The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

Rouxde (pronounced Rude) Cooking School is a food history and cooking comedy podcast. Food writer and cook John Houser III talks food history, cooking and interviews Chefs and food professionals about what it's like in the industry. It's funny, irreverent and informative.

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 81 minutes
Episodes: 365
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

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In Memoriam- Anthony Bourdain

John and Rebecca pay tribute this week to the late, great Anthony Bourdain. John talks about his influence on him as a writer and cook as well as his Bourdain poster and tattoo (yep..... tattoo). We …

01:41:11 | Fri 15 Jun 2018

Sweet Julia Child O' Mine

John and Rebecca explore the life of Julia Child on this episode. We talk about Julia as a tall student to a tall spy and then into a tall obsessed culinary investigator. We follow her through her la…

01:20:40 | Fri 01 Jun 2018

Broccoli Like a Hurricane

John and Rebecca are Chopping Broccoli in this episode. We learn the brief history of broccoli and it's shockingly modern arrival. We hit up some fun facts and learn a little about a former president…

00:59:00 | Fri 25 May 2018

Rhubarb's Drag Race

John and Rebecca get stalky about Rhubarb. Get the low down on the history of rhubarb, it's medicinal beginnings and edible end. Then hit up some fun facts. There is a lot of poop talk and a bunch of…

01:13:45 | Fri 18 May 2018

Poutine on the Ritz

John and Rebecca get messy about Poutine. We find out about it's success story from humble road side garbage food to the high pedestal of foodie heaven. We learn about it's murky origin that no one r…

00:59:06 | Fri 11 May 2018

Foie Gras Jacques

John and Rebecca talk this week about Foie Gras. Find out about it's ancient history, it's Jewish connection, it's controversy and how it is processed. We also touch on some foie gras-making techniqu…

01:04:00 | Fri 04 May 2018

Road Food with Jim Meyer

John and Rebecca go on tour with comedian Jim Meyer. We learn about eating on the road, crazy shows in Montana, being offered meth way too many times and being run out of a podunk town. We also talk …

01:10:53 | Fri 20 Apr 2018

Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjack (And All the Other Garbage Baseball Food)

This week John Takes Rebecca out to the ballgame (her favorite place) and they talk about baseball food (traditional and very non-traditional). We cover the big three: Hot Dogs, Peanuts and Crackerja…

01:09:54 | Fri 13 Apr 2018

Marky Market and the Farmy Bunch

John and Rebecca go local and take a trip to the Farmers Market this week. We find out about the history of the modern farmers market, get some do's and don't about market etiquette, some good facts …

00:53:34 | Fri 06 Apr 2018

Degustation Nation

John and Rebecca go rogue this week and break the formula to bring you a wide variety of weird and disgusting sounding cooking vocabulary followed up by a run down of awful food dishes served around …

01:10:48 | Fri 30 Mar 2018

Chive Turkey

John and Rebecca do some chive talking this week and learn about the lowly but lovely chive. Learn about the short history, the way it's used and how to plant it to grow it home. We also cover a very…

01:11:54 | Thu 15 Mar 2018

Urine Pliny of Trouble

John and Rebecca cover the Patron Saint of The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast: Pliny the Elder!!!! They cover Pliny's life, his obsessions (missiles on horseback), and his fantastic death. We also go …

01:39:45 | Fri 09 Mar 2018

Dave, Seel, Delivered!!! Part 2

John and Rebecca are back with part two of PR king Dave Seel. We get to hear Dave's path from working for a restaurant group to starting his own PR firm. We also get to try a bunch of fun drinks and …

01:09:10 | Fri 02 Mar 2018

Dave, Seel, Delivered!!! Part 1

John and Rebecca are joined this week by PR guru and Founder of Blue Fork Marketing Dave Seel (AKA The Food Adventurer) for part one in a two part series. The talk runs from mac and cheese poisoning,…

01:01:37 | Fri 23 Feb 2018

Go Shawty, it's your Birthday Cake!!!

John and Rebecca are gonna party like it's your birthday. The history of birthday cakes are covered as well as the varied history of birthday candles. We hit up some fun facts, a short story about ge…

01:05:49 | Fri 16 Feb 2018

Be My Valentime!!!

John and Rebecca get lovey about Valentine's Day (pronounced Valentimes). Hear the foggy history of St. Valentine, the how the date came to be and when people around the world started to give Valenti…

01:02:31 | Fri 09 Feb 2018

Tattoo You

John and Rebecca celebrate episode 50 by getting matching Hot Dog tattoos!!!! The show is recorded live at Brightside Tattoos in Baltimore MD. Hear them get their tattoos while talking to their tatto…

01:14:10 | Fri 02 Feb 2018

Critical Mass

John and Rebecca are joined this week by Richard Gorelick (former restaurant critic for The Baltimore Sun) to talk about food criticism. The conversation flows around what it was like being a critic …

01:35:13 | Fri 26 Jan 2018

Kale Satan!!!

John and Rebecca get crunchy about Kale. Find out about the long yet vague history of this leafy green as well some trivia. Finally we end up going through a list of foods made with kale that never s…

01:09:16 | Fri 19 Jan 2018

Soup and the City

John and Rebecca figure out who is a Samantha and who is a Charlotte on episode 47 before getting to our wonderful topic: Soup. Listen for the history of soup, a dive into why Pinocchio was horrifyin…

01:20:52 | Fri 12 Jan 2018

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