Try It, You'll Like It

Comedian and host of the podcast Weed and Grub (go check it out!) joins David and Winston to talk Spam, St. Louis style pizza and more! For this week's Hot Tastes, Winston wants to see cauliflower as a replacement for chicken items on more menus, David wants more internet recipe attribution to the original source, and Mike says there's an appropriate time and place for the single-ply napkin. For the tasting, regular, jalapeno and turkey spam are fried up and served alongside a spam fried rice, a bbq smoked spam, and a surprise dessert (SPOILER: it's a spam pineapple upside down cake). One of these things was named "the best think you've made for the show ever." __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Comedian/storyteller Jen Curcio guests this week to discuss her dislike of Boba Tea/Bubble Tea (you know, the tea with the tapioca balls in it). For a round of Hot Tastes, David is no fan of French's new ad campaign AND he wants one homemade jam at every restaurant breakfast while Winston wants the amount of bacon in a side order of bacon to be made clear. For the tasting, Black Milk Tea, Thai Ice Tea and Honeydew Milk Tea bobas from Ten Ren's Tea Time are served alongside two popping boba drinks from Brit Boba, as well as a homemade vanilla pudding with black boba balls.  __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Hosts Winston and David break format this week with two special guests. After a very personal/philosophical check in between the two hosts, the gentleman are joined by Brad Bodnarchuk of Half a Dozen Hospitality Podcast (calling in all the way from Vancouver) for a round of Hot Tastes. Then, the boys introduce a live show recorded at Taste Walk Glendale on 5/1/19 where they offered a mini-gauntlet of natto, natto banana bread, durian wafers and pshat to guest Betty Porto of Porto's Bakery.  __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Host of Lady Balls Daily and the My Dear Delicious podcast Coni Constantine reveals that not only does she not like grilled cheese, but cheese in general may be the issue. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants one cheap beer option at every bar and David thinks that no beginner chef should attempt a recipe with more than ten steps. For the tasting, grilled cheeses made with american, cheddar, havarti, and smoked gouda are served along side a welsh rarebit, a croque monsieur and a blueberry and brie grilled cheese. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Host of Choose Your Own Religion Joe Welker joins David/Winston this week to discuss coconut, the nut so loco they call it coco. Jacque Wafeur returns in a picnic based Situation Eat and Winston attempts a public execution of that character with his situation, though the character narrowly escapes. For the tasting, fresh young coconut meat, coconut water, coconut rice, coconut chips, dried coconut strips, a toasted coconut pudding and buko pie from Sari Sari are served up.  __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Comedian, musician and host of Baywatch Watch Zach Olsen joins us this week to see if our hosts can prove the merits of capers to him. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants popcorn to be more ubiquitous in public spaces (though his gas station example is suspect) while David thinks that fancy restaurants should stop pretending like they've discovered cured egg yolks. For the tasting, capers, caperberries, a salad with a lemon caper vinaigrette, chicken piccata and a chocolate cranberry caper cookie are served up.  __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subcribe: Spotify

Cool dude, animator and host of TBToonz David Kantrowitz joins David and Winston this week to discuss fennel, which host David loves and Winston hates with a passion equal to Mr. Kantrowitz. In a round of Situational Eats, David proposes a Beast Feast while Winston asks what to serve to someone who has recently come back from the grave. For the tasting, a shaved fennel salad with lemon vinaigrette, roasted fennel, caramelized fennel, fennel sodas, and a fennel and orange zest ice cream are served up

Actor Ryan Bartley guests this week to discuss her dislike of most vegetables, most fruits, and oatmeal. For Hot Tastes, Winston wants more innovation in supermarket aisle structuring and David wants supermarket checkout artists to not discuss his purchases with him. For the tasting, Instant Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal, slow cooked Quaker Oatmeal, overnight oats with carrot cake flavors and oatmeal with sweet mix-ins are served alongside savory oatmeal mushroom congee and garlic cheese oats. 

Host of the Bachelor Zone podcast Michael Wahle has David and Winston take him to  “deviled eggeria” and explore why he doesn’t like this common appetizer. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants shredded cheese kept off of burgers, David wants a single rider line for himself at ice cream shops, and Michael wants popcorn professionals to handle the buttering at the movie theater. For the tasting, a standard deviled egg, a deviled quail egg, a beet pickled deviled egg with goat cheese, a pickled deviled egg with dill, an ajitsuke tamago (ramen egg) deviled egg with kewpie mayo, a bacon and eggs deviled egg and a DEVILLED! OSTRICH! EGG! are served up. 

