Try It, You'll Like It

For our 2020 Valentine's Day episode, Sammy Rabstein joins David/Winston to taste eight bottles of wine, a kalimotxo, chicken thighs with a red wine sauce and portwine brownies. In a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants a full Valentine's Week for restaurant purposes and David thinks there shouldn't be any plums unless they're made into prunes. He's a "prune guy" now! __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian Kati O'Hearn is presented with an overwhelming amount of salmon on this episode by hosts David & Winston. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants the possibility of making specialty mayos at the grocery store while David wants ancient grains out of his granola. For the tasting, raw salmon belly, sous vide salmon, salmon en papillote, salmon cakes, lox and kippered salmon are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Host of the Smart Mouth podcast Katherine Spiers joins Winston and David for a return to celery with a whole new menu. Forgoing an opening segment, David presents Winston with a gift from abroad. For the tasting, raw celery, celery-apple-ginger juice, celery quick pickles, a celery chicken salad sandwich are served alongside an apple celery granita and a sweet celery compote for dessert. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Host of the Go Fact Yourself podcast J. Keith van Straaten truly braves tempeh along with hosts David and Winston this week. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston wants more bulk condiments at the grocery store and David wants regulations akin to the Surgeon General's warning on cigarettes but for requiring cross-sections of candy bars to appear on all packaging. For the tasting, raw tempeh, peanut marinated three grain tempeh, smoked and re-smoked tempeh smoky strips and a coconut pineapple palmintier with tempeh for dessert __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian and host of The Bechdel Cast Caitlin Durante does not like sausage. Before facing a meal of nine sausages and a surprise dessert (a spice sausage cake), she joins David and Winston for a round of Hot Tastes where David ants to slice hoagies into more than just halves (ideally sixths) and Winston wants the option for halved donuts. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian Nicole Villela hates pumpkin pie. Winston doesn't understand this and David sings early 2000's emo/pop punk band Simple Plan. For a round of Hot Tastes, Winston thinks Heinz 57 is the King of Sauces and David wants to know how to reassemble takeout soups. For the tasting, Marie Callender's standard pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie cookies, Pumpkinoffee (dulce de leche) pie and a savory pork and pumpkin pot pie are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Sydney Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis (of Snapchat's Apocalypse Goals) join David and Winston for a New Year Hangover edition of the show where our hosts serve up dreaded gin to their guests. For a round of New Tastes Resolutastes, Winston wants to make more bread in the new year and David wants to make root beer. For the tasting, four gins, a tom collins, a martini and a gin and tonic are served up alongside gin and tonic pickles and a lemon gin cake. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Writer/Director/Actor Sandeep Parikh (of Wizard School Dropout) joins David/Winston for a post-Christmas deep-dive into his dislike for shortbreads. For Hot Tastes, Winston wants more readily available roast chickens, David wants an instruction card at restaurants for eating whole fishes, and Sandeep wants a supplemental charge to be offered so that the appropriate amount of appetizers be served for the table. For the tasting, Walkers, Lornadoones, brown butter shortbreads, millionaire shortbreads, Pulverones (filipino style no-bake shortbreads) and savory cheddar cheese shortbreads are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian and musician Yaki Margulies has David and Winston serving up the classic Hanukkah dish: latkes (aka a Jewish potato pancake). For a round of Chot Tastes (a hot take on a Jewish Food), David wants charoset to be a more universal side dish and Winston thinks that matzoh ball soup is a lower tier soup. For the tasting, five types of latkes are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

100 Episodes in, Winston and David take stock of the podcast with an unexpected round of Hot Tastes, a pancake salad (done wedge style with maple butter ice cream) and so much Swedish candy. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

To ring in the coming cold of winter, hosts David and Winston have invited Rachel Retha Middleton, Tim Herrold, Collin Jay Morris and Lucé Tomlin-Brenner to serve as judges of the Winter Slamdown: a four-round battle royale between the hosts to see who can serve up the best slate of winter drinks. Serving up a cold drink, a hot drink, a sneak drink (one in which your family wouldn't be able to tell how boozy it is) and a wild card cocktail, listen to find out whether David wrestles away Winston's Slamdown title from the summer or Winston reigns supreme! __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Hosts David and Winston invite Casey Lawrence and Zane Larue Dickinson to see if there's a preparation these guests might enjoy of the festive fowl. After a round of Thankful Tastes, roasted, sous vide, fried, smoked and turkey leg confit are served up alongside a healthy portion of gravy. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Host of the podcasts Good Christian Fun and Gilmore Guys Kevin T. Porter joins David/Winston to find out if a radish can make a rad dish! For Hot Tastes, Winston thinks American cheese is America’s greatest contribution to world food culture, David wants a universal code word for secret menu items and Kevin thinks pasta is never worth it. For the tasting, raw radish, roasted radish, pickled radishes from Jesse Boy, a chinese daikon radish soup, a radish greens pesto and cinnamon sugar radish chips are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian Allen Strickland Williams (with a new Comedy Central half hour out tomorrow 11/15) joins David/Winston for the start of a campaign to get Winston $48 from Postmates, as well as a cucumber based episode. For Hot Tastes, David wants two salt options on the table for restaurants already offering four or more sauces, Allen thinks deli brown mustard should be the standard table mustard and Winston wants universal availability for regional fast food items. For the tasting, three types of raw cucumber, a quick pickle, cucumber with miso, cucumber/mint water, cucumber ginger sandwiches and a lemon cucumber cake are served up. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Comedian Jamie Loftus joins David/Winston for the third egg based episode! For a round of Hot Tastes, David wants to see proof if a restaurant says their food is award-winning, Winston wants pie by the slice at the grocery store and Jamie dares to say that 7-Eleven sushi is good. On (scrambled) EGG PLATE, they serve up hard scrambled eggs, soft scrambled eggs, egg yolk only scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs with whipped egg whites and an indian egg bhaji. __ SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @tryitlikeitpod Instagram: @tryitlikeitpod Twitter: @tryitlikeitpod Email: tryitlikeitpod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify