Miles Thompson

This week on The Stew we came back! It's been too long, I know, but we hope to bring you some more new pods soon. This week we welcome chef Miles Thompson, hes still a young man, but he's been cooking since he was a child. He's cooked all over the place but most recently he's taken over as executive chef of the infamous Michael's here in LA's Santa Monica. Jason and Andre chat with him about his epic journey to how he got here today, and all the crazy food he's cooked along the way.

Chef Miles Thompson

This week on The Stew we welcome back Andre's mom Jill! She is a wonderful person full of weird knowledge and ideas about food, the last time she was on, it was a fan fav. We talk about our drinking stories, and we get into a lot of mushroom talk, and we obviously circle back to some new age theories on eating and how it effects our body, then we finish up with some listener questions! Also happy birthday to my mom Karen!!!

Andre's Mom Part 2

This week on the stew we welcome Jonah from the very popular LA restaurant Freedman’s. He came from Toronto to open up late last year, has been reviewed by the god J Gold. We hear about the entire process of opening a new spot here, the challenges and joys of running a Jewish Deli, and a blow by blow of being reviewed by J Gold, great man great pod!

Jonah from Freedman's

Royce Burke

This week on The Stew we welcome back our friend and LA chef Royce Burke. We chat about a few food things we've been working on, but unfortunately recorded this episode the day we all heard the news about Anthony, so we do a good bit of commiserating on his impact on our world.

Remembering Bourdain with Royce Burke

This week on The Stew we welcome Nate Ru, one of Sweetgreen's founders and bossmans. Sweetgreen is a giant restaurant chain with 88 locations all over America that sells salads to hot people. Jason and Andre chat with him about all things salad related! we dive deep into the nooks and crannies of the salad biz.

The Sweetgreen Pod with Nate Ru

Courtney Storer

This week on The Stew we welcome Courtney Storer, Chef at one of LA’s most popular restaurants Jon &amp; Vinny’s. Known as a celeb hotspot serving irresistible home style Italian pizzas and pastas, Jason &amp; Andre are lucky to have her on this week! Courtney tells us about her journey to running the kitchen at one of America’s favorite new restaurants, she’s great, we love her!

Jon & Vinny's with Courtney Storer

Ryan Wilson

This week on The Stew we welcome Ryan Wilson, the damn executive chef of Lawry’s! He’s the third generation of the Lawry’s fam, they’re celebrating their 80th anniversary this year and he came on to tell us all the prime rib pro tips, creamed corn hacks, and doing an event today with Jonathan Gold and he even is a listener an reminds us to talk about the best thing we ate all week, he's a nice man and a fun fella.

80 Years of Lawry's with Ryan Wilson

This week on The Stew we're back after taking a week off (sorry) we get into the J Gold review of Majordomo, we're both kind of sick and not feeling very well, we answer a lot of listener questions and we talk about food poisoning as well.

Food Poisoning, J Gold, Sloppy Joes

Thomas Raquel

Thomas Raquel is the pastry chef at Le Bernardin, Eric Ripert’s 3 Michelin star restaurant in New York. Jason and Andre get some stories about growing up and getting into cooking, what it’s like working in a restaurant of that size and magnitude, and chat about some forward thinking sweet ideas after watching Chef’s Table’s new dessert series.

Le Bernardin's Thomas Raquel

This week on The Stew! we discuss a recent deep fry party, Jason shares an intimate moment at Sweetgreen, and a trip to the San Gabriel Valley for interesting finds at the Asian Market, plus we take a crack at some of your listener questions, unfortunately we have many more to sift through.

Sweetgreen, SGV, Listener Questions

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David Cho

David Cho is a a really cool Korean guy who works at Grantland, does lots of cool things on the internet, has cool friends and loves food as much as we do.  We chat with him about all things Korean food, specializing in Los Angeles’ own Koreatown.

Korean Food with David Cho

Jonathan Gold

This week on The Stew our annual Jonathan Gold 101 list recap where we literally discuss every single restaurant on the list starting at 101 and going to 1. It’s long, arduous, unnecessarily unfair and ignorant. We voice somehow very strong opinions about dozens of restaurants, despite having never visited them a single time, many we’ve never even heard of, sorry!

Our Annual Jonathan Gold 101 Recap

This week on The Stew Jason, Andre, AND Stewie are in the house to talk about Lady Bird, a sneak peek of our holiday gift giving guide, feast of the seven fishes, Jason’s cleaning habits, Eataly is open in LA now, a particularly large lunch tab at Stewie’s restaurant, Taco Maria review, Alex Stupak, Chinese stuffing, Halloumi cheese, we try to name a food that wouldn’t work with cream cheese, momofuku opening in LA, is ramen the #1 broke boy food? CBD cold brew, do we need to change our theme song? and the best thing we ate all week!

Eataly, Halloumi, Lady Bird

This week the boys chat about the cold weather approaching, porridge recipes, postmates from the perspective of the restaurant, and more importantly we judge the Jonathan Gold top 101 restaurants of LA list.

Jonathan Gold Top 101 restaurants of LA breakdown

Alvin Cailan

Alvin Cailan is the man behind the extremely popular LA breakfast spot Eggslut.  He was nice enough to come by The Stew and talk about his journey from humble beginnings all the way to owning multiple businesses, how eggslut went from a food truck to and overnight success, his new restaurant ventures, and a bunch more!  Solid fella.

