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Ben Hundreds and Kate Burr join Jordan and Max to discuss opening their first restaurant, where the cocktail and burger game is already the talk of the town. Plus, Jordan wants to recreate Rodney Dangerfield's appetizer sandwich with The Benjamin's menu, Max gets angry, Kate and Ben talk the steps it took to open, those chips, that whipped cream, Ben's soundtrack, lessons learned, fried capers, an...

A tasting menu of 14 courses straight out of the Oxalis Palace and the mind of Bubbles Shapiro are experienced by a jury of his peers to decide for the final time if Max can actually cook. Ben Hundreds joins Jordan to review the night that started with an aged welcome drink, leading the fellas into buttery broth talk, the perfect potato dish, olive and prawn appreciation, a journey of seafood, the...

Jordan returned to Pizzeria Mozza for the first time in forever to figure out why it's not as popular as it once was, and it was all hot hunks of olive oil dripping bread, Max having thoughts on Nancy's chopped, those meatballs, a truffle cheese vs. truffle oil discussion, the welcomed proteins, Jordan attempts to learn Italian, the only miss of the night, and no notes for Nance on the new dessert...

Jordan and Max answer audience submitted questions ranging from crushed vs. rock ice, all sorts of prime rib all over the country, how much Bubbles is really drinking, a curation of old Air Jordan episodes, The World's 50 Best Restaurants, deep dish pizza, and a recent Kato review. Plus, the worst pasta shape, Summer sushi fish, worst bites at Max's favorite restaurants, more taco crawl talk, Mari...

Food writer Bill Esparza joins Jordan and Max to review their recent voyage across Los Angeles and beyond, exploring (possibly too) many great tacos across the city. There was lots of lamb, plenty of goat, enough prawns to keep Jordan happy, the pig everyone needed, a king in the beef world, all sorts of tortillas, stewed meats, and a surprise guest Jordan did not want to see. Plus, Bill's bite st...

Jordan reviews a recent trip to Las Vegas, where he found the hotel, spa, and peking duck of his desert dreams at the Fontainebleau. Plus, Max sampled a $500k bottle of wine while Jordan doesn't understand a $400 bottle of wine, new dishes at Dunsmoor, the return of Oxalis meal planning is spiraling out of control, and Angler is kinda back with Leopardo, where the fellas give a first look of the p...

Jordan and Max discuss a massive change occuring in the LA restaurant scene and how it will manifest in future California meals, including the fate of automatic gratuity and that horrific additional tip line, and a possible silver lining for diners. Then, Max reviews two restaurants he recently visited for the first time, Jordan talks some very special deep fried bites, and menu creation for "Can...

Jordan, Max, and Jon talk the most authentic East Coast pizzeria on the West Coast, which is just a zip away, and it's all godly galamad, two types of fried shrimp, a sausage pizza like no other, and the "white people taco night" pie shocks them all. Plus, Jordan begs the fellas for their Ozempy needles after a very chubby day, Max will LEARN to cook more romantically, Travis Lett's MTN is re-open...

Audience questions are answered by Jordan and Max, supplying the food knowledge you need, from tipping etiquette to personal maritni recipes, celebratory birthday destinations, and more trash sushi talk. Plus, Mideast Tacos, lunching in the 818, waiting in line for food, Beautiful loves Tito's, open faced bagels, 90's music, Addison advice, the L.A. bread scene, frozen pizza, more on KB, an if Sha...

Jordan and Max are joined by Beautiful Ben to discuss two recent meals. First up is the Virgil Village izakaya where the boys talk tons of grilled sauced meats, the real hospitality bubbles, and pounds of soft serve that has all made its way into Jordan's ro-ro. The second restaurant tale brings the boys to Calabasas for every food influencer's favorite sushi, where the setting and bites are revie...

Jordan is joined by his dad Dave, Shapiro, and Peckerman to review a steak dinner they all shared at the newest Beverly Hills beef haunt. The bread, shrimp, salad, steaks, sides, and desserts are all covered as they umtimately decide if this is the traditional steakhouse experience Los Angeles has been missing. Plus, a potato side dish discussion and how to pronounce au gratin, chilled forks, Big...

Jordan and Max talk a sequel to the Can Shapiro Actually Cook? episode, Bubbles isn't so alone anymore, the perfect date night order at Stella, and two new restaurants the boys are excited about: Kushiba on Sunset for fried Japanese sticks and wagyu corned beef, and Leopardo on La Brea for all the wood-fired excellence from ex-Saison and Angler master Josh Skenes. Plus, the ass-stained palace, Tac...

