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No Substitutions, Please

No Substitutions, Please

By: Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron
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 A show about food and the things people do to it. Every week, Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron pick a dish, define its most important elements, and then sit down to find out what the Internet thinks about it.© 2022 No Substitutions, Please Art Cooking Food & Wine
Episodes
  • Episode 138: Blackened Chicken

    Episode 138: Blackened Chicken
    Dec 14 2025

    Do you ever want to burn food on purpose? Then have we got news for you! Noah and Louisa talk about the surprisingly versatile Cajun classic that finally frees you to let the intrusive thought win.

    Join our Patreon!

    Follow us: @NoSubsPlease@mastodon.online on Mastodon. @NoSubsPlease on BlueSky.

    Noah: @nsmckinnon@laserdisc.party on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky. Louisa: @louisa@mastodon.xyz.

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
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    56 mins
  • Episode 137: Biryani

    Episode 137: Biryani
    Nov 30 2025

    What do you do when you want to cook a protein, and rice, and vegetables, and you only have one pot to work with? You stuff it all in there and let it socialize for a few hours. Louisa and Noah talk about the Persian-Indian dish that lets you have a little bit of everything with each bite.

    Join our Patreon!

    Follow us: @NoSubsPlease@mastodon.online on Mastodon. @NoSubsPlease on BlueSky.

    Noah: @nsmckinnon@laserdisc.party on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky. Louisa: @louisa@mastodon.xyz.

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
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    51 mins
  • BONUS: Proximate Foods Trivia!

    BONUS: Proximate Foods Trivia!
    Nov 23 2025

    Since we're asking you to donate to our triviathon fundraiser, here's a little taste of what it's like when we pit our knowledge against each other . . . and, not coincidentally, of what you get when you join our Patreon. Enjoy!

    Follow us: @NoSubsPlease@mastodon.online on Mastodon. @NoSubsPlease on BlueSky.

    Noah: @nsmckinnon@laserdisc.party on Mastodon, @nsmckinnon.bsky.social on BlueSky. Louisa: @louisa@mastodon.xyz.

    Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
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