Podcasts about life's a banquet

On this week's thick and slippery episode we are talking everyone’s favorite villainous condiment- MAYO. We talk Miracle Whip, French pillagers, violent crime, and of course, tuna salad. Plus learn where pet rabbits live, ponder if all dogs really go to heaven, and find out which politician has been re-animated. So get out of our dreams and into our cars, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep Life's a Banquet on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

In this week's episode we once again go off topic, and by that we mean totally structureless, and discuss the goings on in the world including BLM, fireworks conspiracies, non mask monsters, and SUBWAY sandwiches. We urge you to support the Black Lives Matter movement in any and all ways that you can.In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep Life's a Banquet on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

In this week's episode we go off topic, and by that we mean totally structureless, and dicuss the goings on in the world including the Black Lives Matter movment, our bleak political landscape, fake news, and conspiracy theroies galore.We urge you to support the Black Lives Matter movment in any and all ways that you can. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep Life's a Banquet on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate.  Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

We have a very special episode mini episode today featuring our pals from the Service Workers Coalition. We are grateful for what they are doing to help the service community during this crisis, and wanted to spread the word about their mutual aid services. Please enjoy, and please donate!  *Service Workers Coalition is a grassroots Mutual Aid Fund, and now incorporated Non-Profit Organization, that has mobilized to respond to the evolving needs of laid off hospitality workers throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The central action of SWC is grocery stipends. The fund offers $50 a week grocery stipends to any out of work service industry workers. We also offer delivery of those supplies if a worker is quarantined for any reason, or does not have access to a bank account, which is needed for wire transfer of the stipend. We are also offering to facilitate harm reduction supply access and coordinate wellness check-ins and other mental health services remotely.   Ioby Campaign: https://ioby.org/project/grocery-stipendsInstagram: @serviceworkerscoalition  Email for aid: serviceworkerscoaltion@gmail.comvenmo for direct donations: @bkservicecoalitionwebsite (about to launch): serviceworkerscoalition.orgProcessing is powered by Simplecast.

Hello human beings, how are you holding up? Today we are coming atcha fast and loose with PART DEUX of our carnival food series. In this weeks ep we talk about funnel cake, revenge, and murder! Plus Nicole gives us some good news for a god damn change. Tune in to hear our opinions, which unlike delicious funnel cake, are not sugar coated. So grab yourselves a carmel apple and go pee under the boardwalk, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

Hey kiddos. This week we offer you part 1 of a chilling expose of CARNIVAL FOOD! Join us as we explore salt water taffy, curly fries and the devil's drink- PINK LEMONADE! Plus we decode carny speak, rant about the future of cotton candy and talk hella smack about a very tone deaf food celebrity who found herself in the dunk tank last week.  So hop on THE GRAVITRON and throw up in a WHACK-A-MOLE hole, it’s Life's a Banquet the podcast!"Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

Hello sweet babes of earth, how are you? Times are weird and scary and troubling on multiple levels, and yet the flowers are blooming and the sun is shining and that is pretty confusing. So we are here to help you sort this all out with an enlightening and highly scientifically researched episode about sandwiches! Tune in and keep your ears peeled as we deep dive into the history of open faced sandwiches, and yes, that technically means you crostini, and the legacy of Elvis Presley and his love of peanut butter. So roll yourself up in a sundried tomato wrap and smother yourself in rich turkey gravy, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!   Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

Hey kiddos. As we enter yet another week of living on a prayer, we invite you to join us in a conversation about the most important part of any well rounded life; CONDIMENTS! They're tangy, they're slippery, they make the average shoe 100 times more delicious. Ever wondered "what's the deal with relish?" or "how much ketchup could I drink before I die?" Well we have those answers, plus the suspenseful history of mustard, and the best and worst salad dressings of this century. So jump in your Miracle Whip and drive on down to the Ranch, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

Hey ya nuts. You guys ok? Are you ready to laugh? Well you’ve come to the wrong place, as all we have for you today is some angry political rants and 45 minutes of riveting, nail biting, edge of your seat PIE content. That’s right, this episode is about pie, and you are going to sit and finish the whole episode before you get some. Some pies have fruit, some have mush, and some get squished in your face when you least/most expect it. So grab some sliced cheddar, and fast forward to the 3:14 minute mark, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

