Hi, all. This is Dylan. We don't do this often, but we have something really big

happening, which is we are publishing our next big book. It is called Gastro

Obscura. And like Atlas Obscura, it covers the entire world, but this time

through the lens of food and drink. So if you want to learn the history of how

spam spread across the world and made countless incredible new dishes or the

backstory behind butter sculpture and the beautiful monastery that makes

incredible meat. You can only get there. This is that book. It really takes you

all around the world and gives you the stories behind incredible ingredients,

recipes, dishes, all of that. So hopefully this sounds interesting to you. If

it does, please go check it out. Gastro Obscura, a food adventures guide.

Okay, that's it. On to the show.

What's the most disgusting meal you've ever had?

Really trying to think about it. What was wrong with it? Was it the preparation or

maybe it just wasn't your taste? Maybe it was the very idea of what you were

eating. I for one do not like bananas. I am not allergic to them. I just hate

them. I hate their texture. I hate their flavor.

Which goes to my point which is actually whatever disgusting meal you're

imagining. It's worth pausing to acknowledge that someone else might have loved

it. Someone else might have found that exact same plate of food delicious even

inspired. So what does it mean for something to be disgusting when one person's

disgust is another's delicious?

I'm Villanteras and this is Alice Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange

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