Recipe Club

Are the most beautiful foods in film the animated ones from Studio Ghibli? Illustrators and writers Lisa Hanawalt and Walter Green join Chris to dive into the worlds of ‘My Neighbor Totoro,’ ‘Ponyo,’ and ‘Spirited Away,’ sharing incredible live illustrations of the pod recording along the way. Then Chris packs bento boxes inspired by the art of Studio Ghibli.

Put Chinese food on screen, and it steals the scene. Comedian Lily Du and James Beard Award-winning chef Jon Yao join Chris to dig into the dumpling-making in ‘Shaolin Soccer’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ and the Peking duck in ‘A Christmas Story,’ with stops at ‘The Wedding Banquet’ and ‘Waiting for Guffman.’ Then Jon cooks a beautiful meal of squirrel fish inspired by ‘Eat Drin...

Sometimes the scariest part of a Halloween movie is the food. Zach Kornfeld and Keith Habersberger of The Try Guys join Chris to unpack the midnight margaritas in ‘Practical Magic,’ popcorn in ‘Scream,’ and shrimp cocktail in ‘Beetlejuice.’ They also confess their own fears while digging into Chris’s take on popcorn and hot dogs (which looks nothing like popcorn and hot dogs)...

Is there anything sexier than a food scene? Writer and comedian Adam Conover joins Chris to explore some of the most sensual moments in food movies, from the egg yolk passed between lovers in ‘Tampopo’ to the fridge-lit feast in ‘9 1/2 Weeks’ to the spaghetti kiss in ‘Lady and the Tramp.’ Then they throw a make-your-own temaki party and try to find the limit of how many hand ...