Marriage Bites! With Mike and Jess

Mike loves mashed potatoes. Jess thinks they taste like wallpaper paste. Naturally, it’s time for a blind taste test of KFC vs. Popeyes mashed potatoes and gravy. Which chain wins, and can either convince Jess she’s a mashed potato person? Plus, Mike’s trying to stop his car from becoming a dumpster, Jess reveals a high school spork competition he’s somehow never heard about, and they discuss what...

Applebee’s put a bacon cheeseburger inside a crunchy wonton taco, so naturally Mike and Jess had to try it. Did the mashup work, or should burgers and tacos stay in their own lanes? They also mourn the dishes they can’t get anymore from closed restaurants, build their ideal three-drink lineups, and argue about whether Cracker Barrel deserves a stop on their next trip. Plus, the meatballs at Strada...

Mike and Jess try Burger King’s Loaded Jalapeño Original Chicken Sandwich, a chaotic combination of American cheese, jalapeño sauce, crispy jalapeños and Burger King’s famously long chicken patty. While Mike sees the potential in the sandwich’s spicy concept, Jess delivers a surprising verdict on its questionable chicken. Along the way, Jess reveals how she turns cleaning into a cardio workout, av...

Mike and Jess try Jersey Mike’s chicken salad and put another popular fast food item to the Marriage Bites test. Along the way, they debate their very different food preferences, share their latest fast food opinions, and get sidetracked by everything from burgers and soda to the best things they ate all week.

This week on Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess head back to Panda Express to find out whether the viral Cantonese BBQ Brisket lives up to the hype. Along the way, they talk about an impromptu beach day, their favorite sushi orders, rediscovering memories from their pre-kids adventures, and why recording the podcast helps them reconnect with parts of their relationship they don't think about often. Plu...

"I thought cheesecake was basically a big bowl of Gouda." Mike finally tries cheesecake for the first time after avoiding it for more than 40 years. But before the taste test, he and Jess revisit the Long Island neighborhood where they first lived together, sharing forgotten memories, old apartment stories, and how going back to a familiar place can instantly bring the past rushing back. Plus, the...

What happens when two people accidentally spend 20 minutes debating cake, pie, rainbow cookies, Disney, and whether "wet-ass pastries" should become official podcast merchandise? In this episode of Marriage Bites , Mike and Jess take another delightfully unplanned detour through food, family memories, parenting, and New Jersey life. What starts as a review of Nothing Bundt Cake's limited-time Stra...

"That was pork belly." "No, it wasn't." And just like that, another Marriage Bites episode is underway. Mike and Jess kick off Shake Shack Month by reviewing the BBQ Boneless Baby Back Rib Sandwich, which somehow leads to debates about pork belly, barbecue sauce, whether nachos count as a meal, and why every child waits until you're placing an order to ask 700 questions. The conversation also cove...

Mike and Jess return to Taco Bell with one mission: order an absurd amount of food and see if the AI drive-thru can survive the experience. What follows includes: • A caramel empanada explosion inside the car • A surprisingly emotional discussion about onions • Mike discovering Jess has been secretly stockpiling Godiva chocolate • An unexpected breakdown of NBA triple-doubles • Taco Bell chicken n...

Mike and Jess return with one of the most chaotic food weeks in Marriage Bites history. Between business trips, sick kids, a cat surgery, a $176 Carmine’s steak riding New Jersey Transit, and a Panera “salad stuffer” that completely broke their brains, this episode spirals in the best possible way. The two debate whether fruit belongs inside bread, relive Jess’s legendary fast food ordering disast...

In this episode of Marriage Bites , Mike and Jess take a nostalgia-fueled trip to Wendy’s to review the new-and-improved Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Is it still the late-night legend they remember, or has time (and better chicken sandwiches) changed the game? They also debate dream franchises to own, best mall food court meals of all time, and why old-school video stores still live rent free in their...

Mike and Jess are back for episode 301 of Marriage Bites, diving into Panda Express’ Dynamite Sweet & Sour Chicken, the chain’s fiery limited-time collab made with Buldak hot sauce and extra-crunchy puffed-rice batter. They break down whether it lives up to the hype, how it compares to last year’s Hot Orange Chicken, and why this might be the hottest fast food item they’ve tried yet. Along the...

