writer and BBQ lover Kenny Pailes about the 2013 Foodways Texas Symposium, “Our Barbecue, Ourselves.”
Episode 157: Flour Power
Will continues his quest to explore the ingredients that make up the regional cuisine that is Tex-Mex with an episode devoted to the flour tortilla. He shares some history of the flour tortilla from Jeffrey M. Pilcher’s Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food and he talks with Paqui Tortilla founder Doug Lyon about what goes into artisan flour tortillas.
Episode 156: The Queso Question
Will goes down a rabbit hole filled with queso. A question was put to the South By Southwest Interactive 2013 Panel, “Eating to Live Online” about whether it was wrong to love TexMex. Will tries to uncover some of the rhetorical complexities raised by the question.
Episode 155: Eating to Live Online-The SXSW Interactive Panel Discussion
Listen to the SXSW panel discussion “Eating to Live Online: Virtual Food & Real Life” with Addie Broyles, Hilah Johnson, and Mary Helen Leonard.
Episdoe 152: Spice It Up!
Things get spicy when Will talks with Karen Aboussie of Savory Spice Shop on West 6th Street in Austin. They talk about hot things like peppers and exotic things like fennel pollen and black Korean garlic. They also dip into the more esoteric aspects of spices like their ability to unlock memories and cure disease.
Episode 150: Shooting Food
Will’s not talking about hunting. He’s talking with filmmaker and food lover Christian Remde about how he started making videos about food. The conversation is so good it’s going to take two episodes to contain it all.
