Jenn _and _Mel

Momma Jackie on Going Viral with Old School Italian Recipes, Mean Comments, and Her First Cookbook 19.10.2026 28:47 ↓

Send us Fan Mail Jenn and Mel welcome their very first guest to the table: Momma Jackie, the North Jersey food creator known for old school Italian recipes like big ziti and chickpea brownies. Her first video was a chickpea brownie recipe her daughter talked her into posting. By the next morning it was taking off. Momma Jackie shares how she started telling stories about her grandmother while she...

Back to School Teacher Talk: Snacks, Report Cards, and Lockdown Drills 05.10.2026 29:29 ↓

Send us Fan Mail It's back to school season, so Jenn and Mel are trading the usual Italian talk for a full teacher edition. They name every grammar school teacher they ever had, swap stories about the ones who shaped them (and a few who definitely wouldn't fly today), and get real about what it's like being the teacher your students will remember forever, for better or worse. Then i...

We Explored the Real Little Italy on Arthur Avenue 22.08.2026 12:34 ↓

Send us Fan Mail This week Jenn and Mel head back to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, the neighborhood where Jenn's childhood memories live on every corner. They spend the day at the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, learning how cigars are hand rolled from Dominican tobacco wrapped in Connecticut leaf, tasting fresh shucked oysters and clams at the outdoor fish cart, and watching a real butcher work h...

The Shower Curtain Story You Were Not Ready For 12.07.2026 38:46 ↓

Send us Fan Mail Jenn and Mel are back for Episode 2 and this time they are talking about everything — how it felt to do their first live show, the lesson they both live by about not being afraid to fail, and the guy outside the coffee shop who gave them way more than they asked for. They also get into the family boundaries conversation every parent needs to hear, their unofficial Below Deck obses...

Teacher lunch 💕 unwrapped episode 1: Then vs. Now, Italian-American House rules & Say It or Sip it 16.06.2026 22:56 ↓

Welcome to Teacher Lunch Unwrapped. Jenn and Mel are two Italian-American women, mothers of four each, and best friends since 1996 — and they have a lot to say. In Episode 1 they dig into how things were then versus now, starting with the unwritten rules of showing up to someone's house. You knocked without calling. You never came empty handed. You helped clean up without being asked. And you defi...

Let’s keep it simple 19.03.2026 9:32 ↓

How Melissa makes her yummy sandwich

Teacher Lunch Episode 8 08.03.2026 17:51 ↓

Let’s cook together

We are back 24.02.2026 14:59 ↓

Ep. 7

Teacher Lunch Unwrapped 07.11.2025 25:23 ↓

Friendship

Teacher Lunch Unwrapped 29.10.2025 19:05 ↓

Favorite season of life

Teacher Lunch Unwrapped 21.10.2025 21:55 ↓

How to fit it all in!

Teacher Lunch Unwrapped with Jenn and Mel 18.10.2025 18:53 ↓

Work, life balance

Teacher Lunch Unwrapped 11.10.2025 7:12 ↓

In episode 1 we are meshing podcast and talk show in one fun talking time! Bring us questions and we will base our show around what you want to hear!!

Rejection 02.09.2025 15:55 ↓

How to deal with rejection for you and others

Conversations with Jenn and Mel 05.08.2025 23:48 ↓

Listen to our conversation about this and that

Things that are a bother 01.07.2025 16:09 ↓

We do mind!!!!!

The Bear 27.06.2025 20:02 ↓

Do what you love

That’s all we Got 24.06.2025 19:06 ↓

Let’s talk about being 50!!!

Very Superstitious 17.06.2025 20:53 ↓

A little of this and a little of that

Memorial Day 24.05.2025 18:28 ↓

Jersey Shore edition

Not my Kid 13.05.2025 15:14 ↓

Let’s be real about our kids

Teacher Appreciation 06.05.2025 16:04 ↓

A little of this and a little of that

Accept the things you cannot change, again 29.04.2025 16:49 ↓

A little of this and a little of that

Old job/New job 22.04.2025 16:08 ↓

Work Ethic

Like is like a bowl of cherries 08.04.2025 14:58 ↓

Why am I stuck with the pit