This week in the Food Court we have two incredible comedians and coffee connoisseurs here to fight the battle between hot and iced coffee. Ophira Eisenberg veteran of NPR's Ask Me Another, the Moth and the new podcast Parenting is a Joke, is taking the position of hot coffee with a side of "is iced coffee even coffee?!?" while comedian and writer Josh Gondelman (Desus and Mero, Last Week Tonight and more) is here to say that iced coffee is the only coffee, even in the dead of winter. You'll laugh, you'll laugh some more but most of all you'll hear them both keep talking through the gavel. 

NOTE throughout the recording there was the sound of ice clinking on Josh's audio track. Was he drinking an iced coffee the whole time we were recording?! Truly devoted to his argument.

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Jordan Runtagh and Alex Heigl from the Too Much Information podcast are here to argue the virtues of dark and milk chocolate. It's a very good episode all the way through but the rebuttals in this one are a thing of beauty. literally. Enjoy this epic throwdown! 

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On this episode of Food Court with Richard Blais our judge is faced with a doozy of a debate. What's better- crispy or chewy cookies? And two people who are as good at talking as they are at cooking are here to lay it all out. John Kanell of the Preppy Kitchen is defending the honor of crispy cookies while Chef Maneet Chauhan is throwing down for chewy. 

John's cookbook hit stores this week and there are a bunch of great fall recipes perfect for right now! 

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Have you ever wondered how our whole song goes? Please enjoy the full Food Court theme song in all its glory. Arranged and preformed by Jason NeSmith with lyrics by Christopher Hassiotis wayyyy back in 2020 but most of its debate predictions have come true.

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In the season two finale of Food Court with Richard Blais Richard is faced with two old friends with a score to settle. Food writers, critics and podcast hosts Jennifer Zyman (The Food that Binds) and Mara Davis (Sounds Delicious) are here to argue which is better? The old standby; buffalo wings or the scrappy upstart; lemon pepper wings. Two cities enter, but only one will leave victorious.... which one will it be??

**NOTE** Apologies for the audio issues this week but mostly I'd like to thank Spectrum for the most unstable internet connection in all the land

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On this episode of Food Court with Richard Blais our judge will have to decide a very regional debate. In NY/NJ delis and bodegas egg and cheese sandwiches are a way of life; but what defines these popular sandwiches? Chris Gethard (Beautiful/Anonymous, The Chris Gethard Show) is here to argue that the parameters are very specific while Hallie Bulleit (Punk News podcast) thinks it's more loosey goosey, and she can do what she wants. Who is right? Who is wrong? Richard, a native New Yorker, will have to think long and hard about this one but either way there mayyyyy be some hate mail in his future.

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On this episode of Food Court with Richard Blais two longtime friends and co-hosts of The Kitchen, Geoffrey Zakarian and Jeff Mauro, break it down and get into the meat of this debate- what's the best? White meat or dark meat? Richard has his work cut out for him while he fights to get a word in. Do these two even hear the gavel? Tune in to find out!

Please check out Geoffrey's new podcast Four Courses where he interviews high performers and how they achieved their success right here on the iHeart network.

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This week on Food Court with Richard Blais two friends? Enemies? Frenemies? And co-stars on the hot Netflix series Cobra Kai, Dan Ahdoot and Bret Ernst, are here to argue about peanut butter but they could really argue about anything (and have a great time doing it!).

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On this installment of Food Court with Richard Blais Caroline and Cristen, hosts of Unladylike Podcast, are here to say that when you have to choose between soup and salad, there is only one true choice. They just can't agree on which one is the right one so Richard will have to decide.

And the "you may remember me from" line was a reference to Lionel Hutz from the Simpsons, for the record.

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Today in the Food Court with Richard Blais two incredible chefs debate the merits of a condiment that kids love to put on chicken nuggets. Amanda Freitag is a chef who is willing to go to bat for her favorite condiment, ketchup, while Marc Murphy is here to say absolutely not, mustard all the way. One guest even pulls out props*.... despite podcasting not being a visual medium. This episode is serious business.

*Amanda pulled out a giant bottle of ketchup during Marc's rebuttal and walked through her entire apartment with it which made me sad we weren't making a video.

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