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This week on LTAC we are diving into the history of frozen food. Freezers are frankly magical things, and today we talk about the story of how locals freezing food in northern Canada and Northern China resulted in us being able to pull anything out of our freezers at any time and eat them like they were picked from the ground only moments before.  This episode was written by Brian Clarke  You can write into the show by sending everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on Instagram @chefbrianclarke  If you want to support the show please go to buymeacoffee/ltac  Have a great service and Have a great week 

This week we are diving into the story of how the mafia used pizza to control New York City. The pizza connection between Sicily and New York was one of the largest drug busts in American history.  We also tell the story of how the Mafia came to be in New York and how Al Capone was the originator of the Agro Mafia  Lets Talk About Chef is written by Brian Clarke  You can write into the show by sending everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on Instagram @chefbrianclarke  If you would like to support the show you can donate directly to us by going to buymeacoffee.com/ltac  This week all donations will be sent to help those in Ukraine 

This week on LTAC we are telling the story of cheese, and also crowning the king of all sandwiches. Yes grilled cheese is the best sandwich. If you don't agree with me start your own podcast and argue against it.  If you want to support the show you can go to buymeacoffee.com/LTAC and buy Brian a coffee This episode was written by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the show you can send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on Instagram @chefbrianclarke 

This week on LTAC we are diving into the stories and history of food in stadiums. Its lighthearted, its fun, its absolutely not confrontational and maybe that's what we all need on a random Saturday in February when everything seems stressful.  This episode was written and hosted by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the show you can send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on Instagram @chefbrianclarke  We will be back next week with a another new episode  Have a great service and have a great week 

This week we are talking about Chef Boyardee, yeah that's right, chef freaking Boyardee. Because his life was pretty cool and frankly Tim has wanted this episode since the podcast began.  DISCLAIMER: There is historical audio used of a newsreel in this episode that uses a derogatory word several times when describing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. If this offends you we are sorry, history can be messy sometimes  This episode was written by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the podcast you can send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke 

We are back for season 2 and we couldn't be happier to kick things off reviewing why airplane food is terrible and also the humble perfection of St John Bread And Wine in London.  This episode was written by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the show you can send everything to [email protected] or follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke  Have a great service and have a great week 

This episode of Lets Talk About Chef is all about the history and story of how a single condiment went from being invented for a French king to being rapped out constantly in hip hop. The story of Grey Poupon is fascinating so strap in  Also there is a lot of swear words in this episode so we apologize if that offends you. This episode was written by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the show you can send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke 

This episode of Lets Talk About Chef is all about the slightly horrible history of Mac and cheese, and also how Canada has made Kraft dinner its national food.  We are very aware of the fact the we have talked about Mac and cheese before but quite frankly this is a free show and we thought that telling the real facts about how Thomas Jefferson took credit for a dish that his enslaved chef James Hemmings made for him is worth talking about.  This episode was written by Brian Clarke  If you want to write into the show send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian @chefbrianclarke on Instagram 

This episode of Lets Talk About Chef is a little different in that it is not really about food or restaurants or chefs or reviewing aspects of Brians culinary life in any way shape or form. It is about the gin craze that almost destroyed London England in the 1700's.  The Gin Craze was a time when had of Londons population were fully addicted to chugging pints of essentially poison and if you didn't die you were pretty much guaranteed to fight, pass out, steal, kill and sell everything you owned to get more of the stuff. This episode of Lets Talk About Chef was written and hosted by Brian Clarke You can write into the show by sending everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke  You can find any past or current episodes on letstalkaoutchef.com or wherever you get your podcasts If you can take five seconds to give the show five stars we would be eternally grateful. 

This episode of Lets Talk About Chef is all about the food we eat and the food we bring to funerals. Its a story of humanity and of celebration and well.........cannibalism, corpse cakes and all the strange yet oddly familiar traditions from around the world.  This episode does contain descriptions of some funeral practices that may not be suitable for young children or adults that aren't secure enough to understand that the words that come out of Brians mouth can't hurt them. You've been warned,  If you want to write into the show you can send everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke  If you like Lets Talk About Chef please consider telling someone about it, you can tell them at all episodes are available on letstalkaboutchef.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.  Have a great service, and have a great week. 

This episode of Lets Talk About Chef is the story of fire, more specifically why cooking over fire made us human. Its a story of why a chance occurrence two million years ago meant that we became who we are today, and the role that food had in that journey. This episode was written and hosted by Brian Clarke You can write to Lets Talk About Chef by sending everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke  head to letstakaboutchef.com for the backlog of all episodes or wherever you get your podcasts. 

This week on Lets Talk About chef its all about the foods that make our brains smarter and we can all be geniuses, except for the little problem that every actual genius ever didn't do any of this stuff and pretty lived off of alcohol, cigarettes and coffee......and speed. This episode was written by Brian Clarke and produced by Timothy McDonald   You can write into the show by sending everything to [email protected] or you can follow Brian on instagram @chefbrianclarke we do have the instagram account for lets talk about chef but that is more so that no one else can have it,  also, this episode is being brought to you by the podcast Renegades on Spotify featuring conversations between Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama and if you know anything about Brian simply being sponsored by anything to do with Bruce Springsteen blew his mind and we haven't been able to calm him down enjoy