The Food Court is Now in Session

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Ever wish you could settle--once and for all--the question of whether triangular-shaped pizzas are better than square-shaped pies? The Court of Historical Review in San Francisco once decided pressing cases on pop culture, sports controversies, and of course, food. Where was the fortune cookie created? Does the San Francisco bagel live up to its rival, the New York bagel? Reporter Eliza Rothstein talks to judges, experts, and plaintiffs as the gavel hits the sounding block. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to this season's presenting sponsor, Kohler. They design innovative
0:04.8	sinks and faucets for people who do their best work in the kitchen.
0:12.7	This is reporter Eliza Rothstein. And here she is getting an order of ice cream.
0:20.2	Hey, yeah, can I get one scoop of the sour cream and canned peaches in a cake
0:27.4	cone, please? Thank you. Summer is coming to an end, but I keep the season
0:33.8	alive today and all days by eating ice cream. Nothing is better than swinging by
0:40.1	my local ice cream joint, getting a scoop in a cake cone and taking a stroll
0:44.8	through the city. You heard that right, folks. Eliza Rothstein, friend, a proof and
0:50.3	self-proclaimed food lover, actually orders her ice cream on a cake cone with
0:55.5	a straight face. When waffle cones are so clearly the superior cone choice. Kevin,
1:01.4	I like cake cones. We've been over this. They bring me back to my youth and I love
1:06.8	the airiness of the wafer. Now, Eliza and I have debated this cone question a lot.
1:12.5	And it got us thinking, what if there was actually a right answer to this
1:17.1	question? What if there was a higher power that can make a ruling on which ice
1:22.4	cream cone is the best? It turns out 40 years ago, there was a place where you
1:28.5	could bring your food disputes to court. Today on proof from America's Test
1:34.2	Kitchen, why do we food fight? We're going back to the 1980s to a food court in
1:40.0	San Francisco. We're not talking sabaro at the mall. I'm talking about an
1:45.3	actual court of the judicial nature.
1:55.7	I'm Kevin Tang. Stick around.
2:05.1	Hey, proof listeners. I love kitchen gadgets that look cool and are a huge time saver.
2:11.2	That's why the San Goku heat may graphite grill and toaster oven is the perfect
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