Savor

Mushroom expert Alan Muskat, a self-described mycomedian, is a professional forager (and likes puns at least as much as we do). In this bonus interview, he takes us out foraging in Western North Carolina to share his experience and philosophy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These trumpet-shaped mushrooms, long prized for their delicate flavor and seafood-esque texture, resist being farmed. Anney and Lauren dig into the history and science of foraging for this fungus. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A truly unique meal doesn't have to be fancy -- it might just be made from ingredients that you can only get in a particular time and place. Anney & Lauren talk to chefs and foragers about the artistic science of using terroir to make a meal. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Post-Prohibition, Asheville had zero legal breweries until Highland Brewing opened in 1994. We interviewed Leah Wong Ashburn, the second-generation family owner, about how the brewery has changed -- and how beer changed the city for the better. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India Pale Ales rule the American craft beer market and don't seem in danger of being usurped by another style anytime soon. But why? Anney and Lauren explore the colonial history and bitter science behind IPAs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asheville's breweries are integral to its community -- and a microcosm of craft beer in America. Anney and Lauren dive into the history of how this came to be, plus the science of sour and funky beers, with help from the brewers themselves. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historian and Ashville native Kevan Frazier has seen a lot of the city's changes -- and he’s studied the rest. Here's our more-or-less full intereview with Kevan, covering how Asheville went from railroad stop to health resort to Beer City, USA. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Several cultures claim hummus as their own invention, but all agree that the dish (although seen as a hippie/health food in the West) soothes the soul. Anney and Lauren explore the contentious history of hummus. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beer and food pulled this Southern/Appalachian city out of 70 years of economic depression. Anney and Lauren, along with a bevy of guides, explore the edible history and science of keeping Asheville weird. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though gold has no flavor and no nutritional benefits, people have been eating gold pretty much forever. Anney and Lauren mine the AUdacious ancient and modern practice of consuming gold. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.