{"id":2875,"date":"2023-01-30T23:15:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2875"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:13:07","slug":"episode-137-tasty-tales","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/index.php\/podcast\/episode-137-tasty-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 137 &#8211; Tasty Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other possible titles for this episode: Food and Fiction. Scumptious Stories. Delectable Dramas. Mouth-watering Myths. Belly-satisfying Books. Yummy Yarns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You get the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all eat. Most of us every day, even several times a day. It&#8217;s understandable, then, that food shows up in the stories we consume (pun intended). But what is the role of food in stories? 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