"True Food Kitchen with Claudia O'Doherty" is Episode 345 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "True Food Kitchen with Claudia O'Doherty" was released on April 14, 2022.
"Tomorrow… with Claudia O’Doherty" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Claudia O'Doherty (Killing It, Long Shot, Love) joins the 'boys to talk about Mitch's trip to Key West before a review of True Food Kitchen. Plus, a special edition of Slop Quiz.
Nick's intro[]
"Breathe in... 2, 3, 4 / Hold... 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 / Out... 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8"
Dr. Andrew Weil Breathing
This is a version of the so-called 4-7-8 breathing technique popularized by self-proclaimed integrative-medicine expert, Dr. Andrew Weil. A Harvard-educated celebrity doctor dating from before the media omnipresence of figures like Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and Dr. Drew, Dr. Weil has spent his public-facing career evangelizing medical advice that's outside of the mainstream, beginning with this 1972 book, The Natural Mind.
His approach to human health includes what appear to be admirable, ahead-of-its-time efforts at drug decriminalization (in particular, normalizing the use of marijuana and mushrooms), along with perhaps less-estimable advocacy of natural remedies over peer-reviewed pharmaceuticals. As noted in an editorial by Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Weil writes in his book, Health and Healing, "health and illness are particular manifestations of good and evil, requiring all the help of religion and philosophy to understand and all the techniques of magic to manipulate."
But this new-age approach to medicine has found its share of acolytes and, whether homeopathic guru or huckster quack, Weil's empire has grown to encompass over a dozen published books, a controversial multi-million dollar partnership with drugstore.com, his own school at the University of Arizona, and that most-American of business ventures: a chain restaurant.
First opened in 2008 in Phoenix, the superficially healthy fusion menu is based off of Weil's anti-inflammatory food pyramid, though it's more indulgent dishes are as calorically dense as offerings from the much-maligned Cheesecake Factory. Today, with 30+ locations and funded in part by Oprah Winfrey, Weil's high-end, sit-down concept can perhaps be viewed as a microcosm of the haphazard American approach to health care. It's actual health benefits are questionable, and it's only available if you're willing and able to pay up.
This week on Doughboys, True Food Kitchen.
Fork rating[]
True Food Kitchen Sourcing Map
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
|
3 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
|
2.75 forks |
| Claudia O'Doherty |
|
2.5 forks |
Things Mitch Finished are marked with a *.
Spoonman's Bite of the Night went to the Flourless Chocolate Cake. Wiger's Bite of the Night went to the Squash Pie.
Slop Quiz: Mandoughla Effect Edition[]
In Slop Quiz, Nick presents a food-related exam (pop quiz) and Mitch and the guest compete for superiority.
For this episode, the theme is food-related conspiracy theories that involve the Mandela Effect.
Nick offers the conspiracy and they have to guess which is real or the Mandela Effect.
| clue | Mitch's guess | Claudia's guess | correct | score (MM - COD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIF or JIFFY | JIF | - | JIF | 1 - 0 |
| COCOA PUFFS or COCO PUFFS | - | COCOA PUFFS | 1 - 0 | |
| FROOT LOOPS or FRUIT LOOPS | FROOT | - | FROOT LOOPS | 2 - 0 |
| KIT KAT or KIT-KAT | - | KIT KAT | KIT KAT | 2 - 1 |
| Tony the Tiger's nose (blue, black, orange, red?) | black | blue | blue | 2 - 2 |
| OSCAR MAYER or OSCAR MEYER | - | MEYER | MAYER | 2 - 2 |
| CHEEZ-IT or CHEEZ-ITS | CHEEZ-IT | - | CHEEZ-IT | 3 - 2 |
| SWEETTARTS or SWEETARTS | - | SWEETARTS | SWEETARTS | 3 - 3 |
| CUP O' NOODLES or CUP NOODLES | CUP NOODLES | - | CUP NOODLES | 4 - 3 |
Mitch wins!
Roast Spoonman[]
Stone Cold Steve Austin
| “ | Cold Stone Steve Austin | ” |
–Sam from Salt Lake City | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | MItch, did you hit any manatees on your jetski when you were zooming around the Florida Keys? | ” |
–Claudia O'Doherty | ||
| “ | I'm not into mead culture. I think it's dumb. | ” |
–Claudia O'Doherty re: The Lord of the Rings | ||
| “ | You guys should put out an album doing covers of all the fast-food songs. | ” |
–Claudia O'Doherty | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | If you could go back in time to pick a non-food topic to start a podcast with each other, what would it be? | ” |
–Jennifer from Ohio | ||
| guest / host | podcast topic |
|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | Doughboys Pilot Program |
| Claudia O'Doherty | Doughgirls, a podcast about chain restaurants |
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