So yeah, I forgot to tell you kids where exactly we ate while we were in Paris!  Also, I address some listener feedback.

Oh, man you guys, I went to Paris for a long weekend!  In this episode we talk travel, french food, cheese & bugs.  Not necessarily in that order.

Tonight, Steve & I chat about tricking diners at your invite-only pretentiousfest, bad marketing ideas and solar-powered German potato salad.  Also, 'relikes'.

In which Mario Batali & Ken Friedman might go to jail, Sliders & Quantum Leap get a crossover reboot & Papa John Schnatter accuses Big Bird of using the n-word.

Oh, man, you guys.  Steve & I went to the Wisconsin State Fair.  And ate all the things.  Also, Chicago now has a Pizza Museum (your move, New York) and we want to put a bunch of fryers on a truck.

Oh, man you guys.  Tonight we talk bad decision food, theme burger restaurants, cultural appropriation and lawsuits (not how you think), racist beer in Indiana and Steve goes #vanlife all the way to Canada!

Remember how I said I was going to start interviewing people?  This was not an empty threat!  I sit down today with Josh from www.potandpanhandler.com and talk tacos, travel writing, old-school restaurant jobs and chicago pizza.

Today we're interviewing author Emily Belden about her new book 'Hot Mess', which tells the story of a young woman who gets swept up into the life and lifestyle of a rockstar chef in Chicago.  I'm not going to say that the rockstar chef is me, but his name is Benjy, so you make up your own mind.  It's a tale of love, loss, addiction, great food, craziness and restaurant life stress.  I highly recommend this book.

http://www.emilybelden.com/

Abuse is Abuse is Abuse.  Sometimes, you don't get killed.

This week on the show we discuss the theater merits of washed-up 90's bands, continue watching serial sexual abusers in restaurants crash & burn, and old-man rail against computers in kitchens.