Dave and Chris kick off the new year by reflecting on 2023’s New Year’s resolutions, setting some new goals for the coming year, and giving some clarifications on the Master of Your Domain challenge.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Dave is joined by Chris Ying, Chris Bianco and Kelly Meinhardt for a game of Buy or Sell: 2024 Food Trends edition.

Topics covered include: espresso martinis, SPAM, buckwheat, the Tesla Cyber Truck, sleep wellness, and scamorza cheese.Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Guests: Chris Bianco and Kelly Meinhardt

Producer: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

Additional Production Supervision: Cory McConnell

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Dave is joined by Basqueland Brewing cofounder and CEO Kevin Patricio to discuss travel and eating tips in the resort city of San Sebastián.

Host: Dave Chang

Guest: Kevin Patricio

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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It’s time for a year-end roundup as Dave revisits his year in eating and time on the road. He gives his favorite bite of food, favorite restaurant, and favorite city visit in a year filled with traveling.

Host: Dave Chang

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Dave opens the episode talking about a conversation he had with a friend’s teenage son, leading to him giving some timeless advice about getting through high school.

Pro Football Food Weekly gets into a heavyweight matchup between two of Dave’s All-USA First-Team Eating cities: Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Dave picks a winner and makes a bold proclamation about which city has the best Chinese food in the States.

Dave breaks down the matchups (giving some major restaurant recommendations along the way).

Other topics include Dave’s Spotify Wrapped, his favorite comedians, and eating around Yokohama.

Host: Dave Chang

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Chris Ying joins Dave for a holiday-themed episode. The two share a Dads segment where they talk about what to get their kids, whether putting coal in a stocking would be frowned upon, and Dave’s biggest tool when it comes to keeping the kids in line during the holidays.

Other topics discussed include Christmas songs, Dave’s surprise pick for best holiday movie, best holiday smells, and what to get Korean and Chinese in-laws (or potential future in-laws) for the holidays.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Dave and Chris are joined by guest Van Lathan as they discuss the impact of TikTok food critic Keith Lee, the concept of Black exceptionalism (and its signifiers), as well as the cultural impact and legacy of restaurateur, designer, and artist Michael Chow and his eponymous restaurant, Mr Chow.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Guest: Van Lathan

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Dave gets into the episode talking about his experience in Abu Dhabi. His encounter with a 6,500-year-old stone bust causes him to ponder: What would humanity look like in 6,500 years, and how trivial do things seem given what might actually be remembered?

Three Things sees Dave talk about the things he looks for in cooks—and the level of resourcefulness required from cooks to impress legendary chef André Soltner.

Other topics covered include Dave’s opinions on fireplaces, various noodle soups, hot chocolate, ice skating, and hot tubs.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

Additional Production Supervision: Cory McConnell

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Dave kicks off the episode with a theory: Are Japanese and Italian restaurants and steakhouses more ubiquitous worldwide because of the scalability of labor? He ponders the implications of these types of restaurants, and the impact they might have on creatively ambitious restaurants.

Three Things sees Dave answer the prompt, “If he could travel in time and ask three historical figures anything, what would he ask?” One of the answers leads to Dave explaining the profound influence of the salmon with creamy sorrel dish developed at Troisgros restaurant in Roanne, France.

Partners sees Dave answer the age-old question: How do you and your partner decide on a place to eat?

The episode concludes with an abbreviated Pro Football Food Weekly and Dave talking about his experience at Amazon’s coverage of the Black Friday game.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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Dave waxes nostalgic about the best Christmas gift he ever received as a kid before getting into a quick aside about a Korean tradition that many children look forward to.

The episode continues with a segment where Dave reads (and responds to) a couple of reviews left by Yelp Elite members.

He rounds out the episode with a Theoretical Potluck where he tries to think of who would be invited to his dream potluck—and in doing so, he names some of his favorite cooks in the industry.

Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying

Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee

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