Ahoy folks, how's the bread doing? Is it rising? Great. Well here we still all are, trying our best not to start a fight with our imaginary friends, and making sweaters with our own hair. Fear not, Nicole and Z are here to gripe about the injustices of life and offer up some Depression Era recipes. So put some pants on that blowup doll you've started dating and boil up a pot of stone soup, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

Hi folks. How are you? It's wild times out there, and the one thing keeping us warm in this cold world is the burning lava hotness of America's true sweethearts, Robert Redford and Paul Newman. What's Redford's favorite flavor of soup? How did Paul Newmans bathtub end up full of salad dressing? If you whisper in the forest and there are no horses around to hear it, does it still make a sexy sound? All these questions and more answered on todays steaming hotttt episode. So grab on to your pool cue, and make someone an indecent proposal, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Kat, Hannah, Matt, and Dylan circle up for our third 100% remote HRN Happy Hour. They are joined by Zahra Tangorra, co-host of Processing and Life's a Banquet. They chat about coping strategies for self-isolation, Robert Redford, the Kennedys, and play a rousing round of 20 questions.HRN Happy Hour is powered by Simplecast.

Hey kiddos, how's everyone holding up? We are returning today with a normal-ish episode in an effort to make you guys laugh. And what better to distract us all from a crumbling world than strange food commercials from the 1990's amirite? So get that toaster out of your tub and tune in to reminisce about Mentos, Slim Jim's, and the goddamn California Raisins! So put that pizza on a bagel, but don't you dare lay a finger on my Butterfinger, it's Life's a Banquet the Podcast!Life's a Banquet  is powered by Simplecast.

Hey folks, how are you holding up? Today is another free-ball of an episode, as the gals process their feelings about coronavirus and the general state of the world. They laugh, they cry, they tell it like it is. Back next week with the good old LAB format to try and bring some levity to your lives. Stay safe and be good to yourselves and each other.Life's a Banquet  is powered by Simplecast.

So what's new? Nothing much on our end. We love you folks, and on this weeks show we are trying to stand in solidarity with all of you in every walk of life. It's scary, it's weird, and it's really happening. All we can do is be here for each other and laugh when we can. Tune in, be safe and be of help to others where you can❤️Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Hey guys. Today Nicole and Zahra share their personal feelings about Bernie, plus some fun food facts for good measure. Our feeling and opinions are our own and do not reflect those of Heritage Radio Network.Life's a Banquet  is powered by Simplecast.

I heard from my cousin's friend's best friend's aunt, that today's episode of Life's a Banquet is going to be super funny! That's right folks, we are myth busting AND myth trusting on today's investigative episode. Hard hitting journalism is coming at you from left, right and of course behind, as the gals debunk, reminisce alive test some of the most prolific food urban legends in human history. So pack your faces full of pop rocks and coke and chase down a mutant KFC chicken, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Are you tired of boring old podcasts ruining your life? Exhausted by having to pull out your bulky old iPhone every time you want to listen to your favorite shows? Well get ready to be zapped back to life by this weeks episode folks! We're here to make you laugh, and all you have to do is tune in and pay 10 easy installments of $199.99. So toss out those clunky, outdated old podcasts, and start living life anew with Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

Hey followers! This week we demand you all shave your heads and eat an entire jar of peanut butter while you listen in. That's right, we're talking CULTS! Why? Well because cults always have a strange intertwined relationship with food, and the gals are here to unpack it, one horrific and bizarre story at a time. The duo chats about the food rituals of some of the worlds most infamous cults, plus the tragic and not funny at all story of The Peoples Temple and the Jonestown massacre, and the truth behind the phrase "drinking the kool-aid". So polish up your Nike's and buy some loose fitting white clothing, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

