The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

John and Rebecca talk this week about Foie Gras. Find out about it's ancient history, it's Jewish connection, it's controversy and how it is processed. We also touch on some foie gras-making techniques on farms around the world. We start the episode by having a cozy catch up on the two weeks we missed and hear about the mountain of food John ate in Montreal (the trip that inspired this episode). P...

John and Rebecca go on tour with comedian Jim Meyer. We learn about eating on the road, crazy shows in Montana, being offered meth way too many times and being run out of a podunk town. We also talk about dancing cowboys, Basque food in Nevada and horror stories from comedy condos. There are lots of laughs and tale telling. We hope you like it. Check out Jim's podcast Laughfinder at  http://lfp.fa...

This week John Takes Rebecca out to the ballgame (her favorite place) and they talk about baseball food (traditional and very non-traditional). We cover the big three: Hot Dogs, Peanuts and Crackerjack and then get introduced to the modern and crazy foods sold at ballparks across the country. After going through that panoply of garbage food we talk about one of John's favorite stories in baseball...

John and Rebecca go local and take a trip to the Farmers Market this week. We find out about the history of the modern farmers market, get some do's and don't about market etiquette, some good facts and highlight a story that John relates to way too much. Please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Thanks!

John and Rebecca go rogue this week and break the formula to bring you a wide variety of weird and disgusting sounding cooking vocabulary followed up by a run down of awful food dishes served around the world (have you ever heard of a Balut?). There is a catch up for the last two weeks and John describes his experience with his son and the 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi. Thanks for listening. Please r...

John and Rebecca do some chive talking this week and learn about the lowly but lovely chive. Learn about the short history, the way it's used and how to plant it to grow it home. We also cover a very short list of facts and then a great dip into the Witchy breakdown of what makes up the Wiccan view of the chive. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks for listening. Cheers!

John and Rebecca cover the Patron Saint of The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast: Pliny the Elder!!!! They cover Pliny's life, his obsessions (missiles on horseback), and his fantastic death. We also go over his unbelievably weird remedies (they all include urine) and advice that run throughout his only existing work: The Natural History. Thanks for listening and please rate and review us on iTunes. C...

John and Rebecca are back with part two of PR king Dave Seel. We get to hear Dave's path from working for a restaurant group to starting his own PR firm. We also get to try a bunch of fun drinks and doughnuts that Dave so generously brought. Thanks for listening. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Cheers!

John and Rebecca are joined this week by PR guru and Founder of Blue Fork Marketing Dave Seel (AKA The Food Adventurer) for part one in a two part series. The talk runs from mac and cheese poisoning, movie review of Black Panther, a wrap up of our food week, proselytizing about old local restaurants and we start into Dave's journey to becoming a self proclaimed "PR Whore". There are a couple cameo...

John and Rebecca are gonna party like it's your birthday. The history of birthday cakes are covered as well as the varied history of birthday candles. We hit up some fun facts, a short story about germs and blowing out birthday candles and then s a few fun and whacked out birthday stories. Enjoy and thank you for listening. Please rate and review us on iTunes!!

John and Rebecca get lovey about Valentine's Day (pronounced Valentimes). Hear the foggy history of St. Valentine, the how the date came to be and when people around the world started to give Valentine's cards. There are also some facts about the holiday and some sad Valentine's Day experiences from sad boys and girls. Thanks for listening!!

John and Rebecca celebrate episode 50 by getting matching Hot Dog tattoos!!!! The show is recorded live at Brightside Tattoos in Baltimore MD. Hear them get their tattoos while talking to their tattoo artist Jesse and the owner of Brightside Kike (pronounced Kee-Kay). The artists give us a little insight on the food tattoos they have, have given and some of the more memorable or horrible (dependin...

John and Rebecca are joined this week by Richard Gorelick (former restaurant critic for The Baltimore Sun) to talk about food criticism. The conversation flows around what it was like being a critic for a newspaper, getting recognized, and how trends ebb and flow through the years. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks and Cheers!!

John and Rebecca get crunchy about Kale. Find out about the long yet vague history of this leafy green as well some trivia. Finally we end up going through a list of foods made with kale that never should have been. Please rate and review us on iTunes and thanks you very much for listening. Cheers!

John and Rebecca figure out who is a Samantha and who is a Charlotte on episode 47 before getting to our wonderful topic: Soup. Listen for the history of soup, a dive into why Pinocchio was horrifying, some fun soupy facts, a round up of soups we would NOT want to eat and we end with a charming story about a man and what coconut soup did to his social life. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Che...

John and Rebecca catch up on the holidays on this special episode of the The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast. Find out the ups, downs, fun and sadness they experienced since last episode. They also detail their favorite meals and foods (good and garbage) that savored over the holiday break. We also get a short history about New Years' Resolutions and some sad facts about how many people keep them. H...

John and Rebecca get chompy about cookies!! We get some history, a buncj of drunken facts (I'm still hammered at this time od writing) and a story that will make you weary about your next cookie. We love you all. Please rate and review us as soon as possible (that;s right, I tyoed it out!).

John and Rebecca get schooled about Hanukkah this week by Bryan Levy of The City that Breeds Podcast. Hear the history of Hanukkah, it's traditional foods, some fun facts and an awesome and deadly story about a brave woman and some cheese. Please rate and review us on iTunes (it makes a difference!). Happy Hanukkah everyone!!!

John and Rebecca get called out about cauliflower! Hear it's short and shadowy history, hear John try to vamp time to stretch out the episode because cauliflower seems to be hated by everyone and check out some fun facts about this mysterious brassica. We end with a lesson about anatomy you may not enjoy....... so enjoy? Please rate and review us on iTunes, it makes a difference (listen to the epi...

John and Rebecca do a freaky Friday and do a reversal of roles as Rebecca runs this week's food : Empanadas!! Hear a short history, some fun facts as well as a horrifying story of cannibalistic culinary cooking. Enjoy! Please rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks.

John and Rebecca come to you live from Chuck's Trading Post in Baltimore and we wake and bake with breakfast. We go through the history of breakfast as well as some big and small breakfasts around the world. We get through some fun facts and then end with the horrible story of how Corn Flakes were born. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks for listening.

John and Rebecca get thankful about Thanksgiving. We go through the history of the Thanksgiving. We hear the story of the (supposed) first Thanksgiving, how it became a real holiday, some goofy facts about the holiday and we finish with Rebecca being given a reverse Sophie's Choice of Thanksgiving horror stories. Listen to find out which awful story she chooses. Please rate and review us on iTunes...

John and Rebecca are joined this week by James Beard nominee Allison Robicelli to talk about a subject dear to all of their hearts.... Pie. Hear about it's utilitarian beginnings, how pies were used as storage, how they became insanely large and how royalty would receive pies full of animals topped with those same animals. We also get some weird pie facts including a famous pie full of lampreys an...

John and Rebecca get bouncy about cranberries. Learn the truncated history of the cranberry, hear how it's cultivated and get some goofy facts to break your brain. We end with how cranberry sauce became a thing and is still loved today. Enjoy and please rate and review us. Cheers.

John and Rebecca TP your tree while talking about Trick or treating and Halloween. Listen to hear the history of trick or treating and Halloween, get the facts on some spooky trivia and learn about the history of devil's night. Happy Halloween everyone!