John Talks with Evan The Mayor about the weird food stories of this week. There are digressions abound including old candy styles, Marvel movies and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Thanks for listening!!

John and Rebecca go for round 2 on their care package from England. First they start off with a Halloween wrap up. The tricks, treats and the sadness of how the spooky season is now over (and they rant about how it should be longer). They try some great snacks (roast beef and onion potato chips) and some not-so-great junk (pickled onion potato chips). Thanks again to JJ for sending us such a packed and varied care package. We loved it all....... well, almost all. Thanks for listening. Cheers!

John is back with Jeni to go over this week's weird and wild food news. Topics include beer flavored charcoal, burrito tape, Pepsi flavored pepperoni and other crazy culinary stories. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca talk about grapes on this listener-suggested episode (thanks Josh!). We follow the history of the grape, digress and regress about a few topics (catching up on important issues) and then end with some fun facts about the lovely and versatile grape. Thanks for listening!!

John introduces Rebecca to chef Alice Waters of the famed Chez Panisse. From her learning the importance of food in France to Michelle Obama's organic garden at the White House, we run through Alice Waters trailblazing career. Thanks for listening!!

John and Evan talk about the best food news stories of the week. Stories about the Baltimore Hooters leaving for a good reason, the Michelin Guide makes you pay, a guy wrote a huge McDonalds book and theres a nugget company making a thing wwe thought should have been made a while ago. Thanks for listening!!!

John shares his favorite ways to cook the bounty of summer. Easy recipes for all of your favorite summer fruits and vegetables. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan catch up on New Years eve dinners, eating at the same korean restaurant, dry january vs dampuary and then hit the news items of potatoes being reclassified, cheap ( to rich people) Costco wine, and food trend predicitions for 2024 (spoiler: they're crazy and ridiculous). Thanks for watching!!

John and Rebecca go totally out of bounds talking about the God of Flavortown; Guy Fieri. After a catch up about Thanksgiving (and some Disney + digressions) we get into the man who wears the backwards sunglasses. His life, work, celebrity, restaurants and charity is all covered. We hit up a ton of fun facts and end with a trip through Guy's famous lingo. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca stuff their faces with this episode about competitive eating. We cover the history and early beginnings on Coney Island, some crazier competitions from the past, a bunch of incredible (and disgusting) competitive eating records and then we end with some terrible competition tragedies. 

Thanks for listening, please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Spotify and check out our Facebook page. Cheers!!

John and Evan have a great chat with culinary force of nature Kylie Perrotti.  They talk about Kylie's books, her website and her amazing recipes and food pics. They also talk about cooking Thanksgiving dinner and then answer Thanksgiving-related questions from the Rouxdies who asked them. Thanks for listening!!

John has a coversation with friend, magic man and Salesaman/ Owner of Caruso Produce in Canby Oregon. They talk produce quality, shipping across the country, getting fruit from all over the world and the real importance of the farm down the street. Thanks for listening!!!

Jeni finishes up her second part on subscription foods with a talk about meal subscriptions plans. We cover the big names as well as some of the lesser known plans and also talk about the pros and cons of getting one of these plans. We also talk about types of salt in recipes. Thanks for listening!!!

In what will surely be a series, John and Evan taste two MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) and find themselves with lots of opinions (hint surprised) about the quality of said pre-packaged food. We also give a brief history and theres a giant glitch. Sorry but it all works out. Thanks for llistening. 

John and Jeni are together at last in the same space to perform live on the Scavengers Network Indie Podcast Showcase (SNIPS). The topic was brunch and somehow through their giddiness they kept it at about an hour. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca have a cozy culinary catchup about their time over the holiday. Birthday, Christmas, New Years, dinners, breakfasts and all meals in between are covered. Thanks for listening. Cheers!

John and Jeni talk about cooking meatloaf, pulled pork tacos and eating at amusement parks as well as how happy we are for Ham season (It's a thing for us!).

In food news we cover canned pumpkin, Tim Burton cookbooks and restaurants, Bobby Flay leaving the FN and home goods from drag queen Steak Diane. Thanks for listening!!