On today’s steaming hot episode of @lifesabanquetpodcast we cover the greatest sight two human eyeballs could ever see, KEVIN COSTNER! Why are you doing a Kevin Costner episode of a food podcast you might ask? Well we are glad you asked. The gals have a shared love of KC, and this week they unveil the best food scenes in each Cos flick, what foods they would like to eat off his bear chest, plus the story of his Dances with Wolves themed restaurant/casino and I’ll fated resort in Deadwood, SD. So dodge a magic bullet and join a ghost baseball team, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Well hello, and welcome to hell! It's 2020, the world is ablaze and J-Lo has been snubbed for an Oscar. But let's not dwell on the future or present, let's focus on the past! Tune in as Nicole and Z review 2019's best and worst food trends, restaurants, films, podcast, and more! Plus home cooking disasters, relationship failures and a multitude of gripes. So put some CBD in your Big Mac and bury your head in the sand, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

Ken (kbany.com) has designed nearly 100 Broadway productions including Act One, Chaplin, Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway, The Scottsboro Boys, Sondheim on Sondheim, [Title of Show], The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe starring Lily Tomlin, Footloose, Candide(1997), Annie (1997), Annie Warbucks, Inherit the Wind, Moon Over Buffalo, The Red Shoes, Fiddler on the Roof (1990, 81,76), Lettice and Lovage, Tru, Meet Me in St. Louis, On the 20th Century, Side by Side by Sondheim among others. He has been honored with seven Tony award nominations and received the 1997 Tony Award for his work on Chicago. His Tony nominations include: Sunday in the Park with George(2008), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), End of the World (1984), Foxfire(1982), Sweeney Todd (1979), Working (1978), and The Visit (1973). For a complete list of Broadway shows go to www.idbd.com. Off-Broadway he has many productions to his credit including Nikolai and the Others, Fame, The Thing About Men, Sylvia, London Suite, Annie Warbucks, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata, Snoopy and Fortune in Men’s Eyes. For a more complete list go to www.lortel.org/lla_archive Ken works in all forms of theatrical lighting including opera, dance, concerts and spectaculars. 13 productions for the NY City Opera including: Candide, the American premiers of Silverlake, The Voice of Ariadne and Ashmedai. For the Houston Grand Opera 31 productions including the world premier of Willie Stark and Aida for the opening of the Worthem Center Brown Theatre. Other companies include Dallas Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, La Scala, Theatro Real in Madrid and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Some of the great entertainers that Ken has lit include Hugh Jackman, Ann-Margret, Shirley MacLane, Liberace, Sigfried and Roy, Juliet Prowse, Chita Rivera and Lisa Minelli to name just a few. For 27 years the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular had lighting by Ken Billington as well as the annual Easter Show. Other spectaculars include the relighting of Jubilee at Bally’s Las Vegas in 2004, Fantasmic! at Disneyland, Shamu Night shows at the Seaworld Parks and Illuminights at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Ken has been received many awards including the Ace Award for Television Lighting, the Luman Award for Architectural Lighting and many theatre awards including the Tony, NY Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics and Boston Drama Critics, to name a few.

Good tidings babearinos! You've reached the top of the mountain, and it's littered in fruitcake! On this weeks rum soaked episode Nicole and Z help you sink gently into the holidays like a bathtub full of thick ham glaze! The two tell tales of gingerbread, fruitcake and of course unveil their favorite holiday albums! So chug some grog and tell Phil Spector the turkeys done, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate  today to become a crucial part of the HRN community.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On today’s nightmare of an episode or @lifesabanquetpodcast Nicole and Z present to you “Chefs Who Kill: Part Deux”! All the stabbing and skinning you can handle, plus the story of the real life “Bill the Butcher”! So grab yourself a cleaver and head on down to Pogo the Clowns house for a BBQ, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate today to become a crucial part of the HRN community.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On this sinister episode Nicole and Z chat about Chefs who KILL! Poison, large knives, typhoid and more! So grab meat cleaver and sprinkle some cyanide in your mean old husbands cream of wheat, it’s Lifes a Banquet the podcast!Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Well hello baby turkeys! On today’s gut-busting episode Nicole and Z discuss the horrors and miracles that make up America’s most delicious and problematic holiday, THANKSGIVING! The babes talk green bean casserole, cranberry bogs and the history of the TV dinner! So smother yourselves in rich gravy and tune into find out who wins the dog show, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

On today’s high calorie and totally predictable episode, the gals are talking chain restaurants! That’s right- Chi Chi’s, Houston’s, Friendly’s, there all there and they all have buffalo chicken strips! Plus the origin story of Chili’s and their stick to your hair SIZZLIN’ FAJITAS! So grab your flare covered vest and head on down to the unlimited salad bar, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

