This week on Aftertaste, Maddy is reporting live from Florence (not Florida), and recaps the beginning of her month in Italy, including hauling luggage up and down approximately one million Portofino stairs, hiding the true extent of her espresso addiction from Italian baristas, and getting personally victimized by Malta’s “world famous” milkshake.

Meanwhile, Priscilla is holding down Arizona with a family dinner attempt that involves a roadside pee, turtle-food, chicken nugget negotiations, and eventually surrendering to a Happy Meal. Plus, she discovers the ultimate Flower Child kids’ meal hack and gets a little reminder that her husband is always ready to go to battle on her behalf.

They whine and dine about Dave Portnoy’s lukewarm bro takes and the systematic oppression of left-handed people before spilling sooo much matcha. From Cait Bailey and Mario Carbone’s extremely chic Italian wedding, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives continuing to implode, to a stacked Traitors cast, and Priscilla’s attempts to initiate Maddy into the full Dancing with the Stars experience….

They’re talking questionable voting logistics, unexpected crushes, fandoms they severely underestimated, and all the context Maddy has apparently been missing while eating gelato across Tuscany. They finish with a giggly palate cleanser where they do second date scenario vibe checks!

Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies! 🍸✨

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:
GustaPizza - @gustapizzafirenze
Gelateria dei Neri - @gelateriadeinerifirenze
Hotel Splendido (La Terrazza lunch and Splendido Grill dinner) - @belmondhotelsplendido

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Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

This week on Aftertaste, the girls feed the group chat A LOT. From breaking down the very public beef between two of Phoenix’s beloved Thai restaurants, to reminiscing about Maddy’s LA food crawl aka "best first date ever" ??? , and discussing the chaotic kitten that is Priscilla after a few drinks at Steak 44.

Then we get into the things we’re apparently still not mature enough to handle: calculating a tip, everyone going on vacation without us, Aaron Rogers near a microphone, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and Emmy's fashion (heated takes here).

We finish with a new palate cleanser, the eternal question of whether something deserves a call, a voice note, a text, or absolutely no acknowledgement.

Plus: Dottie the porch goose, Walmart trauma, and plenty of matcha to spill along the way. Come hungry, leave fed taste buddies!

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:

Glai Baan - @glaibaanaz

Lom Wong - @lomwongaz

Erewhon - @erewhon

Izakaya Osen - @osen_izakaya

Le Coupe - @lecoupe_friedchicken

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

Time Stamps:

10:27 Feed The Group Chat

27:03 Whine and Dine

33:04 Spill the Matcha

49:15 Palate Cleanser

This week, the girls are back in the studio with Producer Joe and somehow the conversation detours through COVID weddings, cigarette nostalgia, and why adulthood keeps assigning us chores nobody asked for.

Then, Feed the Group Chat is all about Arizona Restaurant Week and local spots worth adding to your list. We’re talking The Hermosa Inn, Cowboy, The Parlor, patio weather, and expensive food that may or may not be worth the vibes.

In Whine & Dine, Priscilla has officially had enough of Q4, holiday parties, galas, gift buying, work goals, and the general financial violence of the end of the year, while Maddy discovers that buying an expensive espresso machine apparently means committing to a lifetime subscription of equally expensive filters, tablets, and descaling solution.

Then Spill the Matcha gets into Will Porter’s very delayed apology, the new Dancing with the Stars cast, Earl Meets World and its extremely messy stepmommy drama, Ashley St. Clair reportedly turning down Elon Musk’s NDA money, Phaedra and CT hard launching, and Bethenny Frankel’s Burning Man memes.

Finally, we play Send It Back or Lick the Plate, where the girls weigh in on sharing locations, Costco first dates, 5:30 dinner reservations, sleeping in socks, spoilers, airport arrival times, rainy-day cancellations, and several other deeply important lifestyle decisions. 

It’s another chaotic catch-up filled with restaurant opinions, pop culture, Q4 dread, reality TV predictions, and absolutely no agreement on what should be sent back.

Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies! 🍸✨

Show Notes
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Restaurants Mentioned:
The Parlor
LON’s at The Hermosa
Kaoboi
George & Gather

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci
Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

This week your favorite ADHD duo unpack rejection sensitivity, overstimulation, interrupting each other, and having absolutely no sense of direction. Plus,Producer Joe is once again on the shit list. 

They of course dig in to how Arizona somehow received exactly zero Michelin stars, sharing thoughts about the restaurants that were overlooked, the absolute disrespect toward Tucson, and why Michelin might need a rebrand. In feed the group chat, they cover Umi’s new all-you-can-eat buffet, Maddy’s infamous rage-mukbang story, Across the Pond’s uni magic carpets, the surprisingly great $10 steak Caesar at Angie’s, and Fish Pop’s viral fish and chips.

