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Vegan cheese is NOT cheese! Every bite of cheese can be a story if you slow down and look at it a little bit. John’s unique background created a perfect storm to create an artisanal cheese shop. New York, Vermont, California are amazing cheese states Columbus, Ohio deserves some shine in the national spotlight. Buffalo mozzarella, mozzarella, burrata. Cheese is seasonal. Expert cheesemaker, cheesemonger, cheesy guy John Reese. John’s top 3 favorite cheeses… Most experimental cheeses he’s created, rarest cheese and most expensive cheese! He explains the cheesemaking process of cheddars all the way up to parmesans. His perfect grilled cheese. John and Anne Reese are the creators of Black Radish Creamery in Columbus, OH. Anne’s episode will be released next week!

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Unpopular food opinions: Alex hates mayonnaise and doesn’t dip wings in ranch or blue cheese. Cuban sandwich is the perfect sandwich. Bread is the x factor for amazing sandwiches checkout Dan the baker in Columbus, Ohio. Alex is a foodie, former picky eater, he loves to experiment when cooking at home as well as baking his own bread. His worst dining experience was in Italy. Culvers is the best fast food. Shake shack > In n Out. Top 3 Columbus, Ohio restaurants. Half frozen pizza rolls cooked in the microwave feast or pass? Best chips and more!

Alex of https://www.instagram.com/eaterandchef/

upperfeast origin story, Columbus, Ohio is underrated and has great food, first day being a server at a busy restaurant in Times Square NYC, just do it is the best slogan assuming you’re doing something positive, first day on the job challenges, restaurant lunch shift vs dinner shift, should we tip, stealing shifts from unprepared coworkers, my top 3 favorite foods, a5 wagyu beef, free hot dogs at a dirty dive bar, Taco Bell sober vs drunk, baja blast mountain dew is now at grocery stores and more.

The Cheesecake Girl origin story, Cameron Mitchell gave her a 3 month trial at Budd Dairy Food Hall and it got extended,  overcoming adversity and growing a successful business in Columbus, Ohio, Jeni’s Ice Cream collab, what makes her cheesecake special, pie or cake, she doesn’t eat vegetables, popcorn is her go to snack, Lions Cub Cookie collab and more.

Samantha Strange https://www.instagram.com/thecheesecake.girl/

Hot Chicken history, founder / ceo Joe DeLoss Hot Chicken Takeover origin story, scarcity / novelty marketing, challenges of scaling up from a parking lot to several locations, second chance / fair chance employer, ranch dressing recipe, Joe’s order at Hot Chicken takeover, top 3 Columbus, Ohio restaurants and more!

https://www.instagram.com/hotchickentakeover/

Columbus, Ohio PIZZA connoisseur, Grandad's pizza uses Donatos original recipe, DiCarlos and Wizard of Za polarizing pizzas, tavern cut vs triangle cut, what’s the most important part of pizza, top five Columbus pizzas, unique pizza toppings including bacon egg and cheese pizza and lobster roll pizza, pizza dipped in ranch, challenges of running a popular facebook group and more!

Nakimba Mullins creator of Facebook group Pizza Connoisseurs of Columbus. https://www.facebook.com/groups/887245394672007/

Most bizarre foods: virgin boy egg, TikTok toilet sundae, beta Lay’s vs alpha kettle chips, best potato chips, grandma’s cookouts, coffee snobs, customer ordered her latte separated in three cups: water, espresso and hot milk. Cheesecake, cake, ice cream cake or brownie? Fast food spicy chicken sandwiches ranked, Ohio Deli Dagwood Challenge, Josh Waddle does a food inspired improv at the end. https://www.instagram.com/thecolumbusmouth/

Keegan Corcoran AS beverage director for Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment dropped an expensive bottle of champagne and sprayed the table, tips for tasting wine, describing how Sommelier service works, a taste of wine is meant to see if the wine is flawed not to see if you like the taste, most expensive wine he’s ever had, are expensive wines objectively better or is it placebo effect, screw cap bottles of wine are better but corks are romantic and part of the fun, sommeliers recommendation for affordable wine, perfect amount of wine to pour to maximize the nose and taste, why does boxed wine have a negative connotation, pros and cons of having such a refined palette and more!

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Favorite Philly cheesesteak, keys to running a successful restaurant, he will NOT put lettuce on your cheesesteak, his thoughts on ranch dressing, ketchup on a cheesesteak?!, I told him their cold cut sandwich was disappointing, top 3 Columbus restaurants, Paulie Gees Pizza and Wario’s Beef and Pork collaboration is coming soon, big PASS on Steak-Umms, what defines an authentic Philly cheesesteak, and more!

Jeff Burgstrom’s daughter doesn’t like pizza, Wizard of Za pizza overrated or worth it, top 3 Pizza places in Columbus, OH, once while bartending Jeff got punched in the face by a customer, while serving I was rude to a table and the customer's response was hilarious, Jeff’s friend eats coleslaw all the time, a burly “man’s man" put Mio in Jeff’s beer, wearing a t shirt to a fancy restaurant is a flex, Jeff went pee after eating a ghost pepper, and more!

https://www.instagram.com/burgstromjeff/