Dinner Table Talks

We put up our very first 'Four Meal Episode' this week, the highlight being a GF chicken pot pie that comes out wonderfully. Aislynn insists, though, that we recap how Joe does tacos and fried rice since it's the season to use all the vegetables in play and those two dishes do a great job. We wholeheartedly suggest that you watch the movie Pig, you help us name a chicken, Aislynn talks Long Lunch...

We've talked about a ton of egg dishes on the show, but Joe wanted to try something completely new and found a Vegetarian Breakfast Strata. This 'frittata with stale bread' turned out to be a perfect 'trash can meal' where you can stuff it with ALLLLL the produce in the house. It froze since our last time together and we talk about the effects, we merge our two chicken flocks, and shoot off firewo...

We talk about our 'Christmas Week' filled get-togethers, gifts, all the kids, meals, and Licorice Pizza. Aislynn held another Long Lunch Club where Joe makes Russian Green Chicken Soup and Aislynn visits the farmers' markets that she created as a customer.  Random Question of the Week: If you were in a circus, which character would you be?

In a follow-up to last week's intense conversation, we start talking about how to do the work. Add that to a week filled with holiday busyness! Unanswered Question: How do you do the work? Random Question of the Week: If you never had to eat one vegetable, which would it be?

Aislynn and Joe open up about some recent, deep relationship conversations this week at The Dinner Table. Things have been a little intense as we ask ourselves, is the way we've always done it good enough? We revisit our position on being food snobs, talk Garden Healing, revisit last week's stew, and Joe cooks a delicious chicken cacciatore. A jam-packed, first-of-its-kind Dinner Table!   Una...

A Dinner Table Talks first! Cooking during the show. The cold weather got Joe jonesing for a beef stew so Aislynn gave him a big pile of produce to go in it. While the stew cooks, we talk about a bunch of women getting everything they want, rooster kites and windmills, eating out in Port Aransas (Grumbles) and Minecraft, Minecraft, Minecraft. Plus Aislynn can't remember anything about A Bugs Life....

We start with our Christmas tree traditions and end with how creative expansion is blowing up the world's systems. Yep, it was quite a night around the Dinner Table. Add in an unexpected guest and we're recording during 'the nightcap period' of the night where Aislynn can 'say anything.' And she says plenty! Unanswered Questions What exactly is a mochi ice cream ball? Why do apples make your tongu...

We run through our amazing Thanksgiving week from start to finish including all the food we prepared and a challenge to create your very best Thanksgiving traditions by simply being you. Joe's buttermilk pie was a complete failure, we give a full report on our successful Farm Movie Night, Aislynn still serves the green to help the brown, and we make a delicious Roasted Poblano Chicken Soup. Unansw...

It's been an interesting week starting with a trip to San Antonio that didn't go according to any plan, into a HUGE Friendsgiving/housewarming party. A foodie event at our house with the best vibe, fire, music, friends and fun that you can imagine, and concluding with a CBD-infused multi-course dinner party from a great friend/chef. Did we mention the fast track to get rabbits? Did we mention gett...

An escaping dog, a new robot vacuum cleaner, saying 'No,' and a chicken naming contest is just the beginning this week on a very introspective Dinner Table Talks. Aislynn's business is taking off and she's practicing NOvember while Joe has an emotional awakening at a funeral. We revisit how we want to be dealt with when we go one year after Aislynn said, 'I want you to dig me a hole and set me on...

Our move to the farm is complete after a marathon garage sale at the old house. Aislynn's pressure release valve goes off after her latest Long Lunch Club and the food was incredible. Tack on a visit to a new sushi restaurant, our thoughts on life since the 2020 election, gray in Joe's beard  and being just in time for the chicken sex, and you've got some Dinner Table Talks for the ages.&nbsp...

It was Test Kitchen night for Aislynn's upcoming Long Lunch Club event and 'What a treat!' We talk about social media and the 'bitchery' that consumes most of it these days. Our first trip to a local Chinese restaurant blew our minds with the yellow pages-sized menu (with an 'American Chinese Food' section that made us laugh. Fainting goats, the history of Doritos, food as medicine and SO MUCH MOR...

