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.

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?”