In this weird episode the gals talk THEME RESTAURANTS! Planet Hollywood, Jekyl and Hyde and The Fashion Cafe! So grab yourself a culturally appropriated chicken salad and chug some two for one margaritas, it’s Life’s a Banquet the Podcast!Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Murder, Murder, Murder. Kill, Kill, Kill! Join Nicole and Z for a very spooky HALLOWEEN EPISODE! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll stick your hand in a bowl of spaghetti and think it’s live worms! Plus the stories behind your favorite candies and a live on air human sacrifice! So bite in to a live toad and bob for apples till you drowned, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Ahoy sneaky friends! Join Nicole and Z this week as they take a hard look at the underbelly of the food world! Strawberries full of needles, poison peanut butter, maple syrup heists, and the biggest food criminal of all, THE CODFATHER!! So sell some fake wine and shove the rolls in your purse, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!!Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On this weeks totally unhinged episode, the babes talk food references in your favorite songs and music videos! Find out how to make a milkshake that will be sure to bring all the boys to the yard, plus the sweet and innocent life story of Weird Al! So Pour some sugar on me and crack open a Rock Lobster, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

From CREAM to HUMBLE PIE and every SPICE GIRL in between, Nicole and Z have got you covered on this weeks very musical episode! Listen in as the babes talk everything from The Cranberries to Eminem, plus the rags to rags story of America’s flavor savor- VANILLA ICE! So fix yourself a HOT TUNA and wash it down with some CAKE, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.  

Saddle up shishkaBABES, cause Louie Prima is conning to dinner! This week Nicole and Z wrap up their three part mini series on the foods that kept us on the toes of our K-Swiss throughout the 1990’s! This week the dudettes are talking food in 90’s cinema. They laugh, they cry, they try and eat escargot! So grab yourself a $5 shake and eat a peach for hours, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast. 

Fry it up, boil it up, top it with mango salsa! This week Nicole and Z are coming at you hot like a platter of sizzling fajitas! The duo cover everything 90’s restaurants, from Bobby Flay to smoking sections and all the miso black cod in between! So cue up your disk man and puncture a Capri Sun, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Welcome to our UFO party people! Today we begin our new season as Z is joined by guest host and Dunkaroo lover, Nicole Bailey! The babes talk crustless sandos, purple ketchup and everything clear, plus the incredible facts about everyone’s favorite “all natural” flavored iced tea, and the Snapple Lady herself, Wendy Kaufman! So put on “Melancholy and the Infinate Sadness”, and pour yourself a Clearly Canadian, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!!! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Snuggle up and get loose for a smoking hot episode! Join the duo for Bretton’s last episode as they nibble off manageable chunks of edible pot! Where did it come from? Where’s it going? Who has a lighter, or should we say a fork?! The gang talk all things edible pot, plus the heartwarming story of “Brownie Mary”! So grab a fiat full of Oreos and pack yourself into a bowl, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