The Hollywood legend is a food lover, so Jordan joins Henry and his daughter Zoe to talk all the Winkler food love, including a 40 year relationship with Matsuhisa, how to scramble eggs the Henry way, the icon's favorite chocolate chip cookie, and a lifelong Wonder Bread love affair. Plus, a Cindy Crawford off-the-menu rice dish, the day after Thanksgiving sandwich, Henry's bagel making stuns Jord...

The Academy Awards are this week and many dreams are about to become reality, so Jordan invited some Tinseltown friends over to make their food dreams come true at McDonald's, by all creating their very own adult happy meals. The fellas break down the massive buffet by chef Ronald, Bob Koch drops McDonald's knowledge all over the place and eats bread for the first time in two decades, Sam Pitman r...

You know Chace Crawford from Gossip Girl and The Boys, but Max somehow knows him as a friend, so they both showed up inside the Sherman Oaks Food Building to talk Chace's favorite restaurants, their bromance that has bloomed over the years, another Gjelina brunch, and all the fellas got sneak peak bites of Stella West Hollywood, and review the best chews. Plus, the newest L.A. neck you must respec...

Jordan and Max talk their Super Bowl viewing chubby tales where Max controlled himself with fried fish and a donut, while Jordan most certainly controlled nothing. Plus, the boys usually don't like Italian sandwiches, Max betrayed Jordan and lied to him, Cheese Store of Beverly Hills potential, the need for Ozempy brochures, chips in cake, respecting Jordan's neck, Max went to Cipriani and talks i...

Ben Hundreds and Kate Burr enter the Sherman Oaks Food Building to compete with Jordan against each other as they attempt to build the best food lineups for the big game. And it's all whose got the best pizza, fried chicken, sandwiches, things to munch, all the sweeties, and will Jordan get his favorite tacos or will he pick Ben's just to piss him off. Plus, everyone shares their favorite game day...

Jordan and Max gift the audience sexy food advice for the big lovers day, ensuring listeners maximize their romantic plans this Valentine's Day. Learn how to seduce someone with a drink order, what to cook for dinner and dessert, and the chocolates you must buy to get the sex you're looking for. Plus, top five aphrodisiacs, the horniest movies, ordering in and dining out recommendations, eating of...

Jordan and Shapiro visited Boris, who catered a dinner with Pizza Kris' bar pies, which brought the fellas their best bite of the week. Jordan didn't understand Japanese whiskey, but he did enjoy a negroni ala Bubbles, and the filtered water was top notch. Plus, a sleeper dessert, the professional male model, and a discsussion of approved Los Angeles pizzas. Then the boys each list their top ten "...

Jordan had a disturbing weekend of eating with very little discipline and he needs to learn after too much KazuNori, a trip to a candy store with his son, the birthday dim sum buffet, a bucket of Magnolia pudding, the darkest pizza moment, more chicken shawarma, slices of pie, a chocolate pastry inside Joan's with his daughter and celebs, and an Emmy's spread of chips and dip, homemade pigs in bla...

Jordan and Max are joined by Peckerman to talk a recent 'tis the season feast at The Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills where over 16,000 calories of Buffalo Blasts, Glam Burgers, and four different flavors of cheesecake were consumed by the fellas. And it's all brown vs. white bread, not enough shimp for Jordan, too much of everything for Bubbles, not like the good old days for Josh, Chicken Bel...

More LA Times Best 101 talk and will Max become Bill Addison, top Goldbelly holiday gifts, crab rangoons, 2023 food world trends that need death, a painful FMK for Max, another trip to Quarter Sheets, NYE plans and bubbles from Bubbles, top LA free agent chefs, the must orders at Gjelina & Dunsmoor, Miami restaurants, Jordan's top 5 LA ice creams, most memorable meals and bites from 2023, and a tr...

The only year end food list in Los Angeles that matters is here, so Jordan and Max talk it all (well, most of it, it's very long), including a top ten breakdown, what exactly "the curve" is, when a beloved chef's personality transcends the food they're putting out, a character on the list who offered Jordan drugs, all the snubs, and the role and responsibilities of a modern day food critic.

This episode has it all: the shocking birthday meal reveal and what was ordered, the even more shocking Shapiro Saffy's snub, two nasty Thanksgiving meals, another trip down to Addison, and enough shrimp & Mexican Diet Coke to drown Jordan.

Jordan and Max offer advice on how to make Thanksgiving as delicious as possible. The fellas carefully curate that iconic Thursday night meal for everyone by offering elevated concepts for appetizers, the bird of course, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and vegetables. Then, Diet Coke Dave aka The Pie King of LA calls in to help everyone build the best dessert tables possible by breaking down his defini...