Graham crackers today are sweet, airy, and often a component in desserts, but they originated as a bland health food peddled by a temperance preacher. In this classic episode, Anney and Lauren explore the long, weird journey of graham crackers.

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Graham crackers today are sweet, airy, and often a component in desserts, but they originated as a bland health food peddled by a temperance preacher. In this classic episode, Anney and Lauren explore the long, weird journey of graham crackers. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

Savor digs into how people live and how they eat – and why. Hosts Anney Reese and Lauren Vogelbaum interview the culinary creators and consumers of the world, exploring the science, history, and culture of food and drink, all with a key question in mind: Why do we like what we like, and how can we find more of those things?

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Graham crackers today are sweet, airy, and often a component in desserts, but they originated as a bland health food peddled by a temperance preacher. In this classic episode, Anney and Lauren explore the long, weird journey of graham crackers.

Savor Classics: Graham Crackers

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This hearty winter squash soup is more than the sum of its ingredients -- it's the symbol of a revolution. Anney and Lauren dig into the history and culture behind soup joumou.

This hearty winter squash soup is more than the sum of its ingredients -- it's the symbol of a revolution. Anney and Lauren dig into the history and culture behind soup joumou.

The Revolutionary Soup Joumou Episode

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Southern biscuits are the fluffly, flaky stuff of dreams, but they're a fairly new invention. Anney and Lauren explore how these biscuits came to be, how to make them at home, and why ‘biscuit’ in British English is a different baked good entirely.

Southern biscuits are the fluffly, flaky stuff of dreams, but they're a fairly new invention. Anney and Lauren explore how these biscuits came to be, how to make them at home, and why ‘biscuit’ in British English is a different baked good entirely.

Classic: Southern Biscuits

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Tangy goat milk gives this caramel a revolutionary depth of flavor. Anney and Lauren dig into the science and history of cajeta.

Tangy goat milk gives this caramel a revolutionary depth of flavor. Anney and Lauren dig into the science and history of cajeta.

Cajeta Gets Our Goat

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Savor Classics: Graham Crackers

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