This week, the New Yorker contributor, "Gastropod" co-host and all-around wonderful storyteller talks with Jane Black about her fascinating — fascinating! — new book on refrigeration. Frostbite tells the remarkable story of how the invention of, well, cold transformed food, our planet and ourselves.

Fan Fave: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Listen Now: Wiser Than Me (featuring Alice Waters)
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One last seat at the table, with Michael Symon
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