Pantry Staples

Emily is rounding out our Spore-gasbord season with an episode about the mold that brings us a nectar of the gods! There is frankly too much science, but we do cleanse our palates by rolling our eyes at people who will only drink a "dry" wine. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This episode actually doesn't have a lot of cheese content until the end (much to Emily's frustration). Marika goes through the basics of pairing wine with food then we taste and go on tangents. Content warning: so many chewing and slurping noises, also a few rogue firework blasts. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Emily is back for the conclusion of her series on chocolate, this time to discuss the horrible labour record of Hershey Foods. Not only is their chocolate subpar but so is their commitment to ending child slavery! Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week Marika explains why it may have been a good idea to adopt a gluten free diet in Medieval Germany. We're talking about history's number one fungus amongus: Ergot. Things take a darkish turn near the end but what else would you expect from Pantry Staples! Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

A series within a series! Emily is back this week to describe to us the horrors of Big Chocolate, specifically Nestlé. Sidebars along the way include a stellar martini recipe and Marika's Vogue "What I Eat in a Day" entry. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Marika is back on theme this week with more of the wonderful ways that mold and cheese work together to create stinky deliciousness. We talk and TASTE through 6 different types of cheeses: Double and Triple cream Brie, Humboldt Fog, Taleggio, Limburger and Gruyere. Follow along at home for the ultimate Pantry Staples experience. (Content Warning: chewing noises) Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week Emily tells us about the moldy secret behind our favourite sweet treat: chocolate! Along the way we run into racism, loss of agricultural knowledge and environmental destruction. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Is that miasma I feel or is this wallpaper making crazy? This week Marika is taking us on a slight detour to talk about white people processing stress through interior design. We also talk about mold, refrigerators and our least favourite chores. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

It's transportable, it's a superfood, it's not actually a mold... It's algae! This week Emily is taking us all over the world to talk about the incredible edible history of seaweed. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Marika is back with another divisive, smelly food: Truffles! We're getting a little science-y with this one but also lamenting the loss of generational knowledge and seriously urging you to get yourself a truffle lady. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod and let us know if you want us to start doing fake ad breaks!

Emily is back in her wheelhouse this week as we travel 2 million years into the past to get the facts on mouldy meat. We talk a little bit about beef itself but mostly we try to unpack the weird ways humans (North Americans) talk and think about meat eating. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Welcome to season 5: our spore-gasbord of mould and food! This week, Marika tells Emily about our favourite acquired taste, blue cheese. We unpack legends, science and our taste for stank. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

It's the final episode of this season and we're pulling out all the stops to tell you about the history of flambé cooking and tableside service. There are enough moustaches and bowties to build an entire Cornell Hospitality Student body and Emily is learning a lot of new things. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Merry almost Christmas everybody! Emily is cooking up Beef Wellington this year and even though she can't tell the different Napoleons apart, she does have the skinny on this showpiece of a dish. Sidebars include, our greatest baking meltdowns and Emily's ability to hold a grudge. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week Marika takes you from the 4th Century to the 80's with the contentious origins of North America's favourite fusion food: the California Roll! You will also hear about our most hated interior design colours and Emily's unapologetic love of imitation crab. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week we're back at the Waldorf Astoria... or are we? Learn the three potential origins of this brunch classic and then follow us down the rabbit hole of hangover cures famous and historical. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week we're shaking up a cocktail from the mind of a bartender who probably would have kicked us out of his saloon. There are apocryphal stories galore and some of them might actually be true! So get your shaker arms ready for the Ramos Fizz. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Welcome to LifeSkills 8, class! This week we learn about the history of Home Ec and try to decide whether it's capitalist indoctrination or a utopia where you can ‘have it all’. But mostly we're here to goss about Olivia Wilde's salad dressing and be concerned about orphans. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

This week we're taking you back to the 90's with a classic seafood dish because that's how Marika's brain works. Pluralized 'shrimp' brings us a lot of joy so prepare to hear that a lot. Tangents include Emily's pick for a celebrity president and hometown parking woes. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod

Emily is here to remind Marika that fast food restaurants are restaurants too with the history of North America's favourite breakfast on the go. Along the way we'll learn that Marika is not so secretly 100 years old and that capitalism is always lurking around the corner to ruin your morning. Follow us on instagram @pantrystaplespod