The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

A food history and cooking comedy podcast. John presents Rebecca one culinary item per show while giving it's history and crazy facts (Rebecca doesn't know the topic beforehand). It's funny, instructional and sometimes (most of the time) gross. Based out of Baltimore MD.

Chefisode #5- Emeril Lagasse 02/15/2019

Chefisode #5- Emeril Lagasse BAM!!! This week John and Rebecca cover the career of Chef Emeril Lagasse. From Massachusetts to Louisiana and then to every TV in America, we cover the ups and downs of one of the most popular chefs to ever live. Thanks for listening! Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8659175

Time to Make the Doughnuts!! 02/08/2019

Time to Make the Doughnuts!! This week John and Rebecca are joined by Emily and Roslan from Diablo Doughnuts. The talk is all about our favorite doughy delights. We cover the history of the shop, the flavors that have made them famous, the ups and downs of the business and we also get to taste test a bunch of doughnuts and gush about how great they are. It's a great conversation made better with doughnuts. Thanks for listening!!! Please rate and review us on iTunes. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8566379

Ramen Denominator 02/01/2019

Ramen Denominator This week John and Rebecca use their noodles talking about ramen. The episode starts with a round up of some Super Bowl-related food deals and rundown of the food found at Mercedes Benz Stadium, the home of the big game. We then delve into the history of ramen and as we're about to wrap it up disaster strikes.... the power goes out. We come back and record the rest of the episode. The rest of the story of ramen is told as well as some fun facts. We finish on a serendipitous story. . Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8480366

Don't Fork Up, Don't Fork Yourself 01/25/2019

Don't Fork Up, Don't Fork Yourself Fork you is what John and Rebecca are yelling at each other this week! The brilliantly feminine history of the fork is covered as well is the shockingly late acceptance of what is now thought of as our main feeding utensil. We start the podcast with a new segment covering food-related news and end with a great fork-related poem that will creep you out. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8389748

Home Is Where The Ham Is 01/18/2019

Home Is Where The Ham Is John and Rebecca ham it up this week about their favorite cured pig leg. We cover the history and love of ham all over the world. We explain the difference between a city ham and a country ham while giving examples of the numerous types of raw and cooked hams. We also cover some fun facts and end with the worst ham recipe ever (hint: it contains bananas). Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8302898

Holiday Roundup Time!!! 01/11/2019

Holiday Roundup Time!!! John and Rebecca have a cozy culinary catchup about their time over the holiday. Birthday, Christmas, New Years, dinners, breakfasts and all meals in between are covered. Thanks for listening. Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8216585

John Solo- Listener Questions! 01/04/2019

John Solo- Listener Questions! This week, John (sans Rebecca) answers questions from a bunch of our listeners (and some fellow podcasters). Topics ranging from mustard on ham sandwiches, how to deal with friends with spice issue and what candy would God be (among many others) are covered. It's a fun episode filled with as much knowledge and stupidity as possible. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8131058

Have Yourself a Rouxdie Little Christmas!!! 12/21/2018

Have Yourself a Rouxdie Little Christmas!!! This week John and Rebecca get Kringle-y about Christmas Foods. From delicious and traditional to wild and blasphemic, the Xmas foods you think you know are only a figment of your imagination. There are also so many side bars and just plain fun conversations that if you don't feel like you know the hosts then you probably never will (we hope you do). Happy Holidays everyone!! We Love You! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/8001485

Snoop Noggy Nog 12/14/2018

Snoop Noggy Nog John and Rebecca get boozy over Egg Nog. After a talk about our week and random digressions, we look at it's history, the strange Baltimore connection, it's various versions and then we end with a story that is so dumb it has to be heard. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7916288

Chefisode #4- Dominique Crenn 12/07/2018

Chefisode #4- Dominique Crenn John and Rebecca celebrate the success and career of Dominique Crenn. From her start in France to her adopted home of San Francisco, this badass chef has become the first woman in the U.S.A to become a 3 star Michelin Chef! She is seriously at the vanguard of cuisine in The America and a true artist and visionary. Thanks for listening. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7833101

Thanksgiving Roundup!! 11/29/2018

Thanksgiving Roundup!! John and Rebecca give each other a rundown of their amazingly successful Thanksgivings (no one was murdered) and catch up on what was cooked, baked, stirred and mixed to make 2018 the best Thanksgiving ever. Rebecca also talks about a great bunch of food she tried at a restaurant's vegetarian food preview. Genereally it's just a cozy catchup and you are all invited. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7733336

Jive Turkey 11/16/2018

Jive Turkey John and Rebecca get snoody about turkeys this week. From the domestication of turkeys in Mexico, to the widespread love of the gobbler all over the world, we cover the turkey's important history. A waddle full of fun facts are covered and we finish with a second helping of horrible Thanksgiving stories. Happy Thanksgiving everyone (or Thursday if your listening during the summer). /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7583447

You Down With GBC? Yeah You Know Me!!! 11/09/2018

You Down With GBC? Yeah You Know Me!!! John and Rebecca pay respect to the greatest modern Thanksgiving side dish recipe ever created: Green Bean Casserole. We travel back to 1955 and talk about how badass recipe innovator, Dorcas Reilly, changes the Thanksgiving side game forever. Then we shift gears from the greatest Thanksgiving side dish to the worst side dishes ever invented. From frozen jellied turkey-vegetable salad to Cranberry mayonnaise candles, we take a trip into a weird past full of terrible ideas. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7497491

Bangers and Trash Part 2 11/02/2018

Bangers and Trash Part 2 John and Rebecca go for round 2 on their care package from England. First they start off with a Halloween wrap up. The tricks, treats and the sadness of how the spooky season is now over (and they rant about how it should be longer) They try some great snacks (roast beef and onion potato chips) and some not-so-great junk (pickled onion potato chips). Thanks again to JJ for sending us such a packed and varied care package. We loved it all....... well, almost all. Thanks for listening. Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7408262