Aislynn says a thing at the very beginning and Joe gets defensive. THEN Joe loops back around to investigate that thing again. And that's just the start of a jam-packed Dinner Table Talk that includes another flood, pho, Aislynn's memories of 4-H Club, an overcooked pork leg, breaks in the food supply chain, a fall vegetable ratatouille and so much more!

We're leaning in, y'all! Our lifestyle is the show so forget ever hearing us justify talking about chickens (or anything else) ever again! Of course we're talking chickens...when we're kind of chicken house right now. Where are our eggplants? Why aren't there enough ribs to share? Why is Aislynn cooking more often? These are lifestyle questions and we answer them all along with pho straight from h...

What a weird episode! Aislynn throws Joe off of his Yellow Curry talk by being honest about the Curry Challenge (or Curry Journey) thus far. Joe details the yellow curry prep, but they have a frank conversation about where this journey should go. Aislynn returns to the Farmers' Market she created to sell her produce and talks about the 'full circle' of it all.

Aislynn called Joe and gave him an earful...about seeds, Home Depot, and low-cost access to healthy, nutritious food. Hear a good old-fashioned Aislynn tirade. Nana made two meals, Joe remade Panang Curry for Aislynn's first Long Lunch Club, we pick up Vegetable Curry in Indian take out, the girls steal ice cream and we talk scary movies. Pull up a chair! We have a lot to talk about.

Changes continue in our new life on the farm, but the great meals never stop. Pork Chops with Leeks in Mustard Sauce and Mourning Dove Stew were on the menu this week along with a chicken plan, new daily schedules, a new recording time, and double dongs. Unanswered Questions: Do ground Mustard and Mustard seed taste different? What was the 90s term for when a thong is above the pant waist line? Wh...

A super-sized, long and winding road awaits you this week at The Dinner Table! Moving is a transition, and we work through some of the transitions we're all going through while reflecting on the 'new' of the farm. The Curry Challenge continues with Crispy Curry Chicken Wings and Curry Fries which may have underwhelmed just because the kitchen is new and Joe's...well...transitioning into the new ki...

What a week! We moved to the farm (It's official)! We start a new food challenge! We settle in with our new neighbors (Aislynn's folks)! But through it all, we learn a ton and EAT GREAT FOOD! We discuss the move, the new place, settling in, Joe's declarative statements, Aislynn's new routine, socks on the doorknob, our two new Dinner Tables, and making a Panang Curry. Oh...AND alligator curry!! Un...

The first episode of season three finds Joe and Aislynn in the middle of their move out to the farm on the heels of a 'sanctuary violating' event that tests the table. One year after Aislynn wrote her 'My Garden is a Sanctuary' speech for TedX, she shares her thoughts on the how the thoughts have evolved and plans for the gardens at the farm. Joe promises that the first meal at the new house will...

Uh oh! Our Season Two Finale is off to an odd start when a corrupted file meant we had to re-record it from scratch, and someone isn't happy about it. We remember the big events (The Texas Freezepocalypse), the hits (Grain-Free Pizza Challenge, dropping our filter) the misses, and what we're changing as we dream about Season Three. Here's to many more seasons!

We scoot to Houston (dog in tow) for an amazing weekend of food, music, art, and dog fun, and we tell you ALL about it: AirBnbs, trees, and community planning, fancy dinners, belching, dancing in the lightning, carrot butter,  rockets lifting off, ghost malls and everything in between. Places/Things Mentioned: Savoir Barkley's (Dog Park/Bar) True Foods Cynthia Woods Pavillion (Concert venue)...

Savannah's homecoming takes us to P.F. Changs for a big dinner and, from burning blue balls to uncomfortable flirting, we take you on our latest dining adventure. Joe's watching more movies, Aislynn brings back Backyard TV, and we talk about our support button. Freaks, geeks, BrianLovesToRap, and much much more on a great big Dinner Table Talks.

Aislynn wakes up to an epiphany of sorts: It's all just a game. The world's on edge so it is a comfort to learn that it's all a game. We talk our personal gaming histories leading straight into Voidwalkers, Creatrixes, Mages, and more. Our exploration into our Myers-Briggs testes continue along with fish sauce, burnt arms, cleaning out garbage, and much, much more. 

Aislynn and Joe celebrate the first 100 episodes with a look back at how it started, how it's evolved, what we love, what we don't love so much, and where we're headed.  Plus the latest Farm to Table dinner out at the farm.