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.

Get this week's recipe, Chocolate Olive Oil Cake.

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

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