Bangers and Trash Part 1 10/26/2018

Bangers and Trash Part 1 John and a newly married Rebecca get a surprise package from a friend living in England. After a round up of Rebecca's beautiful weeding to Kate we dive into our British bundle of love. This package is filled with a bunch of crisps, biscuits, gummies and chocolate bars (with some Marmite thrown in). So what were they to do but having a tasting party? From Worcestershire sauce flavored crisps to a Cadbury Twirl, this taste test was having them sing God Save the Queen...... well almost. Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7322648

Listener Question Time!!! 10/18/2018

Listener Question Time!!! John and Rebecca answer listener questions this week. No question is too complicated or downright stupid for us to answer. We cover a wide variety of topics that we hope you will enjoy. Thanks to everyone for submitting your Qs so we could give you As. Cheers! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7230503

Take Another Little Pizza My Heart Pt 2 (extra toppings) 10/12/2018

Take Another Little Pizza My Heart Pt 2 (extra toppings) John and Rebecca continue their decent into pizza madness this week. We start with a history of pizza in the USA and talk about what our favorite pizza toppings are. We then cover basically every type of pizza you can find in America. It's varied and fun to see how goofy some of them are. We also talk about the largest commercial pizza available, how pizza has stopped crimes and end it with pizza delivery horror stories. Thanks for listening! Cheers!!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7159233

Take Another Little Pizza My Heart (pt 1) 10/05/2018

Take Another Little Pizza My Heart (pt 1) This week John and Rebecca start their journey into the truth about pizza. We have a cozy catch up in the first half of the episode before we get into the lovely history of the pizza pie. We start at the first flat bread beginnings of pizza and then finish up right before we get to the history of pizza in America. We have to save something for next week right? /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7131767

Marco Pierre White 09/28/2018

Marco Pierre White This week John and Rebecca cover the professional life of the first rock star chef Marco Pierre White. From his humble beginnings in Leeds to his ascension as the most recognizable Chef in all of Britain, Marco was certainly a force to be reckoned with. We also follow his career after giving up his Michelin stars and becoming a family man and restaurateur. We end up the episode with some facts about the man known as Enfant Terrible. Thanks for listening!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7101413

Weirdo Cookbooks Live at the Baltimore Podcast Festival 9-15-18 09/21/2018

Weirdo Cookbooks Live at the Baltimore Podcast Festival 9-15-18 John and Rebecca go live in front of the audience at The Baltimore Podcast Festival on 9-15-18. We cover cookbooks, but not just any cookbooks. We cover the cookbooks that are so strange and bizarre it will make you think we're making them up. From cooking with Coolio to cookbooks featuring........ let's say unsavory main ingredients, this crazy collection of cookbooks will have you wondering why anyone thought these were a good idea. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7072495

Herky Jerky Man 09/15/2018

Herky Jerky Man John and Rebecca are joined by Evan The Mayor From The City That Breeds Podcast to talk about Jerky. We learn how it's made, how it's packaged and how it's shopped to a very lame public. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6805243

Chef Cat Part 2!!! 09/14/2018

Chef Cat Part 2!!! John and Rebecca are joined (AGAIN!!) this week by Catina Smith (AKA Chef Cat)!!!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7047291

Chef Cat Part 1 09/14/2018

Chef Cat Part 1 John and Rebecca are joined this week by Catina Smith (AKA Chef Cat)!!!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/7017682

Who's Wine is it Anyway? 08/31/2018

Who's Wine is it Anyway? John and Rebecca get basic about wine! We cover a fast history, some fun facts and finish up with a crazy and creepy tale/ creepypasta about wine that will turn your stomach. Thanks for listening and please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Cheers!!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6990634

Grape Expectations 08/29/2018

Grape Expectations John and Rebecca talk about grapes on this listener-suggested episode (thanks Josh!). We follow the history of the grape, digress and regress about a few topics (catching up on important issues) and then end with some fun facts about the lovely and versatile grape. Thanks for listening!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6963533

Peter's Inn our Hearts 08/17/2018

Peter's Inn our Hearts John and Rebecca are joined this week by Karin and Bud Tiffany from Peter's Inn located in Fells Point Baltimore. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6937219

Appetite for Consumption 08/03/2018

Appetite for Consumption John and Rebecca stuff their faces with this episode about competitive eating. We cover the history and early beginnings on Coney Island, some crazier competitions from the past, a bunch of incredible (and disgusting) competitive eating records and then we end with some terrible competition tragedies. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6883381

Whole Lotta Kalamata!!! 07/27/2018

Whole Lotta Kalamata!!! With Rebecca on vacation this week John and John's 7 year old son Crosby fills in to cover one of his favorite foods: Kalamata olives! In this very short and crazy episode we find out a little bit of history about Kalamata olives, how they are made, and a few fun facts about olives. We also get a lesson on the attention span of a 7 year old boy. It's a family friendly episode that is always fun to do. Thanks for listening and please rate and review us on itunes and follow us on Spotify. Cheers!!! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6855910

The Notorious P.I.G 07/24/2018

The Notorious P.I.G John and Rebecca get down and dirty with this episode about pigs. Find out where they came from, how they are an immigrant to the USA and how it became our favorite meat globally. /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6832250

Trendy Episode 69 (nice) 07/06/2018

Trendy Episode 69 (nice) John and Rebecca get trendy with this episode about food trends. Forecasted at the beginning of the year these food trends are hit or miss and on this episode we talk about the hits (and many) misses. We also talk a LOT about the episode number. It's 69 btw..... get it? 69?.........Nice! /episode/index/show/rouxdecookingschool/id/6780038

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