Food Non-Fiction
Lillian Yang
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Food Non-Fiction tells the incredible true stories behind food. We look forward to taking you on this wild food journey - through history, and around the world. Think of us as food historians, food scientists, and food journalists.
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DEC 1, 2025
Big News! We're Launching on YouTube.
Hey foodbuffs! It's time for a new beginning - we're moving this channel to YouTube. Please support the channel by going to YouTube and subscribing to Food Non-Fiction. Thank you so much for your support over the years. Much love, Lillian
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OCT 21, 2020
#73 Ignacio Nicknamed Nacho
This Food Non-Fiction episode tells the incredible true story of nachos. This snack was created by and named after Ignacio Anaya who's nickname was Nacho.
12 MIN
APR 14, 2020
#72 When Impossible Burgers Became Possible
This Food Non-Fiction episode tells the incredible true story of meat alternatives. We talk about the early history of meat alternatives and then we talk to the Impossible Foods team to understand how this modern meat alternative was created.
25 MIN
MAY 20, 2019
#71 Pass the Tofurky
This is an in-depth interview with the wonderful person who created Tofurky. Seth Tibbott founded Turtle Island Foods which is still a family owned company today.
38 MIN
DEC 24, 2018
#70 Craft Beer Beginnings
This is the story of the beginnings of craft beer. We tell you how this "craft beer" concept emerged. In this episode, we interviewed John Holl - a beer expert and journalist, Renee DeLuca - the daughter of the craft beer pioneer Jack McAuliffe, and professor Michael Lewis who has taught brewing for decades.
17 MIN
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