Dinner Table Talks

The Dinner Table is deep and wide this week with Joe’s son in for the weekend from college. We talk daily wine, cilantro, historical green bowls,  coriander, our biggest fan, cumin, breaking the bean barrier, going around, the history of paprika, Carrot Top, a huge seafood spread, our first show voicemail, JHAC, the perfect s’more, anchos v. poblanos, mustard-based potato salad, goulash requests, grain-free pumpkin treats, a bidet revisit, green potatoes, sazeracs, Joe Cottens, great margaritas, falling asleep at the movies, Lady Liberty, fire pit talks, going from a 3 to a 6 and salons parties.

Thanksgiving! It’s the biggest Dinner Table Talk of the year and we talk all about it! Homemade green bean casserole, unplanned trips to the grocery store, secret ingredients, Okja, honey-roasted radishes, an Aislynn editorial, green congealed salads in green bowls, rocks in your wine, corn casseroles, jalapeno-cranberry sauce, stuffing v. dressing, rocks in your bra, riding ponies, fresh-cured hams, meat-filled charcuterie, being proud of your brother, pro-shit-to, ET olive fingers, when Courtland asks for a home-cooked meal, our favorite diner, the dessert table, processing hogs, sending back eggs, 1-5-10 and why you should do it at home, garbage off the back of a truck and breaking into the chocolate chips.

We love talking music with our kids. We influence them and, even better, they influence us. We talk about why we knew the words to every 90s country song that came on at the BBQ place and the two stop process that broke that horrible lapse in judgment. That leads us into a talk about Tyler the Creator, Drake, booing and then you know how it goes...we talk about everything else.

We love food festivals and our local Greek Festival is one of the stars of the show this week providing Aislynn’s favorite meal of the week. That leads us into a talk about gyros, doner kebabs, our Food Journey lunch group and then you know how it goes...we talk about everything else.

Joe always says, “We’ve eaten 21 meals since the last time we got together,” but is that accurate? We start about who skips which meals and quickly move into a delicious 4-course meal at our favorite local restaurant.

Chili dogs, chicken wings, parties, politics and Fleabag. This Dinner Table Talk is a 100-course meal.

Is there any more comfortable situation than talking S-E-X with your kids? Well, it came up this week and we tell you all about it.

It’s Day Two at Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). We talk food, fun, family, music and balding in a whirlwind Austin, TX weekend.

Our first (and only?) 'explicit' episode, ACL Day Two elicits the first appearance of real tears while we talk about brunch in Austin, that Queso Is Life, Velveeta, Kombucha Girl, stage/crowd disparities, Childish Gambino perfection, a daughter's lullaby, mothers and sons, jackass pedicabbers, ACL crushes, 24 Diner, vegetarian sausage, SXSW, a journey into baldness, a whiff of marriage, chicken fried steak, brown gravy, rooms full of white people, loaves of meat, alcoholic ice cream and so much more.

Joe, Aislynn and the whole family went to weekend one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). This episode details the food, fun, family, music and claustrophobia of Day One. Next week: Day Two.

Introducing: the 'Unanswered Questions' stinger.

This week's dinner talk question:  How are you different from everyone else?

When you're in a silly mood....record! Raw oysters, gumbo and pulled pork reign supreme as Joe and Aislynn talk about their favorite meals and favorite dinner conversations of the week.