Episode 6: American Snack Food with Briana Holt

In the sixth episode of The Food Coma Podcast, I speak at GREAT length with Briana Holt, co-owner and baker at Tandem Bakery in Portland, about American snack food. I’m talking about the two aisles at the supermarket where they keep all of the cookies, crackers, and chips. We’re not talking healthy snacks, we aren’t even talking about Low-Fat Snackwell Cookies. No, we’re talking about the kind of feasting one would do after school in 3rd grade while watching the three-show lineup of the Disney Afternoon (Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, Tail Spin).

So break out the Port Wine Cheese and the Pepperidge Farm Distinctive Cracker Collection, no one is going to judge you today.

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Episode 5: The ’90s with Rob Tod

The fifth episode of The Food Coma Podcast welcomes the Founding Brewer of Allagash Brewing in Portland, ME, Rob Tod. He has been consistently one of the most prolific brewers in the country since he founded his business in 1995, and he received the 2019 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, and Spirits Producer. Both Rob and I have fond memories of the ’90s, especially in regard to Portland, but quite varied experiences.

This is the jumping-off point, and topics range from beer (obviously) to FroYo to my life as a teenager who looked like he was 35. Sometimes I get so damn excited to discuss the 90’s that I can barely complete a sentence. Sometimes we drink Allagash White. Sometimes it’s hard to believe how much Rob has accomplished thus far in his impressive career.