In Whine & Dine, Priscilla is officially exhausted by food recalls and wondering whether anything in the grocery store is safe anymore, while Maddy establishes some very specific etiquette around introducing a new significant other to your friends. Is a long-awaited dinner between established friends really the place to soft, medium or hard launch your new boyfriend? 

Then Spill the Matcha gets into Olivia Rodrigo putting her money where her mouth is, Kelly Clarkson saying goodbye to daytime TV, and a full postmortem of the Love Island reunion. The girls discuss who changed their minds, who came out looking worse, and why being a girls’ girl requires being nice to women outside your immediate friend group.

Finally, the Palate Cleanser puts Maddy and Priscilla’s friendship to the test with their own version of the Newlywed Game. From coffee orders and favorite nigiri to comfort foods and the tiny details you only know after spending entirely too much time together, we find out just how well these two actually know each other. Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies! 🍸✨

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:

Umi - @umipremiumbuffet

Across the Pond - @across.the.pond

Angie’s - @eatangies

Fish Pop - @fishpop.az

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

This week, the girls are back in the studio Maddy has accidentally enrolled at Hogwarts at 31 and is officially being welcomed by Priscilla into Granny Girl Summer with their newfound mahjong obsession, and they recap the very unexpected internet outrage over… men’s underwear.

Then, Feed the Group Chat is all about showing some love to local spots. We’re talking al dente pasta, perfectly made at Tratto, mochi donuts and ube coffee, a brown butter chocolate chip cookie worthy of Maddy’s ongoing search for the best in America, catering spots that deserve your rep lunch orders, and the Greek rice Priscilla simply cannot stop thinking about.

In Whine & Dine, Priscilla discovers the true cost of “enjoying your mortgage” with a toddler, while Maddy’s financial audit turns into a full investigation of subscriptions that are suspiciously easy to start and nearly impossible to cancel. Because apparently Paramount Plus needs closure before you’re allowed to leave.

Then Spill the Matcha gets into brand PR disasters, Post Malone’s surprise engagement, the rumored Dancing with the Stars cast, and Meghan and Harry potentially entering their hybrid-royal era.

Finally, we debut the palate cleanser Cancel, Endorse or Rebrand, where absolutely nothing is safe. It’s another chaotic catch-up filled with local eats, niche hobbies, internet rage bait, corporate cancellations, strong food opinions, and several rebrands nobody hired us to do.

Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies! 🍸✨

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:
Z’s Greek - @zsgreekarcadia | Arcadia Phoenix, AZ
Tratto - @trattophx | Midtown Phoenix, AZ
Tandys Cafe - @tandyscafe | Biltmore Phoenix, AZ
Green Corner Mediterranean Cuisine - @greencorneraz | Greater Phoenix Area Multiple locations

Mochi Dot Donuts - @mochidotdonuts | Midtown Phoenix, AZ

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

This week the girls are back in studio and cover some casual local food spots. Plus, Priscilla’s car chooses violence, a five-star spa experience comes with a surprise $1,000 charge and some questionable massage techniques, why Arizona windshields are apparently disposable, and if boneless wings are really just wet chicken nuggies, and we debate the very specific etiquette of thong bikinis, nipple pasties, and family vacations.

Then, Whine & Dine takes on AI-generated everything and the lifelong struggle of keeping your toothpaste tube clean, while Spill the Matcha gets into Alex Cooper’s latest PR move, Hollywood conspiracy theories, celebrity wedding fashion, and the important question of what exactly Timothée Chalamet is bringing to the table. And somehow, we end up discussing Producer Joe’s underwear. Naturally.

It’s another chaotic, food-filled catch-up with expensive problems, strong opinions, questionable hygiene, and several debates nobody asked us to settle...come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies!

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:
Picazzo’s Healthy Italian Kitchen - @picazzositalian multiple locations in the greater phoenix office
Wingstop - @wingstop Nationwide wing supply
Native Grill & Wings - @nativegrillwngs
Bb.q Chicken - @bbqchicken_az located in scottsdale or mesa, arizona

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: Riverside.com – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

We’re tackling the issues that matter: why QR code menus still exist, whether it’s a spring roll or a summer roll, and exactly how many martinis constitute “a little hungover.” Plus, Priscilla survives 21 flights of stairs, Maddy enters her collage era, we recap some truly divine New York City eats, and Spill the Matcha takes us straight back into Love Island discourse and Rat Boy Summer.

