Dr. Samuel West is back to teach us about history’s greatest food failures, from Colgate’s frozen meals to the time Gerber made food for grown-ups. Plus, Massimo Montanari helps us uncover the true history of spaghetti; J. Kenji López-Alt tells us how to make the most perfect scrambled eggs; and we bake Chocolate Olive Oil Cake.

A caller this week asked about corn tortillas. Chris’s favorite flour tortillas are from Caramelo.

Questions in this episode:

"I have a question about caramel. Sometimes I see condensed milk used to make caramel. And I'm wondering why is that?"

A friend of mine gave me about seven pounds of sun dried tomatoes. They're gorgeous but tasteless. What should I do?

“My fiancé and I are finally having our wedding. But with the wedding comes the registry. And I love to cook and I just don't know what cookware set to put on the registry so I was hoping you could help me out?”

“Can I use my spice grinder and coffee grinder interchangeably?”

“Corn tortillas have failed me on more than one occasion. What should I do?”