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This week, the girls are back in the studio with Producer Joe and somehow the conversation detours through COVID weddings, cigarette nostalgia, and why adulthood keeps assigning us chores nobody asked for. Then, Feed the Group Chat is all about Arizona Restaurant Week and local spots worth adding to your list. We’re talking The Hermosa Inn, Cowboy, The Parlor, patio weather, and expensive food that may or may not be worth the vibes. In Whine & Dine, Priscilla has officially had enough of Q4, holiday parties, galas, gift buying, work goals, and the general financial violence of the end of the year, while Maddy discovers that buying an expensive espresso machine apparently means committing to a lifetime subscription of equally expensive filters, tablets, and descaling solution. Then Spill the Matcha gets into Will Porter’s very delayed apology, the new Dancing with the Stars cast, Earl Meets World and its extremely messy stepmommy drama, Ashley St. Clair reportedly turning down Elon Musk’s NDA money, Phaedra and CT hard launching, and Bethenny Frankel’s Burning Man memes. Finally, we play Send It Back or Lick the Plate, where the girls weigh in on sharing locations, Costco first dates, 5:30 dinner reservations, sleeping in socks, spoilers, airport arrival times, rainy-day cancellations, and several other deeply important lifestyle decisions. It’s another chaotic catch-up filled with restaurant opinions, pop culture, Q4 dread, reality TV predictions, and absolutely no agreement on what should be sent back. Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies! 🍸✨ Show Notes Sub to our Substack: aftertastepodcast.substack.com Sub to our Patreon: patreon.com/TheAftertastePodcast Follow the Pod on TikTok and IG: @aftertastepodcast Follow Pri: instagram.com/priprihungry Follow Maddy: instagram.com/sunshineandsoftness SIGN THE PETITION: safeplateact.com Restaurants Mentioned: The Parlor LON’s at The Hermosa Kaoboi George & Gather Premier Sponsor: Amara & Associates – azinjuryattorney.com Executive Producer: Joe Santucci Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive