Holiday foods with Jeni Paik!

John and Jeni talk about their Christmas dinners as well as whats to come up for New Years Eve before they get into the evolution and history of holiday traditions and foods. Thanks for listening!

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Christmas Cooking Magic with Jeni Paik

John and Jeni talk about cooking for Christmas, not cooking for Christmas, pillows, buying gifts holiday hams, pinapple-fish sauce caramel and whether or not John is going to do the full English for Christmas morning breakfast. Thanks for listening and Happy Crimble!!!

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Food News: Fast Food Justice, Counterfeit Candy Bars, Tabacco Xmas Trees and Murderous Lemonade?!

John and Evan talk about a Chipotle Karen getting her comeuppance, wild & woolly Wonka bars, a High Life Xmas and Panera's insane energy lemonade. Thanks for listening!!! Rate and Review us if you can. 

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Jason Perlow!!! - the first food blogger

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.

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Thanksgiving Cooking Questions Answered!!

John an Jeni answer listener questions about cooking Thanksgiving dinner. After ranting about a terrible turkey roasting product and then what they're making for the big day, they answer questions about dressings, alternative meats, timing your cooking, sides and many more. They end with a look back 100 years to see what was on the Thanksgiving menu in 1923. Thanks for listening!

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Food News: Recalled Nuggs, Brandy Old Fashions, Bad Kid Fees and Dangerous Cake pranks!!!

John and Evan talka bout all the food news fit to be spoken about. They talk about recalled chicken nuggets, brandy old fashions in Michigan, fees for parents who's kids are deemed bad, pickle ketchup, free nuggets at Wendy's, Thanksgiving pizza and a cake company warning about dangerous cake pranks. Thanks for listening!!!

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Amy Myrdal Miller!!!

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!

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Candy Corn!!!

John and Jeni (she's baaaaack.. for this episode) catch up on what Jeni has been doing the last year including her mental health journey, fly fishing and a trip to New Orleans. Then they talk all about your favorite and mine, candy corn. They talk about it's history, best ways to eat it and cover some fun facts. Thanks for listening!!!

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Food News: New Hottest Pepper, Girl Scout Cookie Drama and Frozen Food Advent Calendars?

John and Evan talk about the food news of the week. Peppers got hotter, bye bye to a Girl Scout favorite, frozen food advent calendars and more. Thanks for listening!!!

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Kara Mae Harris Returns!!!

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!!!

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Episode 300! Chefisode #16- Gordon F@$king Ramsay

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!!

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Listener Question 6!

If you have Q's then we have A's!! John answers some great questions about cooking and food. Hopefully he gets them right this time. Listen and find out! Thanks!

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Food News: Anchor Away, Thailand Burger King CHEESE Burger, DC Bars go 24/7, A 600K Wine Heist and The Great Costco Crackdown

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!!

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Food News: Pepchup, Lab-Grown Chicken, Ina Garten's Hacked FB Page and Drinkflation??!

John and Evan give you the news you need to chew. Pepsi makes ketchup, chicken grown in a lab is now available in America, Ina Garten needs to change her Facebook password and the Brits are getting less ABV for their money. Thanks for listening!

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Food News: Uh Oh Instant Pot?, Video Game Food Crossovers, Carmella Creeper joins the Cereal Monster and more

John and Evan talk about this week's topics including Instant Pots parent company filing chapter 11, food brands weirdly advertising in video games, Frankenberry finds out about his long lost sister, Croco Bell shoes, pizza wine paring with Francis Ford Coppala and Axis Deer in Hawaii need to die. Thanks for listening!!!

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MRE Tasting #1

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. 

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Food News: Gloucester knock outs, world's most expensive ice cream, ketchup mixing machines and Champagne is at it again?

John and Evan talk about news involving Canada, France, England and Japan featuring Gloucester cheese run knock outs, world's most expensive ice cream, ketchup mixing machines, The King's biocar and Champagne is at it again with destroying drinks? Thanks for listening!

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Celery!!!

John and Evan stalk around Celery! From how it was used in ancient times until it's most high culinary use as the log for ants on a log, we cover it all. Listen to find out about how allergic people are to it. Thanks for listening!!!!

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Food News: Wienermobile name changes, Italian pasta crisis, Spider-Man Whoppers, Illegal Israeli Fruit Roll-Ups

John and Evan cover the best food news of the week. The Wienermobile changes its name, the pasta crisis in Italy, Spider-Man Whoppers, Fruit Roll-Ups being snuck into Israel and Dutch Nun wine surpluses. Thanks for listening!

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Terrible Kitchen Gadgets!!!

John and Evan break down the gadgets more than likely to break down after the first use. From electric cocktail shakers to the individual grape slicer, we cover all of the gadgets that could have replaced with simple knife skills. The end of the episode where we find an assortment of insane cookie cutters could been it's own episode. Thanks for llistening!!!

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Food News: We Only Drink the Champagne of Beers from the Champagne Region of Baltimore

John and Evan talk about having dinner in a hot air balloon, a thieving moose that likes popcorn, suspicious color-changing marshmallows and the champagne of beers gets the European treatment. Thanks for listening!!!

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Food News: Hot Dog Fights, AI Fortune Cookie Fortunes, Cadbury Creme Egg Subs and Sushi Terrorism??!!!

This week a grumpy John and Evan shake their fists out clouds, baseball food, wedding expos, hot dog fights, AI fortune cookie fortunes, cadbury creme egg subs and sushi terrorism. We apologize ahead of time. Thanks for listening!!!

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Maple Syrup

John and Evan talk about how Maple Syrup is made. From Tree to table we discuss our favorite tree blood syrup. We also do a shallow dive into Exotic Meats and where to buy them as well as Evans disdain for the Canadian Maple Syrup Cartel. Thanks for listening!!!!

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Food News: Pop Tart Sweaters, Wooly Mammoth Meatballs, Oreology and Purging Virtual Restaurants!!!

John and Evan talk about all of the Food News that will send you into a hysterical longing for normalcy!! Pop Tart Sweaters giveaways, inedible Wooly Mammoth Meatballs,  what the hell is Oreology and Purging Virtual Restaurants because they're eil are just some of the topics of this week's episode. Thanks for listening!!!

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Food News: NCAA March Madness Beer Popsicles, Can Catholics Eat Corned Beef on Friday and Girl Scout Cooking Scalping???

John and Evan talk about the new that you can use in the kitchen. Coors Light March Madness popcsicles, whether or not Catholics can eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day (which is on a Friday) during Lent and why are people selling aftermarket Girl Scout Cookies? Thanks for listening!!!

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Gummi Bears!!

John and Evan get gooey about Gummi BEars (and other gummy candies). After talk about the history of gummy candies we delve into the history of the Haribo company and how they're intertwined with Baltimore and even weirder former BAltimore Ravens' Quarterback Joe Flacco. We then hit some fun facts and then run through a list of some of the weirder and wilder gummy candies being made today. Thanks for listening!!!

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Food News: Early Maple Syrup, Any and All Milk is Milk and Veggie McNuggets??

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!!!

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Scallions!!!!

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!!!

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Food News: First Date Foods, Fake Poached Eggs, No Reservations and Caught Mafioso Pizzaiolo.

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!!!

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Processed Cheese: The Akira of Cheese

John and Evan talk about the weirdness that is processed cheese. We talk about the way it started, how it became big and then it's inevitable fall and ultimate rise in modern food. Thanks for listening!!!

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Food News: Surviving on condiments, KFC scented incense, the world's largest pizza and Evan raps

John and Evan talk about surviving on condiments at sea, KFC scented incense in Thailand, the world's largest pizza, a kid who shouldn't have ordered dinner, Montreal's #1 fake restaurant and Evan raps while John pees. Thanks for listening. 

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Listener Questions and Answers with Bryan Levy!!!

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!!!

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Food News: Movie Review of The Menu, David Chang's Hatred for Costco Rotisserie Chicken and Why are Eggs so Expensive?

John and Evan talk about the movie The Menu. If you've not watched it you can skip to 40:15 in the track so you won't be spoiled. They also gab about David Chang and his disdain for Costco cooked chicken, Pink Sauce, Noma and the egg situation we all find ourselves in. Thanks for listening!!!

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Lucky New Year Foods!!!

John and Evan find out what foods are lucky and why they are considered so. We also find out about Evan's love of Kumquats and what exactly a "Chubby Bunny" is. Thanks for listening!!

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Food News: Holiday Catch Up, 2023 Food Trend Forecast and Scarves for sneaking Treats!

John and Evan give you a round up of their holiday eats and drinks, talk about dry-January, forecasted 2023 food trends, the worlds best pizza and a sneaky scarf use to swipe sweets. Thanks for listening!

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