Binging with Babish – Season 2021
Episodes
Sourdough Broccoli Pizza from Inside Out
This week, we're headed into yet another one of Pixar's heart-rending, eye-popping dreamscapes: modern day San Fransisco, where we're taking a look at the broccoli pizza through the eyes of an 11-year-old. GROSS! Can we not only make something so sacrilege as cruciferous cabbage on pizza appetizing, but glean some new knowledge about the age-old Neapolitan treat? Let's find out!
Risotto Tricolore from Big Night
This week, we are testing the patience of the Italians once again with an attempt at some real-deal risotto, from the realest of dealest of movies about Italian food: Big Night. I try a few different shortcuts, but spoiler alert: nothing quite compares to the real thing. So toss some pomade in your hair and hop in the Studebaker, because we're headed back to a mythical time when the Jersey Shore didn't appreciate Italian food.
Sloppy Joes from Billy Madison
Mkay yeah this one is a stretch. But I watched Billy Madison over the weekend, and just like when I was a middle schooler, it gave me a strange hankering for sloppy joes, so here we are. Out of the can, completely from scratch, and unnecessarily complicated joes are on display today - and I made sure to make em extra sloppy for yas! I knows how yous kids likes em sloppy.
Bachelor Chow from Futurama
Good news everyone! Today we’re taking a look at that most objectionable food from fiction, Bachelor Chow. Can I make my own dog food for humans - with blackjack, and hookers!
Angel Food Cake from Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day all! It's the magical time of year when a homeowner's backyard nightmare reluctantly, but alertly predicts the weather. As the snow piles up here in New York City, I can think of no more fitting tribute to this particularly bizarre ceremony than recreating the centerpiece of Phil Connors' immortal diner feast: angel food cake, eaten in one hedonistic bite. After a year that's felt an awful lot like Groundhog Day personified, let's ring in a new...groundhog year together with this classic teatime cake!
Pizza in a Cup from The Jerk
This week, to celebrate 5 years of BWB, we’re taking the show back to its roots - its mumbly, un-ironed, concerningly higher-pitched roots. Thank you all for sticking with me!!
Cookie Cat from Steven Universe
Sugar Chicken from Rick & Morty
Chicken Kiev from Mad Men
Dinner from WandaVision
Biscuits from Ted Lasso
Together Breakfast from Steven Universe
Chef's Choice Platter from Monster Hunter: World
The Chef’s Choice Platter has haunted me for years. A glorious, cross-cultural mishmash of cuisines piled high and deep, devoured by a warrior and downed with a flagon of ale. Then it dawned on me: it was a “chef’s choice” platter, and I’m the chef! So I’m making what I want and devouring it like a warrior - slowly, in sensible portions, as leftovers throughout the week.
Gotcha Pork Roast from Food Wars (Shokugeki no Soma)
This week on Anime with Alvin, a true challenge awaits: a mashed-potato-loaf that can pass for a delicious pork roast? That can blow your clothes off? If anyone can do it, it's Alvin - the guy that hosts this show and always has.
Chicken Fingers from Community
Fettuccine Alfredo from The Office
Space Cake from High Maintenance
Kumandra Soup from Raya and the Last Dragon
Tortilla Chip Sombrero from Despicable Me 2
Fish Fingers & Custard from Doctor Who
Truffle Pasta from Broad City
Kettle Corn from Community (ft. Joel McHale)
This week we are celebrating 9 million subscribers by making kettle corn with Community's Joel McHale. Oh, and getting impromptu married. Thank you all for subscribing to the BCU channel - none of this is possible without all of your support!
Pizza Gyoza from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Meat-Ghetti & Spag-Balls from American Dad
This week we took our shot at Meat-ghetti and Spag-balls from American Dad and honestly, here’s the thing, it would be boring if we nailed it every time… right? Well, that’s what we’re going with.
