School is back in session. And for kids, lunch period is the closest you get to being on your own at school. So what do kids actually talk about at lunch? Dan goes to one elementary school to find out. Then we hear from parents dealing with the high-stakes daily routine that is packing a lunch. Food writer J. Kenji Lóp

Dan and host/creator Dan Pashman (The Sporkful Podcast, You're Eating It Wrong) chat about his transition from radio producer to food radio god, the best vaccination methods, and how to blame the fun stuff in your fridge on your kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With inflation--and shrinkflation--high, we look at ways to save money at lunchtime and how to pack healthy and flavorful lunches with Sporkful's Dan Pashman and take listener calls. Lunch in the Time of Inflation

The London restaurant Darjeeling Express is the place to go for an outstanding mutton kebab, and for celebrity sightings. But the chef behind this hotspot has no formal culinary training. Asma Khan started her cooking career hosting secret supper clubs in her apartment, when her husband was traveling for work. Now she'

When Food Network star Duff Goldman got into baking elaborate cakes, he was just trying to pay the bills while pursuing his real dream of rock stardom. So what happened? This week we talk with the Ace of Cakes host about his deep artistic roots, the risks he took as a teenage graffiti artist, and why he almost gave up

André Hueston Mack is one of America’s best known sommeliers. But for most of his career, he’s felt like an outsider. In the rarefied wine world, he likes to wear Air Jordans and a Mickey Mouse watch. He’s been known to describe wines he likes as “bangin’.” Since André was a kid, his obsessions have guided him — throug