They’re green, they’re red, sometimes they’re rotten. This week we are talking TOMATOES people! You can slice them, you can dice them, you can put them in a cake. Tune in and listen to Bretton and Z slice right to the heart of all things tomato. So squeeze out your globby seeds and throw yourself on a BLT, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Hold on to your butts banqueters, we are coming at you live and direct this week with a sticky sweet episode that is soaked in vodka and full of hard to digest seeds! Joiin Bretton and Z as they talk all things WATERMELON!! Margs, summer bbq's and everyones least favorite prop comic, Gallagher! Plus the murderous history of the Bradford Watermelon! So ball yourself up and sprinkel yourself with feta cheese, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Welcome folks to the open faced turkey sandwich of your dreams! Listen in this week as Bretton and Z talk everything menus! Where did they come from? Where are they going? Why do some have 1,456 items on them?? Plus the tale of the first woman to dine at Keens and the special menu that was created for her! So order a tuna melt and hold the tuna, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this stick to your seat episode, Bretton and Z are drizzling themselves, and you, with luscious, local, hallucinogenic HONEY! It’s oooey, it’s gooey, it’s made by our natural born enemy- bees, but it can also prevent allergies and add some much needed pizazz to that boring old roast chicken! So put on a shirt with no pants and shove your fist in a beehive, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Happy 4th ya little firecrackers!! In today's hot and sweaty episode, Zahra goes it alone as she brings you titillating info on everything from our founding fathers and mothers, to weiner gobbling to jacket potatoes. Plus the dark and depressing history of Budweiser. So crack open a cold one and try not to blow all your fingers off, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! t's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Ahoy ding dongs and devil dogs! You are in for a good old fashioned treat! On today’s show Zahra is joined by our friend and yours, Nicole Bailey! Nicole is not only one of the finest restaurant managers available for purchase in NYC, but also brutally funny, and the biggest nacho enthusiast this side of the Gowanas Canal. The babes talk chips, cheese, jalapeños and napkins. So strap on your rollerblades and head down to The Commodore, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On this weeks episode, Bretton and Z steam themselves in garlic and white wine and allow you, the listeners to soak up their juices with some crusty bread! Thats right babe-a-rinos, it's the MUSSEL-sode! It's steamy, it's hot, its doused with Pernod and plenty of cream! Tune in for riveting bivalve content, plus the lowdown on evil Zebra Mussels, Mussel rainstorms and the real meaning of "Pulling Mussels from a Shell"! So pour yourself a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and prepare to burn your fingertips, it's Life's a Banquet!! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Argh babe-a-rinos! You’re parched and tired, and you’ve come to the right place! This week Bretton and Z are going to drench you with all the water facts and tips that your poor shriveled up kidneys can handle! Sparkling or still, hot or cold, red or blue, and let’s NOT forget Crystal Light!! Plus, the riveting history of water fountains! So strap on your swimmies and start that 7 day fast, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Well folks, it simply doesn’t get any better than this! We are in the dead of spring, and there are flowers a blooming, baby birds plummeting out of trees by the hundreds and STRAWBERRIES flooding the farmers market! Oh and the most fabulous woman in all of food media, the one and only GAIL SIMMONS, joins Bretron and Z for a conversation on the nations most beloved berry! So cover yourselves in whip cream and wait for someone to find you, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Ahoy summertime snack fiends! We have a room temp episode coming atcha this week with very special guests Lilian DeVane and Kelly Sullivan of the super fab FOH Podcast! Listen in as a gaggle of women talk about food you bring from home, and end up eating elsewhere. So make something weird with eggs and bring a sheet with blood stains to your nearest patch of grass, it’s Life’s a Banquet! Don't miss a live podcast taping featuring Zahra & Bretton, as well as other HRN hosts and special guest Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Ice Cream, at Haven's Kitchen on Monday, June 3rd. Get your tickets here. Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this weeks episode, drunken fools Bretton Scott and Zahra Tangorra are talking, and drinking, TEQUILA!! What the heck is reposado?? Why is there a worm?? Why does it make me get naked?! These questions will all be answered, plus the history of the tequila sunrise and the duos tips for gracefully using tequila at home! Cheers! Want to see Bretton and Zahra LIVE with other HRN hosts at Haven's Kitchen on Monday, June 3rd? Get your tickets here. Life's A Banquet is powered by SImplecast.

Today Bretton and Z discuss everyone’s favorite snack in a shell......CRABS! Boil ‘em, smash ‘em, put ‘em in a cake! Crabs are delicious, evil and dangerous to catch, and that’s why we love them. Tune in for riveting crab trivia, plus the history of the California roll! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Today on the show Bretton and Z welcome legendary cookbook author and desert GODDESS to the show, Rose Levy Beranbaum! Rose and her collaborator Woody Wolston join the duo to talk ICE CREAM, in preparation for the release of her new book on the topic of everyone’s favorite cold and creamy treat! PLUS the story of Ben and Jerry, those crazy nuts, and their contributions to social justice. Now go chase down a Mr SOFTEE, or Mrs SOFTEE, put your mouth right under the soft serve dispenser and tell them Bretton and Z sent you! It’s Life’s a Banquet! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Cook it up, fry it up, put it on a roll! Fill it with peanut butter, or just eat it whole! It’s spring, you’re sneezing, and we are talking EGGS people!! Need some tips on making the perfect French Omelet, or quick Hollandaise? Or maybe you’ve been dying to know where those fabulous Faberge Eggs came from?! Or perhaps you are just having an EGGsistential crisis?! Whatever your reason, we got you covered- in egg. So grab yourself a Whiskey Sour and watch out for Zombie Jesus- it’s Life’s a Banquet! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this sticky sweet episode, Bretton and Z are getting ready for Jesus' homecoming by talking all things CANDY! It's colorful, it's sweet, your grandmother always has the worst kinds, it will rot your brain! Everyone has a favorite, and more importantly a least favorite kind, typically the one that cuts the roof of your mouth. We unpack the insane highs and lows of the most famous candy movie of all time, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, plus Bretton eats Pop Rocks and drinks a Coke and explodes and dies on the air! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On today’s episode, Bretton and Z are joined by Gin expert, friend of the show and man about town, Robby Nelson! As a seasoned bartender at some of New York’s best bars, and current Gin King of NYC, Robby brings a certain panache to the usual low brow antics of your beloved hosts. The team talks the science behind hangovers, their own personal cures, plus the history of the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich! So pour yourselves another and throw your head in a vice, it‘s LIFE‘S A BANQUET! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast

