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Food News

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week, Juliet and Jacoby share their thoughts on the Pudding mit Gabel trend, discuss the yogurt being made with ants, and say hello to their old friend, the Tom Cruise holiday cake. For this week’s Taste Test, they follow up on Juliet’s Personal Food News and try Dumpling Daughter. Finally, they share their Personal Food News and react to some Listener Food News. Do you have Personal Food News? We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at 850-783-9136 or email [email protected] for a chance to have your news shared on the show. Be sure to check us out on YouTube and TikTok for exclusive clips, new taste tests, and more! Hosts: Juliet Litman and David Jacoby Producer: Mike Wargon Musical Elements: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Food News.
0:06.3	I'm Juliet Litman.
0:07.5	I'm David Jacoby.
0:08.5	If you want to give us a call, we are available at 850-1-36.
0:15.3	And we want to hear from you.
0:16.4	Follow us on YouTube.
0:17.4	Subscribe to us on YouTube.
0:18.4	Subscribe to us on YouTube and on TikTok.
0:21.7	And yeah,
0:26.7	that would mean a lot to me. Me too. I keep forgetting to introduce myself on podcasts.
0:31.8	I like that you said that would be a lot to me. You meant it. Yeah. I do mean it. Please, please subscribe. All right, let's get into today's stories. Number one is celebrity based. It's,
0:36.9	it's something that, like, used to be underground and now is, like, well-known. Tom Cruise, at Christmas, sends people cakes. Lots of people. Yeah, like, don't feel too special if you're getting Tom Cruise cake. You're not, like, on an exclusive list. But you can get off the list. You can get off the list. You can get on the list.
0:54.8	And you might want to be off of right now because it turns out that Don's
0:58.3	bakery, who makes the Tom Cruise cake, which is a white chocolate coconut cake,
1:02.3	had to issue a recall because the label on the cake did not include all of the allergens.
1:08.3	And I quote, Don's white chocolate coconut and carrot bun cakes
1:12.2	may contain
1:13.3	undeclared wheat and milk.
1:15.5	The FDA said in October 1st statement,
1:18.0	undeclared wheat and milk.
1:19.4	I'm good with that.
1:20.4	You still send me the cake, Tom.
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