Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper
The Sporkful19 Juni 2023

Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper

The stand-up comedian Zarna Garg spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom. Now she sells out shows across the country and has her own special on Prime Video. In her stand-up and her social media videos, food is often a main character. But Zarna has mixed feelings when it comes to cooking. As a teenager, she wasn’t always sure where her next meal would come from. And as a parent, she came to resent the burden of feeding her family of five. She talks with Dan about her frustration with American parenting, why her kids eat steamed broccoli for breakfast, and how Indian Americans fought to bring back Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza.

The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora Ritchie, and Jared O'Connell, with production on this episode by Grace Rubin.

Transcript available at www.sporkful.com.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Avsnitt(283)

Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful?

Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful?

ChatGPT can use artificial intelligence to generate high school essays, emails, cover letters, and a lot more. But can it write an episode of The Sporkful? Eater senior reporter Bettina Makalintal joi...

1 Maj 202332min

Meet The Banh Mi Innovators

Meet The Banh Mi Innovators

Cookbook author Andrea Nguyen helped change the tone of Vietnamese cookbooks when she published her first in 2006. “They had these long, long ingredient lists that kind of exoticized the cuisine,” And...

24 Apr 202335min

Squishy Or Crunchy? Why Texture Matters

Squishy Or Crunchy? Why Texture Matters

Crunchy, creamy, squishy, slimy… the list goes on. Texture might not be the first thing you think of when describing your favorite foods, but it plays a big role in the foods you love and the foods yo...

17 Apr 202352min

Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

Bill Nye is a goofball nerd to the core, and he’s built a career on making science fun and accessible for everyone. So can Bill give Dan some satisfying answers to big, and small, food science questio...

10 Apr 202328min

Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

How do you eat ice cream on a first date? When should you start meal prepping when you’re in a new relationship? What’s the perfect tailgating food? Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford, the ho...

3 Apr 202336min

For Ghetto Gastro, Food Is A Weapon

For Ghetto Gastro, Food Is A Weapon

Hip hop records as placemats. A sneaker chandelier, reminiscent of shoes hanging on telephone lines. A bouillabaisse overflowing with seafood from the south of France. That was the scene at one of the...

27 Mars 202333min

The Brewer Rewriting The Story of Beer In Iran

The Brewer Rewriting The Story of Beer In Iran

Zahra Tabatabai’s parents grew up in an Iran that would be unrecognizable today. “The pictures I see of my family in Iran in the sixties and seventies, they're in bikinis at the beach, drinking beer,”...

20 Mars 202333min

Raina’s Disordered Eating, One Year Later

Raina’s Disordered Eating, One Year Later

A year ago we spoke with a young woman we’re calling Raina, who felt she was on the verge of developing an eating disorder. For context and perspective, we spoke with comedian Margaret Cho, who's stru...

13 Mars 202336min

Populärt inom Fritid

somna-med-henrik
uggla-ugglas-podcast
man-i-grupp
roda-vita-rosen
rss-livsreglerna
travpodden
rss-horrujeje
spokhistorier
rss-max-tant-med-max-villman
elbilsveckan
avsuttet-med-elsa-johanna
svenska-fpl-podden
rss-speljuntan
skillnadens-av-sara-backmo
rss-odla
kontrollbehov
sexet
tp-podden
rss-okrystat
rss-vara-klassiker