A listener wants to debate whether it's better to combine foods on the fork or in your mouth, a couple disagrees over the correct name for the end of a loaf of bread, and a woman recounts the tale of a Thanksgiving gone awry when an argument broke out over the nature of pesto.

This week, Sporkful again comes to you from a bar, Commodore in Brooklyn. This time we're talking about what bar lessons we can use outside the bar. We'll talk about making drinks at home, of course, but also dealing with people, from the nice ones you want to date, to the drunk ones you want to get out of your house without drama.

Dan and Mark visit Brooklyn's Commodore to learn from a bartender how to get the best bar experience.

We take a call from a husband and wife in desperate need of a Sporkful mediation. He's an obsessive menu meddler, she's embarrassed by his complex special requests. We propose a set of guidelines to help them meet in the middle, then debate the merits of restaurants that forbid menu modifications.

We revisit Dan's favorite episode of 2011, where we talk about the foods of Easter with Win Rosenfeld. Secrets are unmasked about chocolate, candy eggs, Terminators and dragons.

We revisit Mark's favorite topic of the year, a two-part episode on snack mix. Aesthetics, physics, engineering and Chuck Norris are all involved.

If Mark Twain were alive today, we're quite sure he would be proud to wear The Sporkful fan's moniker: Eater. Why are the fat lines on a steak like a road map? Find out when we talk to the author of "Twain's Feast: Seaching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens" about the gustatory passions of a legendary Eater.

In honor of our 100th episode, we welcome podcasting impresario and public radio host Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America and MaximumFun.org. We discuss the differences between Northern and Southern California burritos, as well as burrito construction techniques, and Jesse tells us about facing down a judgmental butcher.

Dan and Mark reach into the Sporkful inbox to respond to Eater e-mail, including an attempt to convert a Sporkful hater into a lover. Also Buffalo/chicken wing nomenclature & tuna salad crunch enhancement.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow joins us for a discussion on cocktail issues large and small, including the ideal shape for citrus garnishes, the best way to use them in your drink, and whether eating them is okay. Plus, Rachel shares an amazing recipe that she herself invented for an alternate pina colada.