“I don’t want to feel myself explode.” After a bus carrying her and a rap group went off a cliff and crashed 40 feet below, that was Zahra Tangorra’s first thought. Now, thirteen years later, this horrible accident feels “like an opportunity.” Tangorra used her settlement to fund a career change from visual merchandiser in retail to first-time restaurant owner in Brooklyn. Her place, Brucie, was a huge success and got global attention with special events like a wacky Kimye Valentine’s Day themed dinner. After five years, exhausted by the soul-crushing routine, she eventually closed the restaurant and felt not only that she had failed herself, but worse—that she’d failed all women by not being a young, female, chef-owner role model. Listen in to hear how Tangorra recovered her sense of purpose, pivoted her career (again) and launched “Life’s A Banquet," a witty podcast with Bretton Scott on Heritage Radio Network, adding a new title to her impressive list of achievements: radio host. Speaking Broadly is powered by Simplecast.

We love you so much that we brought you all FLOURS! Thats right babes, Bretton and Z are taking it way back this week, as they sift through the mother of all ingredients.....FLOUR! Hear its's origin story, how to use it, and why we need to stop fearing it. Plus the lore of the Great Depression era's amazingly creative use of flour sacks! So grab a loaf of sourdough and tell your "celiac" friends to go fly a kite! it's Life's A Banquet! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Wake up with some Life's a Banquet in your cups! On this very special and highly caffeinated episode, Bretton and Z are joined by the one and only Dana Cowin of HRN's "Speaking Broadly" podcast. The trio tawk all things cawfee, and learn about the woman behind the invention of the coffee filter. Tiramisu eating happens live. So pour some cream on yourself and jump in a cup, it's Life's a Banquet! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

It's crunchy, it's smelly, it's drenched in mayo! That's right babes, today Bretton and Z are talking mother natures most glamorous creation.....CABBAGE! Tune in to hear all about the vegetable that inspired history's most terrifying dolls! Plus the riveting history of cabbage in food culture, and the contentious origin story of the Reuben sandwich! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Eggs, bacon, hangovers, sweat, and rage. The bittersweet combonation of French Toast and vomit. It's that meal that can't quite be explained, or contained....it's BRUNCH! It's delicious, it's painful and there are always too many beverages on the table for human consumption. one thing is for sure, there will be bloody mary's! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Spaghetti, Udon, Lo Mein, those things that old people grip onto in the pool. What do they all have in common? They are all noodles of course! Tune in for some bad noodle jokes, some noodle trivia, plus the surprising history of Lasagna in Ethiopia! Pasta is obvious people! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On today's extra cheezy episode, Breton and Z sink their teeth into the history of FROZEN PIZZA!!! So, here you are in the dead of winter, suffering from that post Valentines Day break up that you just didn't see coming, and you are just coming back from a night of drinking away your sorrows.....so what do you eat at 3 am so that you don't throw up??? Frozen pizza! You're moving to a new house, and a bunch of your unreasonably active friends are helping you carry all your basketballs and lacrosse sticks into the house. You break a sweat, you wipe it off with the plaid shirt tied around your waist, but now you're starving!! But what do you eat?? Well the DiGiorno pizza that your hot wife popped in the oven of course!! Tune in kiddos, because when Life's a Banquet's on a bagel, you can eat Life's a Banquet anytime! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

