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Mad Food — 172 episodes

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1

Q&A: Bobby Flay Chicken Moves, Glass Diet Cokes, Paris Recs, The San Fran Plan

2

Q&A: Sonny's Cheesesteak, The Hottest Taco Stand, Vegas Plans, and Only One Thing To Say About James Beards

3

Top 10 LA Japanese Restaurants, Kojima Review & Sicko Max

4

Best Summer Booze & Farmer's Market Jordo

5

The Hillstone Conspiracy & Electric Bleu Review

6

Early Summer Farmer's Market Report & Listener Feedback

7

Dear Hillstone, We Love & Hate You

8

Q&A: NYC Pizza Crawl's Worst & Best Slice, Dot Cakes, Matū vs. Danny & Coop’s, and New Restaurants

9

Q&A: 50 Best Restaurants, Komal's NYT Review, Influencer Buffoons, Philly Slander, LA Pizza & Burgers

10

Healthly Habits with Josh Peck

11

One Night at Penny, Claud, and Stars with Chase Sinzer

12

Le Veau d’Or & Wine with Jon Yadegar

13

The Disrespected Burrito, New York Confusion, Bagels & Chubby Mother's Day Tale

14

Running Ice Cream with David Stassen

15

NY or LA: Who Has The Best Bars In America?

16

Q&A: Vegas Restaurants, Bar di Bello Review, McDonald’s & More

17

Q&A: Does Eater Employ a Bad Person, Dan Tana’s Vermin, Hillstone Issues & More

18

NYC Luxury: The Manner Hotel featuring Alex Stupak

19

Peter Luger: The Greatest Steakhouse

20

NYC Chickens: Meals at Torrisi & Torien

21

Ceviche Project

22

Max’s Top 3 Jumbo Time Wines (So Far)

23

Q&A: NY & LA Pizza & Burgers, Do We Need Chilis, Hater Influencers, and Noma Shame with Jackie Gebel aka @NoLeftovers

24

Two Cocktails at Vandell & Easter vs. Passover

25

Noma LA: The Full Review

26

New Dodgers Menu & Baseball Park Eating

27

The Fine Dining Debate & A Farmer's Market Report

28

Q&A: Our NYC Itinerary, East Coast Pizza Debate, Going to Noma

29

Q&A: Spain, LA Pizza, GLP-1s, Champagne, and Noma's Pals

30

Hollywood's Biggest Night

31

Brian Dunsmoor

32

An Exploration of Calories

33

The Martini & Beef Sandwich Craze

34

The Next Big Food Product Ideas

35

Sqirl After Dark

36

The Protein Trend

37

The Q&A: Favorite Sandwiches, The Best Time in LA Dining, and Noma Blowback

38

We Got Romantic with Food

39

The First Must Visit Restaurant Opening of 2026

40

The Super Bowl Recap

41

Super Bowl Recipes: Wings, Dips, Sliders, Desserts

42

Q&A: Noma LA, Lunch, Super Bowl Eats, Cocktail Bars, and Mad Food Everything

43

Mad Food: A Preview

44

LA Times 101 Best Restaurants Analysis

45

Max May Have A Personality Disorder & 3 New Restaurant Visits: The Wilkes, Yhing Yhang, and Cannonball

46

Baby Bistro Hype, Genghis Cohen 2.0, and North America's 50 Best Restaurants

47

Darling by Sean Brock, Alto, and Air Jordan Reviews

48

The Q&A Episode

49

A Special Presentation: LA Chef Conference, Jordan's Santa Monica Seafood Dish & Gather For Good

50

Farmer's Market Jordo & Sushi Max

51

The Summer Hiatus is Outta Here Part 2

52

Emergency Pod: Cheesesteaks by Matū Are Coming

53

They're Back and The Summer Hiatus is Outta Here Part 1

54

Summer Hiatus with Addison by William Bradley (2023)

55

Summer Hiatus 10 LA Bang Bangs (2025)

56

Summer Hiatus at Providence (2022)

57

Summer Hiatus with Moo's Craft Barbecue (2021)

58

Podcast Press, Beef, News, and Father's Day

59

Max's Meltdown & Jordan's Iconic Steakhouse Visit

60

The Bar Benjamin Taste Test

61

An Adult Beverage Episode: Jordan's 10 Boozes, Max's 5 Cocktails, and 50 Best Bars

62

The Q&A Episode

63

Restaurants Are Closing, But Peter Luger Ain't

64

New L.A. Restaurants, Max Reviews Barone's, and Matzah

65

The Alix Traeger Episode

66

Vegas Jordo and Holbox and Sushi Reviews

67

A March Mania Q&A

68

The Most Intriguing Restaurant Man

69

The Oscars & Dan Tana's with Neal Moritz & Lasker

70

The Answers You Need: A Q&A Episode

71

Restaurant Life with Alba's Julian Black

72

Matū Kai in Brentwood is Coming Soon...

