Taste Buds: Recent Episodes

Brandon & Mike

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

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Nothing else to say...Taste Buds is back !!! 


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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.


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We're baaaaaaaaaack! Mike and Brandon return with season 2 premiere, including "bests" of the week and the ultimate appetizer fantasy draft.


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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.


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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!


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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. 


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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. 


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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. 


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It’s Thanksgiving week (aka the most important food holiday of the year).

In this episode, we discuss:

  1. Overrated/underrated Thanksgiving foods,
  2. Bests of the week (Best thing we ate, watched and listened to this week),
  3. Controversial food opinions,
  4. Spicy take of the week - is it ok to make food substitutions at a restaurant?

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Pilot episode - intro to the Taste Buds podcast


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