The Froze Bros

Seventy-five episodes deep, and this one earns every bit of the title. A brand-new kitten in the cables. A gong-loud tissue box. Bites…no, balls…no bites. This week's recording had it all—including, eventually, Feel Good Foods Mac & Cheese Bites. Or is it balls after all? The story: Vanessa Phillips founded Feel Good Foods in Brooklyn after her celiac diagnosis, determined to bring back the comfort foods she missed. She built the company with her husband, chef Tryg Siverson, into a full gluten-free frozen lineup—and this isn't the Bros' first trip to the Feel Good freezer. Plus: a Wisconsin baseball team goes full pizza. The Iceman Cometh in Chicago—well, sort of. Summer cocktail recipes. A gluten-free bagel complaint with a happy ending. Cheesecake Factory 1390, and just how old mac and cheese really is. In the closing segment: a brand-new game debuts, and it does not go smooth as ice. Swallowed cubes, muted mics, and a whole lot of not guessing "jeans." W...

We’ve got a full table this week. Returning guest Shaun brings along Kristen as the show's official Gluten-Free Correspondent, and the team reviews Feel Good Foods Buttermilk Pancake Balls —certified gluten-free, Danish-style, dippable, and poppable. We get into the company's origin story, the surprisingly deep history of the pancake ball, and whether the Danish really deserve credit for this. What exactly is an æbleskiver? And did Vikings seriously cook them in their dented shields? In the news: the Ajinomoto/Trader Joe's glass recall keeps growing. The source has been identified, and sufferin' succotash it's the carrots! Also: a Norwegian man once brought his grandfather's frozen body to Colorado. "Tuff shed," you say? Well, the town threw a festival about it. Plus: the gluten-free tax is real, the sog factor is realer, a serving size of two balls is a joke, Shaun brings a brand new game called Tip of the Iceberg, and that's just the—well, that...