America has long had a love affair with cookies which led big business to get in the game and the choices of commercially made sweets seem endless. Several years ago Oreos, the iconic, #1 American cookie, celebrated their 100th birthday. Food writer and culinary historian Michael Krondl talks with Linda...

This week on A Taste of the Past, host Linda Pelaccio is joined by Roger Horowitz, an historian of American business, technology, and labor, and an expert on the nation’s food. He is the author of the book Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food...

This week on Eating Disorder hosts Crazy Legs Conti and The Rev Spyro open up the show with a mysterious sound clip tease for the coming episode - Twinkies! After catching up for a minute, the guys welcome Steve Ettlinger to the program, author of "Twinkie, Deconstructed." Talking about Steve's...

It's Valentine's Day, and as you can imagine, that means major foodiness. Don't fall into a trap of fake chocolate and non-cookies! Why are companies selling heart shaped cookie dough donuts? Erica steers you clear of fake food and delves into the history of that thing we call "cookie dough"...

This week on A Taste of the Past, the subject is New York City food. Linda speaks with Andrew Smith, author of New York City: A Food Biography, about the history of food in New York City. Andrew brings us back thousands of years, and describes what the food culture...

This week on Let's Get Real, host Erica Wides reads us an old Betty Crocker ad from the early days of cake mix, and she's got a few bones to pick with the lack of effort and learning that we seem to be so happy about in the U.S. After...

Believe it or not, "birthday" is now a flavor! Foodiness flavor scientists have taken it too far! Now, we not only have cupcake-flavored vodka, but "birthday"-flavored vodka. Tune into this episode to learn what other foodiness products are flavored with pure, unadulterated "birthday". Find out what actually makes up "birthday"...

Learn about the science and economics behind snack foods with Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, on this week's edition of What Doesn't Kill You. Katy Keiffer chats with Michael about the origins of sugary, salty snacks in Kellogg's. Did you know that...

On today's THE FOOD SEEN- Gaby Dalkin of the profoundly popular blog, WhatsGabyCooking.com- takes us through her time working as a personal chef for Jessica Simpson, to her much-publicized Slutty Brownies (which made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), and now, her first cookbook, Absolutely Avocados, a...

Casey Barber is re-defining junk food with her first cookbook, Classic Snacks Made From Scratch! This week on Eat Your Words, Casey joins Cathy Erway in the studio to talk about why she wrote a book dedicated to making junk food. From Twinkies to Goldfish, find out what recipes proved...