In the final part of this 2 part series, the boys continue their adventure uncovering the fascinating history of sushi! From the ban of outdoor food stalls in Japan, to Dom's awful pronunciations, all the way to the rise of the California Roll in the conveyor belt restaurants of America, this episode has it all.

Join us as we conclude the epic tale of how this seemingly simple but complex food captivated the world. Except for your nan who probably hates it.

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In part 1 of this 2 part series, the boys travels back to the stinking banks of the Mekong River to uncover sushi's dirty little secret: it began as a way to preserve fish in fermented rice that was so foul, they threw all the rice away every time...

Join us as we follow this acquired taste on its journey to Japan, where street-food visionary Hanaya Yohe’e turned it into the world's first fast food and kick started its journey to global success. Grab your chopsticks, get your wasabi and join us on this week's culinary adventure through time.

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We're docking our ship, resupplying, and then heading back out onto the seven seas in the second and final part of our series uncovering the mysteries of pirate food and drink!

We've begun our epic voyage uncovering the hows and whys, as well as some of the disgusting food aboard a pirate ship... but now it's time to dig a little deeper. Expect more grim facts, questionable recipes, and a few laughs along the way.

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Forget the lavish banquets and endless rum of Hollywood's depiction of pirates... In part 1 of this 2 part series, Andy, Dom, and Miles uncover the often disgusting, sometimes desperate, and surprisingly democratic world of pirate food and drink.

From weevil-infested ship biscuits and suspiciously slimy water, to Dom's beheading of his mum's favourite ornament. Expect grim facts, questionable recipes, and a few laughs along the way.

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It's the explosive finale of our series Wartime Tables & Tyrants' Tummies! In part 3, we brace ourselves for Benito Mussolini's infamous raw garlic salads, his surprising war on pasta, and his own rebellious stomach. Then, we journey to Imperial Japan for Hideki Tojo's extreme austerity and iron discipline that defined his wartime plate. Don't miss the final course of WW2's most bizarre eating habits!

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Ready for another helping of history's most horrifying hors d'oeuvres? In part 2, we brave Joseph Stalin's "Sinister Suppers", marathon vodka-drenched banquets where fear was the main course. Then, it's off to Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House for some truly crap snacks, proving that even the leader of the free world couldn't escape a culinary crisis. From lethal libations to legendarily bad lunches, part 2 in the series has all the juicy WW2 dietary details!

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Welcome to Wartime Tables & Tyrants' Tummies, the series that lifts the lid on what WW2's bigwigs were really eating! In part 1, it's Churchill vs. Hitler: one fuelled by champagne, cigars, and colossal dinners; the other by... well, rabbit food, raging paranoia, and rumours of epic wind. We're serving up history with a side of shocking (and hilarious) dietary details. Join the boys and tuck in!

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Part 2 is here! In this week’s episode of What the Food?, we tuck back into history’s most deranged cult diets... We're talking Aum Shinrikyo and the Mormons!

Join us as we rank the worst of the worst in a roundtable food fight no one asked for, and uncover why the road to salvation is often paved with beige, boiled suffering.

Trigger warning: This episode contains dark themes including starvation, coercion, and mass death, but we’ll hold your hand through it with our usual dose of British humour and sarcasm.

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