Today on the show, we welcome Linda Holmes. Linda is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of the popular Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. She’s also a novelist, and we talk about her recent book release, Flying Solo. We also discuss some cool topics in the crossover of food and pop culture, including meal kits, olestra, The Flavor Bible, macaron rules that need to be broken, food on TikTok (specifically cinnamon rolls covered in apple pie filling), the New York City diner breakfast that needs no notes, the supremacy of Is It Cake?, and wrestling with the legacy of Anthony Bourdain.

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More from Linda Holmes:

• Love in the Time of Hollering: The Age of Enthusiasm [NPR]

• After Beanie Feldstein’s departure, can Lea Michele really save ‘Funny Girl’? [NPR]

Buy: Flying Solo