The Bear: Our Current Favorite Food Show

(S9 E4) Hulu's The Bear is one of the most popular and award winning shows currently streaming, and it happens to be one of Kate and Rick's favorite's. In this episode, Kate and Rick share why they think it's just not another show about food but so much more. From what food means to the characters, to how people use food to express love, and the role that service plays in making someone feel special. They also talk about the famous Chicago restaurants that are featured on the show. Also, in the What I Ate section, they talk about a tasty root vegetable soup and a black lentil dish. 

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Lentil up: types, tips, and favorite recipes

(S8 E22) Find out why this 8000 year old plant is still popular today. Versatile, healthy, and affordable, it can be the side dish or the main star of your table. They can serve either as the star or supporting player in soups, stews, fritters, salads, chilis, burgers, and curries. Also they are replete with spiritual meaning. In the Jewish culture, lentils are an important food whose round shape symbolizes the cycle of life. In Arabic culture lentils are asassociated with prosperity. Many other cultures attach significance to lentils as well, including Italian and Hungarian people who consumed lentils on BBC New Year's Eve to being about wealth and prosperity since they can be shaped like coins. Whatever your draw is, Kate and Rick talk about the different types of lentils, and also provide some amazing ways to prepare and consume them. Also on the discussion block is a carrot, leek, and miso soup and a carbonara pizza.

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