John talks with Jason Perlow. He's an OG food blogger, gourmand, writer and co-founder of eGullet.

They talk about the early days of food internet discussions, how it's changed and how toxic the current dialog has become. Also there is hope. 

Jason also talks about being on no reservations with Anthony Bourdain.

Stick around after the end for a fun story about Bourdain and Eric Ripert.

Thanks for listening!

John talks with Jay Reifel, co-author of the incredible book A History of the World in Ten Dinners. John and Jay talk about the book, which is part history book, part cookbook and all entertaining. From Garum and Laser (the plant) to cookbook poetry and historical chef's technical advancements they cover as much as they can. Tune in and find out about what it took to create the magical creature that is the Cockathrice and what exactly a Cockathrice is. Thanks for listening!!! 

This week John Takes Rebecca out to the ballgame (her favorite place) and they talk about baseball food (traditional and very non-traditional). We cover the big three: Hot Dogs, Peanuts and Crackerjack and then get introduced to the modern and crazy foods sold at ballparks across the country.

After going through that panoply of garbage food we talk about one of John's favorite stories in baseball history: Ten Cent Beer Night. You might have heard about it but do you really know the craziness that happened? Join us and find out. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca go local and take a trip to the Farmers Market this week. We find out about the history of the modern farmers market, get some do's and don't about market etiquette, some good facts and highlight a story that John relates to way too much. Please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Thanks!

The topic this week is Beans. John talks about their history, the varieties and the way they make us fart as well as a bunch of fun facts. Thanks for listening!! 

John and Rebecca get down and dirty with this episode about pigs. Find out where they came from, how they are immigrants to the USA and how it became our favorite meat globally. 

We also cover the history of the Baltimore Neighborhood of Pigtown, find out some fun facts about the pig and hear a harrowing story from John's past that should be a cautionary tale about adolescence stupidity. 

Thanks for listening! Please rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes, follow us on Spotify and listen to our Spotify playlists (find our account). 

Cheers!

John and Evan bring you all of the food news that fit to eat this week. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Jeni learn about Jacques Pepin this week. From his humble beginnings in his parents country restaurant to being one of the most beloved Chefs in the world, we cover it all. Thanks for listening!!! Cheers!

John talks with Sam Pilon. She's an Instagram Influencer from Baltimore who takes pics of the most delicious food in the city. They talk digital shop, cooking, eating and baking Challah. Thanks for listening! 

John and Jeni keep it simple and pick one book a piece this time. Here are the books covered:

Ham: An Obsession with the Hindquarter: Weinstein, Bruce, Scarbrough, Mark, Nilsson, Marcus: 9781584798323: Amazon.com: Books

John has a fun convo with Mumtaz Mustafa and Laura Klynstra, authors of the wonderful cookbook Gather and Graze. They talk about their travel, cooking and friendship that led to the creation of this easy-to-use cookbook. From the design and photos to the incredible recipes and menus, you won't want to miss this. Thanks for listening!!!

You can find their book here- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1510777016?&tag=skyhorsepub-20

John and Evan talk about the craziest food news items this week. After a lot of catch up on what they ate and cooked, they dive into the insanity of clam flavored mayo, a drunk guy marrying an alcoholic beverage and Snoop getting high on hos own supply. Thanks for listening!!!

Lesser known regions and foods are on the American BBQ menu. From Kentucky Mutton w/ Black BBQ sauce to Smoked Chicken with Alabama White Sauce we cover the stuff that's great but doesn't have a publicist. We deep dive on the amazing Chicago Aquarium Pit. Thanks for Listening!!!

John and Jeni get cracking with Pistachios. They find out why they're so expensive, how they're grown & how America became self sufficient in growing it's own pistachios. We also talk about how pistachios are evil, terrifying and explosive murder drupes. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Jeni face their fears and phobias about Sweet Potatoes. We go far beyond the syrupy glop that we know from Thanksgivings past and look to the future for culinary inspiration. We also go into it's history and it's journey across the globe. Thanks for listening!!!