Founder of HomeCooked Hailley Field joins David and Winston this week to tackle the colloquial Fig Newton (recently rebranded as Newtons by Nabisco). For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston believes that Whole Foods 365 pizza is simply too good while David asks that the veneer of friendship with a server if established early on at a bar or restaurant (it’s a doozy of a hot taste). For the tasting, five Nabisco Newtons (regular fig, whole wheat fig, fat free fig, triple berry and blueberry) are served alongside crisped up Fig Newtons with whipped goat cheese, as well as a homemade oatmeal fig bar and homemade fig newtons. 

Actor/writer/dog portrait painter Heidi Hayward has our hosts bring turnips to the table this week. After a round of Real Food or Real Gross, a startling revelation is made public: David completely doesn’t understand the concept of fly fishing. For the tasting, roasted turnips, mashed turnips, leek and turnip soup and an Eastham Turnip Pie is served up.  

Comedy Writers Leah Folta and Lia Woodward join the Taste Buds this week to discuss Leah’s dislike of cabbage. For Hot Tastes, David posits that restaurants should act like restaurants (and not individuals) on social media while Winston has the wild take that there aren’t enough toppings at frozen yogurt restaurants. For the tasting the Buds serve up boiled cabbage, cole slaw, stuffed cabbage (aka malfouf), kim chi and a surprise red cabbage cake.

Comedian and host of the Culture Kings podcast Jacquis Neal joins David and Winston for the second of two Guinness Beer episodes. The show this weeks includes a one-time round of “I Tell Ye, Irish, That Was Lucky” and a tasting that includes Guinness Draught, Extra Stout, Antwerpen Stout and the 200th Anniversary Stout as well as a Guinness Cheddar fondue, beef stew and a Guinness Ice Cream.

Comedian James Bachman kicks off the first of two Guinness episodes of the show conveniently slotting before and after the St. Patrick’s Day holiday. For the new segment “Cheers for Beers” David highlights the Sonoran White Chocolate ale while Winston touches on cask ales in London. For the tasting, Guinness Draught Stout, Extra Stout, Foreign Stout and Antwerpen are served alongside a meal of Guinness Beef Stew, Guinness Beer Bread, a Guinness Chocolate browner and cheddar cheese drizzled with a Guinness “honey.”

Writer/Comedian Meg Joh with a freshly minted nickname (Johlee Molee) and a startling revelation: she doesn't like chocolate. In a round of Hot Tastes, Winston thinks all pancakes should be big while David believes chocolate chunks are better than chocolate chips in all cooking applications. For the tasting, Hershey’s chocolate as well as Lindt white chocolate, 70% and 90% cocoa bars are served alongside a chocolate mole sauce, a cocoa rubbed steak and olive oil chocolate truffles.

Actress/comedian/storyteller Maya Shemesh faces a tall order this week. Not only does she have to face down her fear of blue cheese, but she also has to endure a lengthy lesson on candy striping,  and a round of situational eats involving futbol phenom Pele and his need for soup as well as the color obsessed character Royg Biv. She then musters the courage to take on a tasting involving the largest volume of (blue) cheese ever assembled for the show. The tasting included St. Agur, Rochefort, Danish Blue, Gorgonzola, a triple cream blue cheese and a blue brie as well as mac and blue cheese, St. Agur blue cheese sable cookies and roasted pears with crumbled blue cheese.

Actor/comedian J. Claude Deering joins us this week to talk tofu. For Hot Tastes, David (seriously) would like it ot be more culturally acceptable to drink restorative broths on the the go while Winston would love to see more table side cooking at restaurants. For the tasting, silken tofu, local purveyor Meiji tofu, crispy oven-baked tofu, sriracha and teriyaki marinated tofus and mapo tofu from Pine and Crane are served.

Hot sauce maker Alec Patiño of Patiños Potions joins us this week to provide some fiery sauces alongside a meal comprised of cooked carrots. For Hot Tastes, Winston wants even more sugar in his Thai food while David has the untenable argument that if you can’t present an aesthetically pleasing shrimp, he would rather that the shrimp be served with the vein intact. For tasting, a sous vide carrot, carrot jam, a baked carrot tarte, carrot halwa (a sweet stewed indian dish) and a carrot hot dog are served

Comedian and food praiser (on Eat it Katie) Katie Molinaro joins us to discuss the smallest corns we could find: baby corn. For the tasting, baby corn from a can, baby corn elote, the indo-chinese dish Baby Corn Manchurian, baby corn succotash and a baby corn and mint ice cream are served up

Comedian and host of This is Dark Matters podcast Franky Guttman guests this week to discuss his distaste for chicken wings (AKA chewy fat bombs). For the tasting, Ralph’s wings, Wingstop buffalo and cajun boneless wings, Kyochon honey garlic wings, salt and pepper wings, bbq smoked wings, buffalo chicken wing dip and a Buffalo Chicken wing cupcake (yes a sweet cupcake) are served up.