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Millets!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The International Year of Millets shared the White House state dinner menu.
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tupperware Party
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A classic Tupperware Party ad
One of America’s iconic plastic storage devices is still coveted in India. Sandip Roy warmly remembers Tupperware!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Where did my English muffin go?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: 2 avatars of Eggs Benedict from restaurants in India, both missing the English muffin., Credit: Sandip Roy
Where did my English muffin go from my Eggs Benedict?

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Chicken from Glasgow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Google search for chicken tikka masala, Credit: Sandip Roy
Unlike many of the people we lost in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele - Ahmed Ali Aslam might not have been a household name. But...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Future Food
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Palm grub sushi, Credit: Sandip Roy
Just last year the U.N. reported that malnutrition rose to about 768 million people. Sandip Roy wonders if the time for insects as food is upon us.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
A Plant By Any Other Name....
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: the McDonald's P.L.T.
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cancel Curry
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Curry, three ways, Credit: Sandip Roy
While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Flavor Equation
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nik Sharma author of the Flavor Equation
Nik Sharma's latest book is the Flavor Equation which breaks flavor down to its component parts - from mouthfeel to aroma, even sound.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatches From Kolkata #304 - Ilish, ilish, ilish
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ilish in mustard sauce, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip, who does not like fish, relishes his annual dish of Ilish, the prized fish of Bengal. But at what cost?

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 05:57
Zomato delivers a food born controversy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Zomato delivers a food born controversy

  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Chickens Don't Fly
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Chickens cannot fly. That’s according to Air India, India’s national airline. It has just announced that it’s going to stop serving non-vegetaria...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Fufu
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: pounding fufu in Kante, Togo
In the small West African nation of Togo, a typical meal consists of one of two staple foods: pâte (pronounced like “pot”), made from corn flour an...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
Turkey for Dinner
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t rea...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Multi-cuisine Madness
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A sample menu, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a world where consumer choice is deified, multi-cuisine’s stock keeps going up, no matter its quality.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Darling Darjeeling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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There’s tea... and there’s Darjeeling tea.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Old Monk is dying in India!?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Old Monk Rum
The Old Monk is dying!? Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 de...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Mango Crazy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Rare Mangoes at a festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
What we call mango in English has a hundred different names in India. Indians don’t love their mangos. They form fanatical fan clubs of different k...

Bought by WDBM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Coffee: Trouble Brewing?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRIR, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Umami of Customer Service
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
How do you sabrage in France?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Champagne Bottles Post-Sabrage, Credit: Jane Alexander
This week we sharpen our swords in the Champagne region of France to learn how the French sabrage!

Bought by KMXT, WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Curious Cooking Zones of an English Aga
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: How the heck do you cook on this thing?
The Global Guru production team got hardly any burns at all in the making of our latest episode. This week we travel to England to learn to cook th...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Iceland-What IS that smell?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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Today, the Global Guru ventures into the Viking's culinary history by looking at the delicacy known as hakarl -- or rotten shark.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 4
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3