Jeni teaches us all about cast iron cookware. What to buy, how to take care of them, what to cook in them and more importantly, how to season them (spoiler, there's not one way to do it). We hope you like it and thanks for listening!!!

John talks with Chef Joe Robinson of Zeke's Coffee in Baltimore MD. They talk about learning on the job, doing it all yourself and how to not skateboard when you know you're done. Thanks for listening!!!

John has his wife Leana and his son Crosby on to talk about their favorite and least favorite foods. There is also talk about how hard it is to plan meals ahead of time and Crosby's love for Takis. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan talk about their food weeks as well as stories about vegan eggs with runny yolks, the worst first date places (it gets dub), why people kill their reservations and a mafia guy who got caught for being another mafia guy. Thanks for listening!!!

This week John introduces the technique of sauteing. After some uplifting food news and expounding on his love of prepping for a meal John gets into what he thought would be a bigger subject but nonetheless goes into how it's done, why you should learn it and how a saute pan is actually junk. Thanks for listening!

John talks with Chyno, a popular food personality and Restaurateur about his life, how he got started in the food biz and what's in his future. From reopening his restaurant to raising money for BIPOC in the industry to making sure clients get their Gram pics posted, Chyno is a busy man with a plan.

John talks with Bret Thorn, the Senior Food Editor at Nation's Restaurants News. They talk serial killers, how to treat wait staff, living abroad, and writing about restaurants during a pandemic. Thanks for listening!!!

John talks with Claire Lower, Senior Food Editor at www.lifehacker.com. They talk about useless cooking videos, cooking fatigue, cooking hacks and how to try and treat yourself well during this time of staying inside. Thanks for listening!!

John and Rebecca talk about Chef Marcus Samuelsson. His life, his work and his restaurants. We also catch up on some food news and also important Taylor Swift news involving booze. Thanks for listening!

This week Jeni taches John about the wok. From it's beginning in India (yup India) to it's iconic status in Chinese cuisine we cover it's history as well as what to look for in a quality wok of your own. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca talk about Rebecca's trip to Cuba, a crazy side trip to Bone Thugs n Harmony selling out and then the back story on the Cuban Sandwich and some fun facts. Thanks for listening!!

This week John covers one of his favorite topics: cookbooks. After some food news John gets into the history of cookbooks, the types of cookbooks and then wraps it up with a list of his favorite cookbooks from his own personal collection. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca are Chopping Broccoli in this episode. We learn the brief history of broccoli and it's shockingly modern arrival. We hit up some fun facts and learn a little about a former president's childish relationship with broccoli. Thanks for listening. Please rate and review us on iTunes. Cheers!

This week John and Rebecca are joined by Emily and Roslan from Diablo Doughnuts. The talk is all about our favorite doughy delights. We cover the history of the shop, the flavors that have made them famous, the ups and downs of the business and we also get to taste test a bunch of doughnuts and gush about how great they are. It's a great conversation made better with doughnuts. Thanks for listening!!! Please rate and review us on iTunes. 

John talks to the extremely erudite Benn Ray from Atomic Books. Benn and John talk music, horror movies and scary books. Benn lists his spooky book picks for Halloween as well as a few cookbooks to help you with your pandemic cooking. Thanks for listening!

Jeni talks to John about doing 200 episodes of the Podcast. We get to talk a little before going into what the podcast has meant to us, what our favorite episodes are and what topics we would like to see in the future. Thanks you all so much for listening!!!

John and Jeni discuss what they are going to cook and eat over the holidays before telling the tales of terrible holiday disasters of yore. From raw turkeys to walking in on the parents,.... this one has it all. Thanks for listening!!!!

Inspired by his wife and confused by her initial suggestion, John tackles both Galentine's Day and Galantines (the chicken kind). The history and break down of what each individual (and totally not the same) thing is and how awesome they are. Thanks for listening!

John and Evan talk about Duke's Mayo's new mascot, the Taco Bell musical finally seeing the light of day, a New York ban on whippet cartridges, a rundown of McDonald's chicken nugget sauces and the most idiotic idea of having a 9/11 themed menu at a restaurant. Thanks for listening!!!