It’s another chaotic, food-filled catch-up with strong opinions, questionable infrastructure, and several extremely important debates...come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies!

Show Notes
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Restaurants Mentioned:
Golden Unicorn - @goldenunicornnyc
Twin Tails - @twintails_nyc
Tracy Dempsey Originals - @tdo-odv

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Executive Producer: Joe Santucci
Music Credit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Riverside.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

Time Stamps:
18:16 Feed the Group Chat
26:32 Whine & Dine
33:02 Spill the Matcha
51:10 Palate Cleanser

Madison is back from Hawaii, Priscilla checks in from New York's North Fork, and the girls have a lot to unpack. They swap travel stories (including questionable airplane etiquette), compare vacation food, gush over East Coast peaches, pies, oysters, and farm stands, and debate whether a $1,080 motel could ever be worth it. They also discover they're both "planned surprise" people, rant about restaurants asking burger temperatures for frozen patties, recap House of Stassi, and revisit Harry Potter and Twilight.. . It's another chaotic, food-filled catch-up with plenty of laughs and a few very strong opinions...come hungry, leave fed taste buddies!

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:

Little Creek Oyster Farm and Market

Southold Fish Market

Saylor Beach House

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Seasonal Sponsor: Neuro 1 – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠neuro1az.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Riverside.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

Time Stamps:

14:40 Feed the Group Chat

32:54 Whine and Dine

50:25 Spill The Matcha

1:10:23 Palate Cleanser

Maddy & Pri take Aftertaste on the road! 🚗🍴

This week the girlies recapping our Carlsbad adventure! From finally experiencing Buc-ee's (and immediately forgetting to record half of it), to eating our way through Michelin-starred tasting menus, $120 bowls of udon, surprise caviar moments, and what might be the best chocolate chip cookie we've ever had.

Plus, Maddy's driving trauma makes another appearance, we rank our biggest dating icks (yes, three-in-one shampoo makes the list), spill the latest pop culture matcha from Ariana’s new (old) boyfriend to new movies coming out, and end with some Reddit Am I the Asshole debates that somehow turn into relationship therapy.

Basically... food, friendship, and unhinged opinions. Come hungry, leave fed taste buddies.

Show Notes

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Restaurants Mentioned:

Udon Shin - @udonshin.az

Wrench and Rodent - @wrenchandrodent

Lilo - @restaurantlilo

Wildland - @wildlandallday

Copper Kings Burgers - @copperkingsburgers

Credits

Premier Sponsor: Amara & Associates – ⁠azinjuryattorney.com⁠

Seasonal Sponsor: Neuro 1 - neuro1az.com

Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: ⁠Riverside.com⁠ – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

Time Stamps

Feed The Group Chat - 00:14:00

Whine and Dine - 00:37:05

Spill The Matcha - 00:47:18

Palette Cleanser - 54:07

This week Maddy checks in from Hawaii, where she's somehow balancing work, Pilates, snorkeling, surfing, and approximately a pound of cherries a day and Pri shares her self-care weekend and heartbreaking news about her uncle's restaurant (GoFundMe below).

The accidentally coordinating duo catches up on incredible meals at Indibar, Pa'la, and Drink Me Tea Room in Feed the Group Chat. Despite certified caviar heads with the tagline "yapping with our mouths full of caviar" ... in Whine and Dine they ask the question...is it becoming a scammy, overused GARNISH? Things take a turn as Maddy tells the story of her near death plane experience (that might be a little dramatic, you decide).

In Spill the Matcha they chat about recent celeb weddings, Justin Baldoni's latest legal update, and somehow end up talking hot dog towers, Harry Potter, Love Island breakups, and as always reality TV drama.

They finish with a new palate cleanser where Maddy somewhat misunderstands the assignment. Tune in for food, friendship, travel updates, and way too many opinions about airplane etiquette.

Come hungry, leave fed, taste buddies!

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GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dennis-and-jenny-rebuild-saigon-north/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US

Restaurants Mentioned:

• IndiBar - @indibarscottsdale
• Pa'la - @palaphxdt
• Drink Me! Tea Room - @drinkmetearoom

Premier Sponsor: Amara & Associates – ⁠azinjuryattorney.com⁠

Seasonal Sponsor: Neuro 1 – ⁠neuro1az.com⁠

Executive Producer: Joe Santucci

Music Credit: ⁠⁠⁠Riverside.com⁠⁠⁠ – Vienna, Soothsayer, and Nosedive

Feed The Group Chat - 13:54

Whine and Dine - 26:01

Spill The Matcha - 37:21

Palette Cleanser - 53:03