We want to suck your........BLOOD! Or eat it, or make a sausage with it! On this weeks Valentines Day special, Bretton and Z are talking blood in and as food through out the ages. Black pudding, ducks blood soup, and a fascinating tale of edible blood in cinema history! Have a bloody good V Day ya little vampire babies! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On today’s steaming hot episode, Bretton and Z are dishing about everyone’s favorite drinkable meal, SOUP! It’s hot, it’s wet, it makes your nose run, but where does it come from?? The duo will explore the origins of soup as well as recant the riveting history of America’s forgotten favorite, Turtle Soup. Hilarity ensues! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

On this weeks edition of “Life’s a Banquet”, Bretton and Z dip into the history of everyone’s favorite greasy snack- FRENCH FRIES! Tune in to hear about their absolute favorite spots to get fries, what to dip them in and where our favorite French Fry stepchild, the Tator Tot came from! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Join Bretton and Zahra as they talk all things Sherry, from Orson Welles to space travel to Charles Dickens! The duo drinks Sherry, eats olives and had an all around good time!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Ahoy babes! In their first recording from the Heritage Radio studios, Bretton and Z dive into the fishy history of everyones favorite blob of eggs... CAVIAR! Where Does it come from? Why is It so expensive? Did it get Trump elected? Tune in and find out! Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Ahoy ladies and finely dressed gentlemen! Christmas time is upon us, and Bretton and Z have a festive and rum soaked episode for your listening pleasure! This week the duo talks about the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life", and how it relates to the service industry and home cooking alike. Plus Baba Au Rhum, Christmas caroling and frozen doves! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Seasons greetings lovers! This weeks episode is all about the legend, the myth, the muse, the one and only......MARTHA! More specifically, Martha Stewart's 1989 Christmas book, "Martha Stewart's Christmas". Bretton and Z surprise each other by each making a classic recipe from the book, plus Martha-esque holiday tips, decorating preferences and plenty of bubbly wine! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this greased up episode, Bretton and Z talk about their absolute favorite edible substance....BUTTER!! The holidays may mean family or giving to some, but to these to gluttons, it's all about butter!! Listen in to hear the duos tips for best ways to use butter, as well as a riveting tale of Americas first female butter sculptress!!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this nail biting, turn of the century, talk of the town episode, national treasures Bretton Scott and Zahra Tangorra talk about everyones favorite thing to dunk in milk: COOKIES! Join the duo as they tell you about the woman who invented chocolate chip cookie and her amazing cookbook, and stick around for Bretton's tried and true cookie baking tips.....just the tips..... Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Join your fave weirdos in this zany episode about some of the wackiest THANKSGIVING stories! Plus musical guest Burt Bacharach! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Hey ding dongs! This week, your co-hostess with the mostess, Zahra is serving up a mini Q&A Thanksgiving episode! Bretton is off doing some glam projects in the Windy City, so Z is answering some of your most perplexing Thanksgiving questions! Roasting racks, heart attacks, political confrontations with distant relatives, string beans and much more!! Tune in for some straight talk thats smothered in gravy! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Gobble gobble ladies and germs. In this weeks gravy soaked episode, Bretton and Z stuff you with fun facts on everyones 2nd favorite bird, just in time for Thanksgiving. Plus the ugly tale of turkey farming in America and the low down on the Presidential pardons for Tom Turkey! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this drunken episode, Bretton and Zahra discuss the highs and lows of WHISKEY! Makers Mark, Abe Lincoln, hot toddies, best bars for a whiskey cocktail and SO MUCH MORE!!! Also, please don’t forget to RATE/ REVIEW/ SUBSCRIBE! Xoxo! Happy fall drinking y’all! Over 21 of course! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

BOO, boo’s! In this horrifying episode Z and B tell each other two spooky tales about Halloween things! Listen in to find out about the history of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Everyone’s favorite horror star VINCENT PRICE!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Sexy babes rejoice! In this over the top fabulous episode B & Z talk about the highs & and lows in 1960’s food culture. The Vietnam War, The Kennedy’s and their influence on food culture, Julia Child and of course, KEY PARTIES!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

