Fabulously Delicious: The French Food Podcast

Andrew Prior lives and cooks in France, and Fabulously Delicious is his weekly argument that French food is far more varied, weirder, and more fun than the boeuf bourguignon and souffle cliches most outsiders default to. He runs through iconic dishes and the regional specialties people rarely hear about outside France itself: the cheeses that only travel a few villages from where they're made, the herbs that define Provencal cooking, the butter debates that get Normandy natives genuinely heated. The history episodes are where Prior really shines. He spends time on the Meres Lyonnaises, the women who ran the kitchens that essentially built modern Lyonnaise cuisine, and on the lineage of chefs who turned French food into the reference point the rest of the culinary world measures itself against. Other episodes are short and practical, built around a single ingredient or technique for listeners who have 15 minutes and a question about croissants. Prior's storytelling voice is warm and specific, with enough personal observation to keep the history from feeling like a lecture. For Francophiles and home cooks who want more than a greatest-hits tour, this is a generous archive.