Celebrate episode 300 with John and Evan and say all of the cuss words in honor of Gordon Ramsay. From his time as a kid who just wanted to be a footballer to his rise and domination of the restaurant and TV world, we try to honestly cover as much of his determined life as we can. It's a fun epsiode about a facinating and controvertial chef. Also, please ignore Evan's slander. Thanks for listening!!

John starts the episode off by talking about creativity and how it can ebb and flow in your mind. Then he covers two topics: Imitation Krab and Cast Iron Cookware. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca get curdled about Tofu (and find out about John's son's impaling incident). We learn the way it's made, it's different varieties as well as some trivia. We finish with a story of a Creepy Japanese ghost baby that serves poison tofu. Thanks for listening. Please rate and review us if you can. Cheers!

John is joined by Healthtender Amie Ward. They talk bartending, the damage it can do and ways to help your body recover from this trauma. They also cover self care, Amie's dedication to helping people and the muscle tape you see all over football players. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca are back to finish out our deep dive into the food of the world of Harry Potter. We cover foods from the Tongue Ton Toffees to the last meal of cheese, wine and bread at the Hog's Head Inn with a bunch of spoilers and Willy Wonka references in between. Seriously, there are a Gringotts vault full of spoilers in with the food talk so if you haven't read all of the books or seen all of the movies don't listen. You've been warned. We had a blast doing this so we hope you enjoy!!

John and Jeni spill the jelly beans (taco truck flavored in this case) about the food news that you need to know about. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca talk this week about Foie Gras. Find out about it's ancient history, it's Jewish connection, it's controversy and how it is processed. We also touch on some foie gras-making techniques on farms around the world. We start the episode by having a cozy catch up on the two weeks we missed and hear about the mountain of food John ate in Montreal (the trip that inspired this episode). Please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Cheers!

John and Rebecca reflect on their time together because this is Rebecca's last episode. They have a fun catchup session before talking about Rebecca's decision to leave. They talk about what they accomplished, what they are proud of and how much she means to the podcast.... and John. Rebecca is awesome and we'll miss her. Thanks for listening. 

John and Evan talk about the best and worst candy for Halloween. We reminisce about trick or treating as kids, talk about our favorite and most hated Halloween candies and read from our awesome facebook group member and their best and worsts. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan talk about all of the food news that will get you through your week. We talk about Anchor Brewing closing, Thailand Burger King Cheese Burger, DC Bars go 24/7 for the World Cup, a 600K Wine Heist and Costco Cracking down on membership sharing. Thanks for listening!!

This week John and Rebecca talk about the spooktacular Christine McConnell. After some food news we cover what little we know about her and talk a lot about her fabulous Netflix show The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell as well as her new You Tube show called From the Mind of Christine McConnell. She's awesome and you should know about her. Thanks for listening. 

John and Rebecca get pumped about spinach. After Food News, we break down it's history, some facts, and then give a tough telling about the life of Popeye The Sailor Man (it's weird). Thanks for listening! Cheers!

John and Rebecca get basic about wine! We cover a fast history, some fun facts and finish up with a crazy and creepy tale/ creepypasta about wine that will turn your stomach. Thanks for listening and please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Cheers!!!

John and Jeni get firey about hot sauce. Sticking mainly to american-style hot sauces we discuss our favorites, the most popular in america, how they are made and what we use them for (spoiler, Jeni carries a little bottle with ever everywwhere). We also roundup some of the more... ahem, creative names in the hot sauce game Thanks for listening!

John and Evan Talk about the food news you need to hear! Thanks for listening!!

John and Jeni return to the food fads through the years. We jump right into the weird, wild and amazing food fads that have captured our collective fascination over the last century. Thanks for listening!!!!

John and Jeni get scrappy over scrapple. Jeni teaches us all about one of our favorite fried breakfast foods. From how it's made and how to cook it to who loves it and why it's still popular, Jeni covers it all. We hope you love it like we did. Thanks for listening!!!

