This week on Cooking Issues, Dave takes a question that came in late last week about dry curing pork bellies. After the break, we get a caller questions about getting rid of sodium benzoate from a keg of Mountain Dew in order to make wine. This show has been sponsored...

Foodiness diet products are just that- foodiness! This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides is taking on supposed 'diet foods', and telling you why it's best to just eat real food. Find out why butter is on trial in New York City schools despite its health benefits. Hear about...

Has foodiness co-opted peanut butter, too? Unfortunately, yes. Tune into this week's episode of Let's Get Real to hear Erica Wides dish the cold, hard truth about peanut butter. See the ingredient list on that jar of Skippy? That's right, it's filled with hydrogenated oils and corn syrup! But don't...

On this week's episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are joined by Aaron Marks, Development Executive for a food mini-series called Deconstructing Dinner: Reconstructing Our Food System. For more information, visit Deconstructing Dinner's Kickstarter page. After a brief discussion about Dave's love for financial history, Dave talks...

This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about multivitamins. Remember those Flintstone vitamins you used to take as a child, or that you give to your child? Erica is here to tell you that there is no proof that these vitamins improve your health in any way...

This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides takes on artificial sweetener addiction. Erica goes back in time and talks about the diet sodas of her youth- Tab and Diet Sprite, and how they made her feel outright unhealthy. She also talks about aspartame's ugly history amongst the likes of...

Are flavor pairings real? Are there shared compounds and volatiles in successful food pairings? What the hell does Crystal Light have to do with Brooks Headley's cooking career? Find out the answers to all these questions on an entertaining and informative episode of Cooking Issues with Dave Arnold. Learn more...

This week on Why We Cook Chef Smarty Pants laments America's obsession with soda, and fears for a close friend with a diet soda addiction. When a search for a soda with maximum flavor and minimum sweetness ends without a clear winner, she ponders the potential for creating her own...