7 years later...they are still doing it. Welcome to Basketball Drives, I mean Mike Delivers, oh sorry...what is it even called now? Mike and Jess go to an OG spot and reflect on 300 episodes.

Mike and Jess survive a brutal winter week, test their tolerance for seafood (and gout), and dive into Popeyes’ garlic parmesan butterfly shrimp. The shrimp scores big, the Mardi Gras mustard does not, and somewhere along the way the conversation spirals into movie characters they’d want to be, unpopular food opinions, and a deeply unnecessary Google search about shrimp anatomy. All this while pla...

We are closing in on 300! Who is excited for the Texas Road House? But first...Mike and Jess try the Curry Croquette from Paris Baguette. Could we see the third ever perfect score from Mike?

Jersey Mike's! No not Mike Bisceglia himself, but the fast food joint. Mike and Jess try the Mike's Hot Italian. Is this thing even spicy? What happened on Super Bowl pizza tradition and when is the Texas Road House happening?

Snowed in and slightly unhinged, Mike and Jess use a Burger King “Fully Loaded Croissan’wich” as a launching pad for a conversation about memory, taste, marriage, and the strange intimacy of what we eat. What starts as a fast-food breakfast review quickly becomes something deeper: why certain foods unlock childhood, how convenience has reshaped culture, and how couples stay connected through small...

Marriage Bites 295 is basically a medical symposium disguised as a food podcast. Mike has cracked heels, Jess has plantar fasciitis, and somehow this all leads to Dunkin’ Donuts, protein coffee, and a donut filled with something called “golden fudge.” They debate iced vs hot coffee, whether protein belongs in beverages, and if donuts are secretly weapons. There is also a serious discussion about b...

Tonight’s dinner comes with a side of app drama, aging injuries, and a deep philosophical debate about Doritos. Mike and Jess return (again) to Shake Shack, this time chasing a mysteriously disappearing Korean fried chicken sandwich that can only be ordered through the app, because of course it can. Along the way, they rank road trip snacks, reminisce about grocery shopping as therapy, compare bru...

A Wawa run for a buffalo chicken salad club sandwich turns into a surprisingly serious investigation into chicken salad, mayonnaise ratios, and what legally qualifies as a sandwich. The conversation drifts through hoagies versus subs, Wawa versus Sheetz, deli trust issues, viral food hype, New Year’s Eve expectations, and the strange comfort of staying in with a drink that starts embarrassingly ea...

Chick-fil-A becomes the backdrop for a long-delayed chicken sandwich debate, though the food itself quickly drifts in and out of focus. The conversation moves through drive-thru logistics, line efficiency, forgotten sauces, milkshake opinions, and the challenge of eating fast food with kids in the back seat. From there, it wanders into caffeine tolerance, staying up too late, parenting fatigue, an...

Email Mike delivers pod@gmail.com. With your suggestion on food, we should try again. This week on Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess argue about who is actually hosting the show, officially quit ice cream month, and return to savory food with a Chicken Bacon Ranch quesadilla from Chili’s. From there, the conversation wanders in predictable and slightly unhinged directions. They talk about aging, thinn...

Email Mike delivers pod@gmail.com. With your suggestion on food, we should try again. This week on Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess kick things off by arguing about who is actually the host, then head to Carvel to wrap up ice cream month with a crunchy, layered dessert that sparks way more discussion than expected. The conversation drifts into forgotten parenting phases, missing memories, and the str...

In this episode of Marriage Bites , Mike and Jess kick off Ice Cream Month with a return trip to Shake Shack, a place they’ve apparently reviewed so many times it now exists in multiple timelines, languages, and at least one memory Jess does not recall having. What starts as a simple taste test of the Sticky Toffee Pudding milkshake quickly spirals into a debate about British culture, period piece...

In this episode of Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess take on Cold Stone Creamery, a place that once felt like a magical marble slab spectacle and now feels like a very small room where someone reluctantly smashes ice cream behind a wall of shoe box stacked mix ins. Jess braves the store with both kids while Mike stays home, silently convinced the bill will somehow be forty dollars, and he is not wrong...