Jeni and John talk this week about .... anything they want. From John's excursions eating while his kid and dog are away to the Fast and the Furious series they digress admirably. There is also food news, listener questions and talk of the Twilight movies. Thanks for listening!!! 

Jeni tells John all about rhubarb. From medicine, forced rhubarb, the king of rhubarb and botany jazz we hear about it all. We also cover food news on pizzas for reading books, the chicken wars and pickle hard seltzers. Thanks for listening!!

John talks with Chef Jon Carroll of Carroll and Son about cooking, music, Scrapple and the food scene in Baltimore. They also are promoting the 1st Scrapple Fest at the Patterson Creative Alliance on November 9th 2024. Jon will be cooking breakfast for dinner for the Scrapple Fest and it's going to be awesome. Thanks for listening!!!!

John and Evan talk about the foods they made this week (Ramen, Ribs, Chicken Hearts) and places they ate before running down the food news of the week. Maple syrup is going to be expensive, cow milk isn't the only official milk in town and McDonalds is going to have veggie nuggs in 1400 stores. Gotta tune in to find out where those stores are. Thanks for listening!!!

Jeni and John talk about Gochujang this week! Jeni teaches John about it's history, how it's made and how it relates to other other Korean condiments (and how they make up Gochujang). We also hit on Food News and Jeni's awesome Brisket recipe. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca answer listener questions this week. No question is too complicated or downright stupid for us to answer. We cover a wide variety of topics that we hope you will enjoy. Thanks to everyone for submitting your Qs so we could give you As. Cheers!

John and Evan kick off the New Year talking about Coffee Keeping you Young, Straws with Forever Chemicals, Dave Portnoy in Baltimore and our Xmas and NYE roundups!!! Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca pay respect to the greatest modern Thanksgiving side dish recipe ever created: Green Bean Casserole. We travel back to 1955 and talk about how badass recipe innovator, Dorcas Reilly, changes the Thanksgiving side game forever. We talk about her life and some of her other great recipes. 

Then we shift gears from the greatest Thanksgiving side dish to the worst side dishes ever invented. From frozen jellied turkey-vegetable salad to Cranberry mayonnaise candles (you read that right) we take a trip into a weird past full of terrible ideas. 

Thanks for listening. Please rate and review us on iTunes!! Cheers!!

John and Jeni talk about the delicious highs and heart breaking lows from this years Thanksgiving. From amazing sous vide turkey breast and luscious roasted pumpkin to what we'll call the "turkey tragedy of 2021" we dish about it all. Thanks for listening!

In this super all over the place episode John and Rebecca get wired on Coffee. After a catch up and food news we learn about the history of coffee while also learning about a project that Rebecca and Jamie are making. It's a bit erratic, but what would you expect form an episode based around our favorite stimulant? Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca get nutty this week about Peanuts. We cover it's origin, how it spread around the world and a bunch of weird facts about our favorite legume. Thanks for listening! cheers!

John is visited this week by the owner of the Scavengers Podcast Network Colin M. Parker. They talk grilling, smoking and getting wood delivered as well as bad cucumbers, crab dumpsters and how Colin saved his dad from old hot sauce. Thanks for listening!!

John and Jeni talk about the foods that make them feel like they're wearing comfy sweaters in the middle of winter. From a thick chili to a rib sticking braised beef cheek they cover all of the dishes, recipes and techniques that'll make you want to start making lasagne and wishing it was a snow day! Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca go on tour with comedian Jim Meyer. We learn about eating on the road, crazy shows in Montana, being offered meth way too many times and being run out of a podunk town. We also talk about dancing cowboys, Basque food in Nevada and horror stories from comedy condos. There are lots of laughs and tale telling. We hope you like it. Check out Jim's podcast Laughfinder at http://lfp.fakingitradio.com/episodes/ . Thanks!!