B and Z talk about everyone’s favorite bivalve! This week the duo unveils two clamtastic stories about, that’s right, CLAMS!! Find out how the cast and crew of Titanic reacted to PCP laced clam chowder, plus clam cooking tips, chowder preference and more!!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Hey kiddos! Join B & Z this week as they talk about the highs and lows of America’s sweetheart: CORN! From its mysterious roots, to crop circles and polenta and most importantly, the strange history of CORN FLAKES and their anti masturbatory origins!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this blazing hot and dripping wet episode, Bretton and Z explore where the two best hinges in life, food and sex, intertwine. Sploshing, edible underware, what to eat and not to eat before getting freaky, plus a VERY special interview from AUNTIE ANGEL aka THE GRAPEFRUIT LADY! She blesses us with her amazing life story and her famous & food based sex techniques! Lick it up babes!  Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

No carbs. No fat. Lot of fat. Too many beans! In this weeks episode Bretton and Z deep dive into the most INSANE diets in history! We highlight Susan Powter and her quest to “STOP THE INSANITY!!!” Plus Bretton’s dear friend Steve and his dramatic weight loss, finding a balance and where the hell is Richard Simmons anyway?! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Bretton and Z talk bread in this weeks episode. Specifically the ugly, racist history of white bread in America. The duo is honored to have bread legend Richard Bourdon, of the Berkshire Mountain Bakery, as their very special guest! Listen in as they explore the beauty of bread, as well as the deep lows of its commercialized spawn! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this nail biting episode, Bretton and Z talk about burgers! How we like them, where to get them, and most importantly, their global impact.  The team is joined by renowned farmer, Dominic Palumbo, owner of the exquisite "Moon In The Pond" farm in Sheffield MA, who offers his expertise about grass fed meat, responsible farming and meat culture in America. Listen in as the gang waxes about cheese preference, bun vibes and Upton Sinclair's stomach turning 1906 novel, "The Jungle". Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

This week Bretton and Z are nuts about nuts- Hickory nuts to be exact! And Black Walnuts! And Chestnuts! All the forgotten nuts of North America! Bretton interviews his dad; doctor and nut expert, Bob Scott. Nut jokes ensue. Now that’s a tough nut to crack! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this episode Bretton and Z get kind of drunk as they discuss the grimy history of Gin and the Gin Martini! Special guest Robby Nelson of Plymouth Gin joins the conversation to add a little credibility to the mix. Also some fab guest appearances by Craig from Yesterday's News antique shop, Preston, Justin and the world famous MARTY!!! Drink up kiddos!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Think you know everything there is to know about food media? Well babes, we are here to introduce you to the infamous Fanny Cradock! Bretton & Z unpack the woman, the myth, the EYEBROWS! Tune in to find out everything about the beyond crazed life of this food TV legend. Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Bretton & Z reveal the history of Bagels & Lox in New York City, and explore the wonderful food contributions of Jewish immigrants and beyond! Zahra’s mom, Bobbie, and famous lox peddler, Peter Shelsky, weigh in on the conversation too! Find out the gangs favorite Jewish delicacies and why we should all care about preserving America as a melting pot for all kinds of people. Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Is there anything more glamorous than the New York high society of the 1940’s? Well, behind the glitz of every shiny gold dining room and marbled hotel penthouse was the grime and grunting of the workforce that made it all possible. And nothing much has changed since! Bretton and Z discuss Ludwig Bemelmans, who chronicled the going on’s of the day in his fantastic book “Hotel Bemelmans”.  Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this difficult to digest episode, Bretton and Z discuss the infamous zoo animal dinner party of Christmas 1870. The duo also gives tips for a modern dinner party on a budget, minus the elephant! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Bretton and Zahra deep dive in to the strange path to success of “The Colonel”. Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

This week Bretton and Zahra talk bankruptcy, sploshing and banging the bottom of the bottle!!! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this edge of your seat episode, Bretton and Zahra uncover the sorted past of the oceans most beloved bug! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

In this episode Bretton and Zahra chat about the early days of the ice trade! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Bretton and Zahra discuss the struggle of the bubble during wartime! Life's a Banquet is powered by Simplecast.