Dinner Table Talks

Dinner Table Talks

By Aislynn CampbellSociety & Culture
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Dinner Table Talks episodes

  • 1.35: Moroccan Chicken - That's The Symbol On Our Family Flag

    Moroccan Chicken - Joe's Dad - Friends Deliver Food - Harvey the Chicken - Texas 'Reopens' - The 5 Mother Sauces Challenge

    As Texas 'reopens' during Coronavirus, tragedy hits our house...twice. Joe talks about the passing of his father while the top story in Backyard TV is the passing of Harvey, our favorite chicken. We find plenty of silver linings around the Dinner Table with an amazing Moroccan Chicken, a feast delivered by amazing friends and Joe's self-challenge to cook each of the five 'Mother Sauces' over the next several weeks.

    Pull up a chair...there's A LOT to talk about.

    28 min
  • 1.34: King Ranch Chicken - Let's Get it On

    King Ranch Chicken - Delivered Filipino Food - Joe Cooking is Sexy - Zoom Meetings at Home - Neighbor Ribs - Corona Hair - TableTopics Giveaways

    A week after being told that The Dinner Table was slipping in terms of quality, Joe fires back with a homemade, from-scratch King Ranch Chicken. From scratch! That means homemade cream of chicken soup. But we will still use Ro-Tel. From how corona is messing with our hair to Aislynn picking on Joe (again!), we're holding strong at home and you're invited, as always, to The Dinner Table.

    39 min
  • 1.33: Meat Loaf/Mac & Cheese - You Like a Less-Dense Loaf

    Meat Loaf - Mac and Cheese - Fast Food - Taqueria Take Out II - Backyard TV - Who's Bored? - Neighborhood Grocery Stores -

    Win a Dagon Produce Chef Basket simply by listening to your favorite podcast! Are we cracking up a bit during all this 'stay-at-home' stress? Joe's cooking less and we talk about how that blank is being filled in; Aislynn's making friends with all the backyard animals; Joe and Aislynn talk about their aversion to the grocery store; Aislynn has heartburn; The kids join us on TableTopics...kind of. Is JHAC cracking up? Find out this week on Dinner Table Talks. 

    40 min
  • 1.32: Squash Blossom/Arugula Pizza - You Dashed All My Dreams

    Squash Blossom/Arugula Pizza - Fry Night: Fried Steak Fingers, Chevre-Stuffed Squash Blossoms, Eggplant,  Onion - Our Backyard as a Nature Sanctuary - Joe's Chicken Video

    Big hits on The Table as our stay-at-home continues including Aislynn's squash blossoms prepared two ways. One on a pizza and the other...FRY NIGHT! Joe gets his fry on and fries everything in the house. We reflect on one more week's education about Corona, how we continue to deal and how  The Dinner Table is more important than ever.

    41 min
  • 1.31: Roasted Tomato Basil Soup - I'm Going to Have a Mullet

    Roasted Tomato Basil Soup - The Era of No Hair Stylists or Pedicures - Instant Pot Pot Roast - Village Parenting Teens - Bellino Take Out

    Three weeks into a corona stay-at-home, we're eating well, talking a lot, spending time on screens, gardening and cooking. We get our first take-out after the 'stay-at-home order and a surprise video call from the chef, Aislynn's a tomato-ripening master, Joe does not cross dress and so much more.

    Pull up a chair. Dinner is ready.

    41 min
  • 1.30: Swiss Chard Rolls - It's Time to Shift

    Swiss Chard Rolls - Quesadillas - Fritatta - Fun and Games During a Stay-at-Home - Corona Talk

    Two weeks into a stay-at-home, everything is shifting: parenting, menus, work and leisure time. We talk about how we're thinking, what we're doing, what we're eating and what we're talking about as the effects of corona continue to spread.

    53 min
  • 1.29: Wild Pork Ribs - It's All This Weird New Reality

    Wild Pork Ribs - Creamed Spinach and Greens - Pork Tacos - Trading Brussels Sprouts - Chicken Cauliflower Korma - Processing and Social Distancing


    Joe and Aislynn have a bullet point script that does not include the words "corona" or "covid." We knew we couldn't avoid the topic--it's the chief topic of Dinner Table Talks at our house and yours--but the rule was, "Talk about what feels good." We discuss how and what we're processing, how we're passing time, what we're growing and cooking, trading food with people, new chickens and so much more.

    45 min
  • 1.27: Lunch Leftovers - The Magical Power of Fermenting

    Chicken Arugula Salad - Dill Mashed Potatoes/Turnips - Lunch Leftovers - Coffee Addiction

    Aislynn heads home for lunch leftovers and uses them to detail the amazing food we've been eating. From a new salad dressing recipe to turnips in the mashed potatoes, meals are the launchpad for Dinner Table Talks about tasting colors, coffee addictions, sour candy, procrastination and so much more.

    TableTopics question: How are you like your mother?

    Unanswered Questions: Fish sauce/fermentation; Mollejas and veal; The Farm Life Milk and Jimmy John boycotts explained.

    43 min
  • 1.26: Oysters & Sushi - Life is Good! Life is Good!

    Boutique Oysters - Valentine's Sushi - Kitchen Fails - Teen Girls Invade TableTopics


    A grand opening and a grand reopening took us out to two great Dinner Table Talks. Our favorite oyster bar gets an overhaul with new oyster offerings from around the country. Our favorite sushi team opens their new restaurant just in time for Valentine's Day. We eat and talk both along with classic kitchen fails and Lillian's first time to the mic....and she brings friends. Throw in two....no make that three...Unanswered Questions (more about mollejas, is Joe using fish sauce enough and do bay leaves kill you?) and you're sure to get full.

    TableTopics question: Have you chosen not to purchase an item for moral reasons?

    47 min

About Dinner Table Talks

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A lifestyle and foodie podcast that you're going to fall in love with. Join Aislynn and friends at the dinner table where we discuss farm life, love, healing, food, gardening and just about anything else. Nothing is off limits at the dinner table where we connect with our community, friends and family in philosophical and life-enriching conversation.