Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast: the most important meal of the day. Or is it? In this
episode of Gastropod, we explore the science and history behind the
most intentionally designed, the most industrialized, and the most
argued about meal of all. Armed with a healthy dose of caffeine
chronopharmacology, we embark on a global breakfast tour that
exposes the worldwide dominance of Nutella, as well as the toddler
kimchi acclimatization process. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., we
trace the American breakfast’s evolution from a humble mash-up of
leftover dinner foods to its eighteenth-century explosion into a
feast of meats, griddle cakes, eel, and pie—followed swiftly by a
national case of indigestion and a granola-fueled backlash.
Breakfast has been a battleground ever since: in this episode, we
not only explain why, but also serve up the best breakfast
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