Recipes for you to follow for the perfect poolside gatherings, including a tomato salad, the perfect hot dog, Jordo’s dip & wrap, two types of burgers, gotta have some corn, fruity desserts, and a Summer cocktail to wash it all down. Plus, grill cleaning techniques, a Bubbles appetite/weight update, and a disturbing theory on why the boys have never hugged.

A recapping of the recent awards, Max makes his own picks, and Mario Carbone has thoughts that may make sense in Los Angeles. Plus, a coastal pizza battle, sushi pricing, and lazy Susan love.

And more audience questions are answered like fixing DTLA, how Mish Deli is getting Max to come in, old Air Jordan episode love, the best restaurant scenes, Jordudo strikes again, more nicknames, Hillstone beef, Max restaurant beef, two Spain spots,  and Culver City vs. Sherman Oaks.

Jordan and Max answer audience questions and it's all Chace Crawford cooking, LA dot cakes, food industry awards, a la carte sushi, Jordo's dad move at Luger's Vegas, getting obliterated together but not hugging, Wold Cup watching, and foods that almost always suck.

The only food critic in LA who matters, and known Japanophile shares his top ten Japanese restaurants (well, 11). Plus, a review of the second best Kaiseki in Los Angeles featuring the best beef in recent memory, and Max just may be a very sick person.

There is no better time of the year for cocktails & wine than Summer, so Mad Food booze corespondent Max Shapiro has the beverages you need for successful sipping. Plus, Jordan offers his thoughts on the business of Summertime booze, and he recounts a recent Wednesday morning trip to the Santa Monica Farmer's Market.

Jordan and Max talk how to eat Hillstone's spinach and artichoke dip and the conspiracy surrounding it, a recent trip to Two Rose pizza night, and JorDudo went back to the Mar Vista bistro where the Knicks game kept him in dud mode, but the chicken salt fries and dessert got him excited. Plus, the comfort of roast chicken, French mushroom lingo, and outing a friend.

Summer is beginning to Summer, so Max breaks down all the current and coming soon buys at Hollywood & Santa Monica Farmer's Markets, including the only tomato, cucumber, and mango you need with some recipes to boot. Plus, recent comments on the pod are reviewed including 50 Best Restaurants rankings, the worst pizza, Boston's tier, and Bruce.

It's the good, the bad, and the ugly of America's favorite chain of restaurants as Jordan and Max talk it all, including an examination of the best Hillstone menus in the country. Plus, a spinach and artichoke dip conspiracy, unsweetened meats, and the one dress code we can all agree on except for one listener.

Jordan and Max talk their pizza consumption in New York and the disaster slice shop, the dumbest dessert craze, a coastal cheesesteak battle, central California dining options, Vandell cocktails, natural wine strategies, sparkling water choices by Bubbles, three new restaurant opening in LA, Brentwood OGs, and is Dorsia a scam?