73

10 L.A. Bang Bangs

74

We Love LA & Adam Richman

75

Fire Talk, a Holiday Recap, and the Double Date at Muse

76

Holiday Q&A Part 2

77

Holiday Q&A with Chace Crawford

78

LA Times 101 & Esquire's Best New Restaurants

79

The LA in a Minute Episode

80

Meeting The Parents: A Survival Guide

81

Stella For Brunch & Morihiro For Dinner

82

Thanksgiving with Joan's on Third

83

Food & Restaurant Questions & Answers

84

The Final Halloween Candy Debate

85

Jordan's Favorite Meal & Max's LA Japanese Rankings

86

A Night At Travis Lett's RVR

87

Bar Mitzvah Eating

88

The Q&A: No Ozemp Edition

89

Ozempic Max & Fried Mortadella at The Cheese Store

90

The Prime Pizza Episode

91

Jeff Gordinier: The Antidote to LA Fatigue

92

The Fog Of Food War: Pizzeria Sei & Podcast Beef

93

Michelin Stars, Casual Oxalis Recipes, and Vegas Jordo Returns

94

Katz's vs. Langer's & Summer Fruit and Veggie Rankings

95

The Summer Q&A Part 2

96

The Summer Q&A Part 1

97

The Fate of Gorilla Pies

98

Opening The Benjamin Hollywood

99

Can Shapiro Actually Cook: The Sequel

100

Revisiting Pizzeria Mozza, The Benjamin's Cookies & Cream, and Chace Crawford Screws Shapiro

101

It's Q&A Time

102

An Epic Taco Crawl

103

Vegas Jordo & Leopardo

104

Food News & New Food

105

Denino's Pizzeria with Jon Buscemi

106

The Q&A Returns

107

Budonoki & Shibuya Tales

108

Steak 48 with Big Wave & Josh Peck

109

Two New Restaurants & More Food News

110

Being Henry Winkler

111

McDonald's & The Oscars

112

The Chace Crawford Episode

113

Super Bowl Tales & Cipriani

114

The Super Bowl Super Food Draft

115

Valentine's Day Advice

116

Necessary L.A. Pizzas & Unnecessary Foods

117

Tales From The Chubbies

118

16,000 Calories at The Cheesecake Factory with Josh Peck

119

The Year End Q&A

120

LA Times 101 Best Restaurants Talk

121

Jordan's Birthday & Thanksgiving Recaps

122

How To Not Have A Sh*tty Thanksgiving

123

Quarter Sheets Bar Pies & Max's Overseas Eats

124

Tricks & Treats with The Foodie Magician

125

The Q&A with Delaney Rowe

126

Bubbles Popped in Spain & Apollonia's Thin Crust

127

Comfort Food & Pioneer Chicken

128

Ruth Reichl & LA Chef Conference

129

The Wagyu Party & A Very LA Yom Kippur

130

Donna's, 6pm vs. 8pm, and Influencer Criticism

131

Another Q&A Episode

132

The Best LA Steakhouse, Eating at Torrisi, and Family Style Food Festival

133

Stir Crazy, Anajak TTT, and Max's Restaurant List

134

Jordan's East Coast Eating & Max Hits San Fran

135

Dorsia: A New Way To Dine

136

The We Back Q&A

137

Taco Bell Forever & Angler Closes

138

Levain Cookies & July 4th Eats

139

30 Iconic L.A. Bites with Max Chow

140

The Q&A Strikes Back

141

The Beverly Hills Cheese Man

142

First Time at Funke, Lingua Franca, Culver's and Crumbl

143

Mayhem on Sunset: Horses & Bar Next Door

144

Audience Questions with Dave Stassen

145

The Oscars Food Draft

146

Astrea Caviar & Wine

147

Super Bowl Eating with Dave & Yangban with Kat and John

148

Jordan Returns to Mastro's, Fast Company Max, and a Dunsmoor Review

149

The Best Holiday Desserts with Valerie Confections

150

It's Heavy Handed Time

151

Cobi's & Resy vs. OpenTable

152

L.A. Chinese Food with Andy Wang

153

A Healthy Relationship with Food

154

Audience Questions & The Alice Waters Remix Interview

155

The Caroline & Suzanne Episode

156

A Night at Needle

157

Escuela & Matadors with Steven Arroyo

158

Miami, Majordomo, and Pizza with Andy Wang

159

The Smoked Meat Mom & Pop: Moo's Craft Barbecue

160

Patios, Dining Rooms, and LA Food with Farley Elliott

161

RIP Souplantation

162

The Joan's on Third Episode

163

The Will Guidara Episode

164

Mother's Day with Dave Stassen

165

The Yael Grobglas Episode

166

The Silver Bough with Phillip Frankland Lee & Margarita Lee PLUS Tartine, Viale, and Unpopular L.A. Food Opinions with Andy Wang and Hillary Eaton

167

Shay Mitchell and Lawrence Longo Go Off The Menu & Super Bowl Eating

168

Chef Tim Hollingsworth & Dave Went to Bavel

169

Trudy's Underground BBQ Goes Legit With Slab

170

Burgers Never Say Die & The Fate of Nate 'n Al

171

Mister O's, Top Ten Halloween Candy, Bavel Menu Highlights

172

LA Burgers, Simone Etc., and The Yom Kippur Bagel Sandwich