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Mad Food — 159 episodes

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1

Running Ice Cream with David Stassen

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

NYC Luxury: The Manner Hotel featuring Alex Stupak

6

Peter Luger: The Greatest Steakhouse

7

NYC Chickens: Meals at Torrisi & Torien

8

Ceviche Project

9

Max’s Top 3 Jumbo Time Wines (So Far)

10

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

11

Two Cocktails at Vandell & Easter vs. Passover

12

Noma LA: The Full Review

13

New Dodgers Menu & Baseball Park Eating

14

The Fine Dining Debate & A Farmer's Market Report

15

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

16

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

17

Hollywood's Biggest Night

18

Brian Dunsmoor

19

An Exploration of Calories

20

The Martini & Beef Sandwich Craze

21

The Next Big Food Product Ideas

22

Sqirl After Dark

23

The Protein Trend

24

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

25

We Got Romantic with Food

26

The First Must Visit Restaurant Opening of 2026

27

The Super Bowl Recap

28

Super Bowl Recipes: Wings, Dips, Sliders, Desserts

29

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

30

Mad Food: A Preview

31

LA Times 101 Best Restaurants Analysis

32

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

33

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

34

Darling by Sean Brock, Alto, and Air Jordan Reviews

35

The Q&A Episode

36

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

37

Farmer's Market Jordo & Sushi Max

38

The Summer Hiatus is Outta Here Part 2

39

Emergency Pod: Cheesesteaks by Matū Are Coming

40

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

41

Summer Hiatus with Addison by William Bradley (2023)

42

Summer Hiatus 10 LA Bang Bangs (2025)

43

Summer Hiatus at Providence (2022)

44

Summer Hiatus with Moo's Craft Barbecue (2021)

45

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

46

Max's Meltdown & Jordan's Iconic Steakhouse Visit

47

The Bar Benjamin Taste Test

48

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

49

The Q&A Episode

50

Restaurants Are Closing, But Peter Luger Ain't

51

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

52

The Alix Traeger Episode

53

Vegas Jordo and Holbox and Sushi Reviews

54

A March Mania Q&A

55

The Most Intriguing Restaurant Man

56

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

57

The Answers You Need: A Q&A Episode

58

Restaurant Life with Alba's Julian Black

59

Matū Kai in Brentwood is Coming Soon...

60

10 L.A. Bang Bangs

61

We Love LA & Adam Richman

62

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

63

Holiday Q&A Part 2

64

Holiday Q&A with Chace Crawford

65

LA Times 101 & Esquire's Best New Restaurants

66

The LA in a Minute Episode

67

Meeting The Parents: A Survival Guide

68

Stella For Brunch & Morihiro For Dinner

69

Thanksgiving with Joan's on Third

70

Food & Restaurant Questions & Answers

71

The Final Halloween Candy Debate

72

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

73

A Night At Travis Lett's RVR

74

Bar Mitzvah Eating

75

The Q&A: No Ozemp Edition

76

Ozempic Max & Fried Mortadella at The Cheese Store

77

The Prime Pizza Episode

78

Jeff Gordinier: The Antidote to LA Fatigue

79

The Fog Of Food War: Pizzeria Sei & Podcast Beef

80

Michelin Stars, Casual Oxalis Recipes, and Vegas Jordo Returns

81

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

82

The Summer Q&A Part 2

83

The Summer Q&A Part 1

84

The Fate of Gorilla Pies

85

Opening The Benjamin Hollywood

86

Can Shapiro Actually Cook: The Sequel

87

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

88

It's Q&A Time

89

An Epic Taco Crawl

90

Vegas Jordo & Leopardo

91

Food News & New Food

92

Denino's Pizzeria with Jon Buscemi

93

The Q&A Returns

94

Budonoki & Shibuya Tales

95

Steak 48 with Big Wave & Josh Peck

96

Two New Restaurants & More Food News

97

Being Henry Winkler

98

McDonald's & The Oscars

99

The Chace Crawford Episode

100

Super Bowl Tales & Cipriani

101

The Super Bowl Super Food Draft

102

Valentine's Day Advice

103

Necessary L.A. Pizzas & Unnecessary Foods

104

Tales From The Chubbies

105

16,000 Calories at The Cheesecake Factory with Josh Peck

106

The Year End Q&A

107

LA Times 101 Best Restaurants Talk

108

Jordan's Birthday & Thanksgiving Recaps

109

How To Not Have A Sh*tty Thanksgiving

110

Quarter Sheets Bar Pies & Max's Overseas Eats

111

Tricks & Treats with The Foodie Magician

112

The Q&A with Delaney Rowe

113

Bubbles Popped in Spain & Apollonia's Thin Crust

114

Comfort Food & Pioneer Chicken

115

Ruth Reichl & LA Chef Conference

116

The Wagyu Party & A Very LA Yom Kippur

117

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

118

Another Q&A Episode

119

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

120

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

121

Jordan's East Coast Eating & Max Hits San Fran

122

Dorsia: A New Way To Dine

123

The We Back Q&A

124

Taco Bell Forever & Angler Closes

125

Levain Cookies & July 4th Eats

126

30 Iconic L.A. Bites with Max Chow

127

The Q&A Strikes Back

128

The Beverly Hills Cheese Man

129

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

130

Mayhem on Sunset: Horses & Bar Next Door

131

Audience Questions with Dave Stassen

132

The Oscars Food Draft

133

Astrea Caviar & Wine

134

Super Bowl Eating with Dave & Yangban with Kat and John

135

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

136

The Best Holiday Desserts with Valerie Confections

137

It's Heavy Handed Time

138

Cobi's & Resy vs. OpenTable

139

L.A. Chinese Food with Andy Wang

140

A Healthy Relationship with Food

141

Audience Questions & The Alice Waters Remix Interview

142

The Caroline & Suzanne Episode

143

A Night at Needle

144

Escuela & Matadors with Steven Arroyo

145

Miami, Majordomo, and Pizza with Andy Wang

146

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

147

Patios, Dining Rooms, and LA Food with Farley Elliott

148

RIP Souplantation

149

The Joan's on Third Episode

150

The Will Guidara Episode

151

Mother's Day with Dave Stassen

152

The Yael Grobglas Episode

153

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

154

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

155

Chef Tim Hollingsworth & Dave Went to Bavel

156

Trudy's Underground BBQ Goes Legit With Slab

157

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

158

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

159

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