John and Evan talk about the food news you need to know. They start off with John talking about the cooking class he taught and what recipe he used. Then they deep dive into hot pizza talk since it's Evan's new obssesion. Then to food news to hit the topics of watercress being the best, Campbell's Soup changing it's name (maybe) and how we're getting gouged on meat but it has nothing to do with inflation. Thanks for listening!!!

John has a chat with Amy Myrdal Miller. She's a chef, an educator, a public speaker and the owner of Farmer's Daughter Consulting. They talk cooking, eating, educating, the importance of knowing your food, why it's important to know a potato is a vegetable and more. You can find her through her website https://www.farmersdaughterconsulting.com/ . She is great and we can't wait to have her back. Thanks for listening!

John and Jeni are ready to turn it up! After talk of birthdays, fathers day and dinners we get into the food news and then turnips. We cover it's history, ask why Americans aren't a big fan and leave with recipes for turnip wine. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca get into the ferocious fables of fast food with story of McDonalds. From it's humble beginnings to becoming a cultural juggernaut, we cover the highlights of it's ascent. We also get into It's best and worst toys, it's worst menu items as well as it's best selling items of all time. Thanks for listening!

John answers your questions such as egg cooking times, why grocery stores are confusing and what are my favorite food songs. listen to hear them all. Thanks!

Jeni gives us a book review of Kenji López-Alt's The Wok: Recipes and Techniques. She talks about her favorite chapters, graphs and recipes. Thanks for listening. 

John gives advice on the best gift to get for the people in your life that enjoy cooking. He also goes through a couple gift guides and gives certain items the thumbs up or the big thumbs down (looking at you expensive coffee grinders). Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan take a stroll down scallion lane and talk about one of their favorite alliums. From how it was named to recipes it's good in to the largest scallion on record they cover everything you need to know about Green Onions..uhhh, I mean table onion, salad onion, onion stick, long onion, baby onion, precious onion, wild onion, yard onion, gibbon.... you get the point. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Bryan Levy (from the City That Breeds Podcast) answer a bunch of listener questions. From salad dressings and Pop Tarts to turnip/beet recipes and cooking what-ifs, we cover a lot. Thanks for listening!!!

This week John and Rebecca get hyper about Coca Cola! While drinking this carbonated classic we learn it's history from it's druggy beginnings with John S Pemberton (the original cocaine ghost) until it's dominance as the most successful beverage in the world (as well as the second most recognized word internationally....... I'm not kidding). Thanks for listening!

John and Jeni recap the latest food news. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Evan gab over cocktail food i.e. finer food, canapes or hors d'oeuvre. After talking about some home cooking we get into the history of party foods, how they became popular during prohibition and then we do a deep dive into whats good and bad in the world of on-handed edibles. Spoiler: shrimps rings are terrible. Thanks for listening!!!

John and Rebecca are joined this week by Catina Smith (AKA Chef Cat)!!!!

In this episode we cover John's culinary journey through Pittsburgh and Rebecca's travels through Provincetown.

Chef Cat talks about how much she digs the diversity of the food vendors in Baltimore. 

We talk this weekend to Chef Cat even though we go through our own mess trying to remember everything. 

See you next week!!

Cheers!

Welcome to season 7! John has a chat with Kara Mae Harris about her new book Festive Maryland Recipes. They talk about her amazing book got made, why giant cookbooks kinda suck and a bunch of digressions the best of which is about egg nog. You can buy her book here: https://oldlineplate.com/fmrsp/ . It's great to be back and thanks for listening!!!

This week John takes you through the the cooking technique of braising. From the way it's done, to the dishes that make it one of the most easy ways to make great food, learn about this wonderful cooking method. Thanks for listening!!!

This week John takes you on a tour through the worst (and a bit of the best) Halloween candy out there right now. The top ten worst and best creepy confections are covered and then a rundown of candies that people hate with a few of John's most hated thrown in for bad measure. Thanks for listening!

John and Rebecca explore the life of Julia Child on this episode. We talk about Julia as a tall student to a tall spy and then into a tall obsessed culinary investigator. We follow her through her late in life career as a culinary icon and TV innovator. We end out with some fun facts. Please rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Spotify. Thanks!!