The thing about a cheap cut of meat is that, once you figure out how to properly cook it, it stops being cheap really quickly. Noah and Louisa dig into one of the best-known examples.

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Episode 131: Braised Brisket

A jiggly monument to the wonderful flavor of fresh dairy, or the least stressful dessert in the world if you're paying attention? Noah and Louisa help you decide.

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Episode 130: Panna Cotta

And now for something completely different—instead of picking a food and dunking on the people who can't get it right, Noah and Louisa talk about how they weren't always the masterful cooks and podcast hosts you hear before you today.

And there's a big announcement, to boot.

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Episode 129: How We Became Cooks

A Certified Good One,™ according to Louisa! No food we have ever covered on this show has more deserved being compared to a boat, so we're just going to hit the accelerator on this one. These are the appetizer equivalent of a VIking funeral, in that they are small vessels you set on fire and there's usually alcohol involved. What else do you need to know?

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Episode 128: Potato Skins

The substance that binds American childhoods together. Whether you like it plain-Jane mayonnaise or fancy, sharp, and full of stuff that isn't tuna, you've had this before, and you probably know exactly how you feel about it. Noah and Louisa tell you their part of the story.

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Episode 127: Tuna Salad

Noah and Louisa succumb to a silly meme. No, they're totally not using it as an excuse to talk about the fondation of every truly transcendent meat dish. How dare you insinuate that?

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Episode 126: (#)Gravy

Why are there so many foods with real gross names? Noah attempts to get over it while Louisa extols the virtues of this triple- (or quadruple-, if you're not a coward) chocolate pie.

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Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter [http://www.kjpargeterimages.co.uk/].

Episode 125: Mississippi Mud Pie

We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of The Odyssey. Noah and Louisa oblige.

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Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter [http://www.kjpargeterimages.co.uk/].

Episode 124: Spanakopita

We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of Star Wars. Noah and Louisa oblige.

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Episode 123: Fried Calamari

The Mediterranean dish that proves if it's liquid, you can poach eggs in it. Noah and Louisa meant to talk about that food for an hour and change; the culinary gods had other plans.

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Our theme is Street Food [https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/], by FASSounds [https://pixabay.com/users/fassounds-3433550/], and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License [https://pixabay.com/service/license/].

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter [http://www.kjpargeterimages.co.uk/].

Episode 122: Shakshuka

A show about food and the things people do to it. Every week, Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron pick a dish, define its most important elements, and then sit down to find out what the Internet thinks about it.

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