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102. Challah If You Hear Me ft. Gab Chernitsky

This week, host Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talks to longtime friend of the show Gab Chernitsky (@gabnitsky) about the traditional jewish braided bread, Challah! We get into Gab’s family recipe, how braiding challah improves your hairstylist skills, and why challah makes the best french toast. We also get into the link between Challah and the Exodus story of the ancient Jews, Shabbos rituals, and how food can link us to family across space and time. So funky!

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101. Put A Pickle On It ft. Greg Schulz

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) calls up friend of the show Greg Schulz (@giantwerewolf) to take a big ol’ crunch out of Pickles! We talk about why pickles are the perfect food to open up our palates to new flavours, pickle mistakes, and the importance of trying things again even when we don’t like them. Plus, we get into how the acidity of vinegar interacts with salt and fat!

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100. Ask Us Anything!

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) celebrate reaching our 100 episode milestone by answering questions from listeners and past guests! We talk weird pickled items, our favorite Montreal bakeries, East Asian dishes that stole our hearts, and more!

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99. Munch Madness FINALE: Pasta vs. Bread ft. Jesse Thorn, Julian McKenzie, and Sophie Lane!

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) call up special guest judges Julian McKenzie (@jkamckenzie), Sophie Lane (@sophielanemusic), and Jesse Thorn (@jessethorn) to help us decide the WINNER of Munch Madness 2023! Which one of our returning champs will be the first to ever win the title twice? Will Bread continue its winning streak, or will Pasta take home the dough? Who will GRAIN supreme in this heavyweight gluten smackdown? 

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98. Munch Madness: Berries vs Pasta; Hot Sauce vs Bread ft. Keith Serry & Chris Walker

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) call up special guest judges Keith Serry (@volumeknob) and Chris Walker (@cwlkr20) to help us determine the winners of this year’s Munch Madness semi-finals! Will Pasta get another shot at the title, or will newcomer Berries continue its prolific journey to the top? Will reigning champ Bread knock out spicy rookie Hot Sauce or will it bring the heat straight into the finale?

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97. Munch Madness: Pasta vs Rice; Bread vs Coffee ft. Dalton Deschain & Tranna Wintour

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) call up special guest judges Dalton Deschain (@daltondeschain) and Tranna Wintour (@trannawintour) to help determine the two final foods moving forward to the semi-finals of Munch Madness 2023! Will Pasta get another shot at the championship, or will Rice finally have its moment in the sun? Will last year’s champ Bread knock out last year’s runner-up Coffee (again) or will its grain of terror come to an end?

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95. Munch Madness: Rice Vs. Olives; Bread Vs. Burgers ft. Amanda McLoughlin & Cupcakedex

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) call up special guest judges Amanda McLoughlin (@shessomickey) and Cupcakedex (@cupcakedex) to help us decide the fate of our next two Munch Madness matchups! Will the chad Rice knock out the (extra) virgin Olive? Will reigning champ Bread hand over its crown to Burgers? Am I just realizing now that Burger King would make a spectacular sponsor for this tournament? I need to go send some emails…

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82. The Craziest Sandwich in New York?! ft. Eric Silver

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) wraps up this year of Bread with a final foray into the sandwich! Eric Silver (@el_silvero) joins the party to talk about the Bacon Industrial Complex, a walkthrough of the thought process behind how much meat goes into a good sandwich, and the pork-forwardness of Italian sandwich culture. Plus, a game of Is This Sandwich Appetizing Or Too Much?!

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90 – Top 5 Smells

Take a whiff outta this list!

Fun fact: people can detect at least one trillion distinct scents (It’s true! We Googled this)! Not only is Smell one of the most powerful senses, it is also the most primal and layered sense where it can elicit an ultra-wide variation of emotion depending how your particular nose detects a scent. So join Tuong La and Stink Sniffers Angus MacDonald, Samantha Leggatt, and Leslie Cserepy as they waft the best aromas into their noses and rank Top 5 Smells!

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