This week on Flavorphiles, we are committing crimes against food. Allegedly. Tanner and Jerry dig into the strange, sticky, and surprisingly sophisticated world of food true crime.

First, Tanner introduces the Amuse Booze: powdered alcohol. He knows how to make it, he will not be telling you how, and depending on where you live, that may be for the best.

Then Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney from Sinisterhood join the show to break down the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, a real-life caper involving millions of dollars in stolen syrup, a cartel's strategic reserve, and how 1 fork lift brought it all down.

Next, Maureen Downey, known as the Sherlock Holmes of Wine, takes us inside the world of counterfeit bottles. Maureen helped catch Rudy Kurniawan, one of the most infamous wine fraudsters in history, and she explains how he fooled collectors, how investigators caught him, and why fake wine is a much bigger problem than most people realize. Yes, even Yellow Tail has been counterfeited.

Finally, we open the Flavorphiles crime lab to investigate the foods you probably did not know were being faked, diluted, mislabeled, or swapped out entirely. Olive oil, honey, tequila, truffles, seafood, and plenty more are on the suspect board.

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