Pork Picnic from Regular Show
This week, we're headed back to the not-so-regular-world of Regular Show. The Pork Picnic Sandwich presents not only the opportunity to live like a VIP, but to enjoy the sweltering summer heat while smoking some big ol' joints of pork for 16 hours! Let's put the grilled cheese deluxe to shame.
Trenette Al Pesto from Luca
This week, we're taking a crack at a Ligurian classic, beautifully portrayed in Pixar's Luca: toothsome pasta tossed in a bright, fresh basil pesto, dotted with creamy potatoes and crisp green beans. How could I possibly screw this one up?
Meatloaf Sandwich from Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Whether you’re a clever kid on the precipice of becoming a trollhunter or just your average joe or jill looking for a tasty sandwich: this meatloaf sandwich is a must-try. Who knew cardamom, balsamic mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes would work so well in a meatloaf?
The Sims Special
This week we’re tackling the weird and wonderful food from The Sims. First on our list, Mac and Cheese. While seemingly simple, we couldn’t resist putting our own spin on it. Next up, a *new* classic, the ultra comforting Aubergine Parmesan (alternate identity: Eggplant Parm). And finally, the ever-challenging Baked Alaska. The perfect summer dessert, best accompanied by your household fire extinguisher.
Sloppy Steaks from I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
This week we're channeling the Always Sunny "milk steak" as we fancy up an outlandish gastronomic gag from the brilliant and jarring I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Our hero, who used to be a piece of sh*t, gleefully recalls post-club evenings spent at Truffani's with a big rare cut of beef and a glass of water. Let this be a warning to all film & television creators: if you put food in your thing, I will make it.
Death by Chocolate Éclair from The Simpsons
This week, we're headed back to Springfield to take a look at a deadly dessert: La Bombe, a premeditated éclair with 25 pounds of butter per square inch, chocolate so dark light cannot escape its surface, and a staggering 1 million calories. We can't break the rules of...well, physics, but can we make an equally "killer" pastry? Pastry "d'oh"? Is that something?
Meg's Dinner from Family Guy
This week, we're headed back to Quahog (named after a type of clam!) for a decidedly domestic dinner prepared by Family Guy's familial punching bag, Meg Griffin. In a rare turn of events, everyone's left speechless as Meg effortlessly prepares a delicious, nutritious dinner for her incredulous parents. Let's see how it tastes as we make up the entire recipe!
World's Most Expensive Mc10:35 from Archer
This week, Sterling Archer strikes again with another overpriced, overindulgent masochistic mash-up: the world's most expensive Mc10:35. A sandwich normally concocted from an egg McMuffin and a McDouble, Archer decides to cobble one together from some otherwise-relatively-thoughtful canapés. Will it live up to the superspy's reputation? Probably.
Black & White Cookies from Seinfeld
Black and White Cookies are one of the few signature confections of New York City. While available at most bodegas, delis, or bakeries in New York, now you can try them yourself from the comfort of your own kitchen. Try the chocolate or vanilla side first, or just dive in straight down the middle like we do!
Puppy Paw Hash Browns from Genshin Impact
No puppies were harmed in the making of these surprisingly delicious Puppy Paw Hash Browns.
Rabbit from The Sopranos (ft. Michael Gandolfini)
This week, friend of the show and all-around legend Michael Gandolfini joins us to help whip up the depressed-Artie-Bucco-special: 'Conglio alla Famiglia', a handwritten recipe, fully visible on screen in maybe my favorite show of all time, The Sopranos! In Italian. In cursive. Whatever!
Isotope Dog from The Simpsons
Feast from Chef
Grits from My Cousin Vinny
Dalgona from Squid Game
Root Beer Noodles from The Simpsons
Springfield beckons us, once again, into the jaws of culinary madness with this unfortunate take on middle-American cuisine: cheeto, root beer, and hot dog noodles. Normally Bart's favorite, after an encounter with a wealthy doppelgänger, it becomes the subject of revulsion by the normally-sugar-addled youth. Can we make this dish not only edible, but desirable to the likes of Simon Woosterfield?