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Every week, Brandon and Mike bring you a taste of food and pop culture, including bests of the week (best thing they ate, watched, listened to) and spicy food takes. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

Brandon & Mike


    • Dec 13, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 44m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Taste Buds

    THE RETURN OF TASTE BUDS (for real this time)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 51:01


    Nothing else to say...Taste Buds is back !!!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Food Draft: Italian Edition Ft. Evan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 58:52


    This week we're back with another food draft, this time with Italian food AND a special guest drafter, our buddy Evan. As always, we also discuss our bests of the week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Grand Reopening

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 46:04


    We're baaaaaaaaaack! Mike and Brandon return with season 2 premiere, including "bests" of the week and the ultimate appetizer fantasy draft. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Sorry we're closed.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 32:44


    It's been a looooong three weeks since our last episode, and the world is looking a lot different. In this ep, we discuss life in quarantine and how the restaurant industry may never be the same. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Interview w/ Joe from One Mighty Mill

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 55:22


    This week we finally welcome on a longtime Taste Buds listener and food industry veteran, Joe Ackil, to talk about his experience working on all levels of the food supply chain - from B.GOOD to One Mighty Mill. Check out One Mighty Mill bagels, tortillas and pretzels at all Whole Foods in Massachusetts or at their brick & mortar location in Lynn! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Food Top 5 & More Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 60:35


    In this week's episode, we introduce a new segment: food top 5. This week, we tackle our list of the top steakhouse side orders. We also answer more mailbag questions and talk our bests of the week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Oscars Preview & Return of the Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 56:05


    In this week's episode, we preview the upcoming Oscars and provide our predictions for all the major categories. We also answer more mailbag questions - which includes a discussion of all things breakfast.. And as always, we give our bests of the week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    The Eleven Madison Park Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 59:03


    In this week's episode, Mike discusses his ultimate food weekend in NYC, from celebrity chef run-ins to dining at the #1 restaurant in the world. As always, Mike and Brandon also reveal their bests of the week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Waiter Confidential

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 72:07


    In this week's episode, we invite our first industry insider to answer our burning questions about life as a high end restaurant waiter. We also discuss our thoughts on Oscar nominations as well as our best's of the week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Golden Globes Recap & Food Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 52:35


    In this week's episode, we discuss our "bests" of the week, recap the Golden Globes and answer your burning questions in our new mailbag segment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    2019 Year in Food (pt. 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 59:39


    In this week's episode, we drop our "bests" of 2019 (best meal, best restaurant, best cuisine, best thing we saw & listened to) discuss highest trending Grubhub orders of 2019 and debate our final Spicy Take of the year: gift card etiquette. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Wine 101 ft. Uncle Mark

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 50:54


    Coming off of a bye week, we have our first guest: our family wine sommelier, our Uncle Mark. Mark discusses how he came to love wine, and clears the air about certain wine myths and etiquette. Per usual, we also discuss our bests of the week as well as our spicy take. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    2019 Year in Food (pt. 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 50:53


    In this week's episode, we discuss the top food trends in 2019, and debate whether they deserve a place in 2020. As always, we'll touch on our bests of the week (best thing we ate, watched, and listened to), and give a quick Thanksgiving recap. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Thanksgiving Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 51:51


    It's Thanksgiving week (aka the most important food holiday of the year). In this episode, we discuss: Overrated/underrated Thanksgiving foods, Bests of the week (Best thing we ate, watched and listened to this week), Controversial food opinions, Spicy take of the week - is it ok to make food substitutions at a restaurant? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Setting the Table: Taste Buds Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 47:02


    Pilot episode - intro to the Taste Buds podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastebudspodcast/support

    Bow To The Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 27:23


    Three generations of cooks — a former ego-driven chef turned recruiter, a recent cooking school grad who's fed up with low rates, and a workaholic "lifer" who trains and mentors young cooks — sit down with host Corey Mintz to speak candidly about pervasive issues in the industry, share their personal trajectories and horrifying training experiences, and grapple with how to push back against a culture of machismo and burnout. — Illustration by Andrew Barr.  This episode of Taste Buds is sponsored by Foodora, Canada's #1 food delivery app.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Squid Tentacles And Chicken Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 20:24


    Should aspiring chefs go to culinary school? How do you ask for a raise when you’re earning less than minimum wage? What's 'the mandatory fourteen'? Braden Chong and David Schwartz are young cooks sweating out long, back-breaking days. And they eat a lot. Along with other young cooks in Toronto, they document their high-carb staff meals and late night eats on Budsnacks, a communally shared Instagram account Host Corey Mintz joins Braden and David on a double-breakfast eating spree—jumping from a mountain of chicken feet and turnip cakes at Dim Sum King to more fancified plates cooked up by Schwartz at his new restaurant, Omaw — where they talk about learning how to avoid being exploited by chefs, and then, how to avoid exploiting cooks once you become the chef. Basically: how to grow up and survive in the restaurant industry, while eating your weight in dumplings. Illustration by Deshi Deng. — This episode is sponsored byFoodora, Canada’s #1 food delivery app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Let Them Have Their Soggy Fries

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 18:33


    Are over-the-top food trends trumping taste? Should restaurants accommodate their customers, even when it means making their food worse?  Host Corey Mintz joins buds David Ginsberg, Hassel Aviles, and Monte Wan, to talk trends, taste, and the challenge of serving up authentic Thai food, at Wan's restaurant, Khao San Road. — This episode is sponsored by Foodora, Canada's #1 food delivery app.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Slaughtered With Love And Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 26:55


    Suzanne Barr found out she was pregnant the day she opened her restaurant. Then came the real problem: landlords so unhinged she had to call the cops on them.  Danny McCallum was a radical environmentalist whose roommates were BLOWN UP (possibly by the FBI). He’s now the chef of a steakhouse that serves $1200 steaks. Host Corey Mintz sits down to talk about beef and the ethics of cooking it, and both chefs realize that they’d each been vegan for 9 years. Life is full of surprises. So is this episode of Taste Buds. You can catch Suzanne cooking at the Sand and Pearl Oyster Bar in Prince Edward County, and if it’s steak you’re hungry for, Danny’s got you covered at Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse in Toronto. — Illustration by Lily Snowden-Fine. Taste Buds is sponsored byFoodora, Canada’s #1 food delivery app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Critic vs. Restaurateur

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 26:48


    What happens when a restaurant owner sits down with the critic she blames for killing her business? Jen Agg is Canada’s top restaurateur. Chris Nuttall-Smith is Canada’s top critic. And Chris’ 2012 review of her beloved restaurant, Raw Bar (his description of the food as “awful”) has not been forgotten. The two sit down with host Corey Mintz for dinner at The Black Hoof — Jen’s trend-setting and much-imitated restaurant, which is closing after a decade — to argue over whether critics matter anymore. — Jen Agg is the owner of The Black Hoof, Rhum Corner, Cocktail Bar and Grey Gardens, as well as the author of the memoir I Hear She’s A Real Bitch. Chris Nuttall-Smith is the editor-in-chief of the recently launched review website The Taster.  Read Corey’s original review of The Hoof here. “That review was a big deal,” says Jen. “But at that time, reviews mattered. I don’t know that that’s true anymore.” And Nuttsy’s review of Raw Bar: “When Chris reviewed Raw Bar, that was like a death knell for the business.” — Taste Buds is sponsored byFoodora, Canada’s #1 food delivery app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Appetizer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2018 1:53


    Corey Mintz joins restaurant insiders after hours to eat, drink, and dish about the industry and its culture. First episode drops Wednesday, July 18th.Here’s a taste. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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