Binging with Babish is the realization of a young(ish) man's dream to combine his love of film and cooking, and have some fun in the process. Join us each week as we recreate the foods you've always wanted to try in movies and television - and if you're not careful, you just might learn a thing or two.
Binging with Babish (Season 1)
Parks & Rec Burger Cookoff (Episode 1)
Air date: 2016-02-10
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: In the first episode of Binging with Babish, is it possible for a turkey burger to taste better than a beef burger? Some say no, but others say...no. Turkey patty recipe adapted from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (The Food Lab).
Il Timpano from Big Night (Episode 2)
Air date: 2016-02-20
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: Is this laborious, old-school Italian showstopper just a fat, kinky lasagna? Or is there something more, good enough to make stage and film actor Ian Holm want to kill you? Methods adapted from The Food Lab, David Lebovitz, and America's Test Kitchen.
Louis C.K.'s Potluck Fried Chicken (Episode 3)
Air date: 2016-03-16
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: Sometimes an existential crisis makes you want to actually attend that potluck, so you have to make something, but you don't do desserts, so you make fried chicken, but you don't have time to brine it, so you follow Louis C.K.'s trick in this video.
Pasta Aglio e Olio from "Chef" (Episode 4)
Air date: 2016-03-25
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: What dish can make any man or woman ache for the touch of Jon Favreau? Pasta Aglio e Olio is the dreamy midnight snack that lives up to its porny portrayal in the foodie-comedy-drama "Chef".
How to Make New-York-Style Pizza - TMNT II: Secret of the Ooze (Episode 5)
Air date: 2016-04-30
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: It's been 25 strange and beautiful years since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze danced its way across the silver screen and into Americans' hearts. Now we look back at that pizza eating scene, and how we can have pizza too.
How to make a real Philly Cheesesteak from "Creed" (Episode 6)
Air date: 2016-08-21
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Michael B. Jordan finally lands a role in which he doesn't die tragically - on the contrary, he gets to enjoy a philly cheese steak with his bohemian dj-girlfriend between bouts. Is it possible to make this delicacy at home, or is it forever trapped on the silver screen?
Moistmaker from Friends (Episode 7)
Air date: 2016-11-14
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: I never watched Friends but I couldn't google "thanksgiving sandwiches in television and film" without getting about a billion Ross Geller references. Disgusting as the word "moistmaker" is, it makes a damned fine sandwich out of your delicious turkey day leftovers.
Goodfellas Prison Sauce (Episode 8)
Air date: 2016-11-30
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Say what you want about gangsters - the garroting, the cocaine use, the shooting-a-guy-in-his-foot-for-no-reason - the guys know how to eat, even in prison. Follow along as we make old-school Sunday gravy, and please, try not to piss off Tommy. Recipe below!
World's Greatest Sandwich from Spanglish (Episode 9)
Air date: 2016-12-05
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Spanglish, the movie your aunt refers to as a "must-watch!", is home to a Thomas Keller-inspired creation known around the internet as "The World's Greatest Sandwich". Can such familiar ingredients earn such a prestigious moniker? Let's find out, and let's take it one step further: by baking our own rustic country loaf to act as the "bread" for our creation.
Eggs Woodhouse (for Good) (Episode 10)
Air date: 2016-12-13
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Eggs Woodhouse is the impossibly indulgent dish prepared for spoiled superspy Sterling Archer by his faithful butler, Woodhouse. Will these decadent ingredients sing together in harmony outside the cartoon world?
Breakfast Dessert Pasta from Elf (Episode 11)
Air date: 2016-12-20
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Will Ferrell is a man who wears many hats, but one of his most famous is his pointy Elf cap donned in the eponymous 2003 contemporary Christmas classic. Will I be imbued with holiday cheer upon my first bite, or will my face cringe into an unrecognizable James Caan-like countenance?
