Come sit down with us, we’ve got some sad news. This is not goodbye, but Savor is winding down.

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This franchise has spawned a bounty of food- and drink-related merchandise and licensed products, from mundane to amusing to of dubious propriety. Anney and Lauren have a bad feeling about some of the strangest culinary tie-ins from the history of Star Wars.

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This tropical fruit with a thin, leathery skin doesn’t travel well, so it’s inspired all kinds of innovations to get it from tree to plate over the centuries. Anney and Lauren take a fresh look at the history and science behind lychees.

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This style of beer – the most popular in the world today – represents the cutting edge of brewing technology from the 1840s. Anney and Lauren hop into the science and history of pilsners.

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If you haven’t heard about the KitKat heist and the Reese’s family controversy, you’re in for a treat. In this fun-sized episode, Anney and Lauren cover some developing candy news.

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Pretzels have morphed from a religious symbol to a bar snack to a metaphor for principles of quantum physics. In this classic episode, Anney and Lauren explore the twists of pretzel history, culture, and science.

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This cookbook, stirred up by two women in Manhattan in the early 1980s, helped change how America cooks and eats for the fresher (including a lot of vinaigrette), but their success was hampered by the era. Anney and Lauren explore how Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso created The Silver Palate cookbooks, and how they lost The Silver Palate shop and packaged products.

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These large game fish, prized for their mild, firm meat, can travel thousands of miles a year through the world’s warm oceans. Anney and Lauren dip into the biology and history of mahi mahi.

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