Alvin Cailan of Eggslut

This week the boys chat about POS systems, new jobs, how shitty the food at Chateau Marmont is, Keurig beef broth, LocoL, and the best thing we ate all week!

Best Thing We Ate All Week, Keurig Beef Broth, Smorgasburg

Jordan Okun

This week on The Stew we welcome Jordan Okun, a food writer based here in Los Angeles who is not only a talented eater, but a Stew fan, so he’s able to slide right in with Jason and Andre’s pod sensibilities. We chat about “MajorDomo," the new Momofuku restaurant here in LA, the bread at Cheesecake Factory, the best slice of Pizza in LA, Jonathan Gold still at the top? Grand Central Market, what’s a better idea for a first date, bar or restaurant, and so much more!

Majordōmo & J Gold debates with Jordan Okun

This week on the stew we welcome a very big food blogger and cookbook author Gaby Dalkin! She is homies with Alton Brown, sponsored by Cape Cod Chips, and runs her food blog operation like a well oiled machine. Jason and Andre chat with her about her journey as a private chef in Malibu, culinary school, and blogging it up, eating at the extra fancy restaurant at Disneyland, literally taking bites out of colby jack cheese logs, cooler ranch doritos, and we discuss if it's necessary to learn from a professional chef, or if you truly can master cooking by just watching youtube videos, plus the best thing we ate all week!

What's Gaby Cooking?

Jason and Andre have their friend Bob Zamudio over for a few beers and a chat about craft service meals on TV &amp; Movie sets, what jason ate in Miami for Art Basel, we take some twitter questions from a few friends, and Bob drops a few recipe favorites!

Stone Crab, Craft Services, Accidental Pizzas

Andy Kadin

This week on The Stew we welcome our friend Andy Kadin from Bub &amp; Grandma’s Bread, one of the most sought after bread bakers in town, servicing restaurants like Osteria Mozza, Kismet, Wax Paper, etc.  Jason and Andre chat with him about all things bread! We learned tons about bread, and the best thing we ate all week, and even some stuff we hated.

Bub & Grandma's Andy Kadin

This week Jason and Andre have a big announcement!  We’re doing a pop-up restaurant at the end of this month, so we go over what we’re doing there, take some listener questions, and talk about the best thing we ate all week!

Pop Up Restaurant! Listener Questions!

This week Jason &amp; Andre sit down for a hot LA summer day to chat about potato chips, aqua fresca, chicken rice, the Roccbox pizza oven, Mexican coke, Equinox Gym, and so much more!

Equinox, Chicken RIce, Roccbox Pizza Oven

Hannah Goldfield

This week on The Stew we welcome Hannah Goldfield, food writer and critic for The New Yorker! Jason and Andre are proud to have guests who are accomplished and impressive now. We chat about how one acquires a job writing about food for the New Yorker as that is very interesting to us. We cover Toronto style bagels, all the food she’s been eating in LA, why the food here is better than NY, we talk listener questions that we’ve been meaning to tackle too, granola is mentioned, etc.

The New Yorker's Hannah Goldfield

Jason and Andre chat with their pal Dan Oh in the absence of Chris about what to do with a lot of cheese, Superbowl Foods, nacho methods, ordering sushi on postmates, how to make Korean Soon Tofu Soup, BS Taqueria review, and the best thing we ate all week!

Superbowl Food, Tofu Soup, Sushi Delivery

Farley Elliott

This week we welcome Farley Elliott, senior of Eater.com’s LA chapter. Jason and Andre chat with him about us making fun of his name on a previous podcast, breakfast burrito cross sections, a Vespertine review, some odd listener questions, possibly involving human flesh, football season is here and we ask the question: are frito pies considered nachos? Plus the best thing we ate all week, and a few more surprises.

This week we welcome Farley Elliott, senior of <a href="http://Eater.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eater.com</a>’s LA chapter. Jason and Andre chat with him about us making fun of his name on a previous podcast, breakfast burrito cross sections, a Vespertine review, some odd listener questions, possibly involving human flesh, football season is here and we ask the question: are frito pies considered nachos? Plus the best thing we ate all week, and a few more surprises.

Farley Elliott from Eater.com

Ina Garten

This week the boys chat about my dog, breakfast burritos, suadero, pastrami burritos, free champagne, selling food at coachella, Amboy restaurant, all you can eat restaurants, king crabs, shaved catfish, eating on a fishing boat, the city of Irvine, Indian food dinner party suggestions, Ina Garten, and so much more!

King Crab, Fishing Boat Food, Ina Garten

This week on The Stew we welcome Royce Burke from "Secret Lasagna” a late night lasagna delivery service here in LA, soon to be a brick and mortar with counter service. Jason and Andre chat with him about mainly lasagna, but also the pros and cons of serving food at 3am, his take on street dogs, flat leaf parsley vs regular ass parsley, mass transit, making vegan food, starting a hot sauce company with a male  star, hiring his family to work for him, and so much more.

Lasagna Talk w/ Royce Burke

This week on The Stew: Jason and Andre dive even further into Whole Foods salad bar hacks, it’s getting dark. A recent New York Times article on dieting being replaced by wellness, a new restaurant opening sparks a chat about drinking foods, and we take a wide assortment of great twitter questions!

Dieting Vs. Wellness / Twitter Questions

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