Mad Food

Josh Beckerman aka The Foodie Magician enters the building to talk his food travels as a master of the dark arts, plus all sorts of New York and Los Angeles chocolate chip cookies, pizza, and ice cream. Did Josh love kangaroo tartare or turtle livers more? Are David Blaine and other mentalists actually aliens? Can Josh successfully read Jordan's mind with the most random LA restaurant mentalism trick ever performed? These answers and more in this truly magical episode.

Actress and Air Jordan fan Delaney Rowe enters the Sherman Oaks Food Building to help answer audience questions with Jordan and a straight off an international flight back to L.A. Bubbles, and it's all neighborhood restaurants, the best Burgundy, go-to cookware, the Benihana ass clock, dealing with fame, Spanish beef, best Halloween candies, Twizzlers vs. Red Vines, honey walnut shrimp and caviar, hangover remedies and lots of booze talk from Delaney and Bubbles, Fall food, top Beverly Hills Cheese Store sandwiches, fighting large animals, belly buttons, and of course FreeBallGate 2023.

Max became violently ill in Spain, so an emergency segment with him was in need to talk what happened leading up to the explosive event, the nasty seafood culprit, absolutley demolishing a hotel bathroom, and Jordan stumbles upon one of the biggest Shapiro reveals in Air Jordan history. Plus, on his comfort food quest, Jordan finally experiences Apollonia's thin crust pizza, and has a story to tell on the who, what, where, and how of the highly acclaimed mid-city pizzeria.

Times are tough and emotions are running high, but the comfort of food can help. Jordan talks recent meals at Funke and Sushi Sonagi that helped it all fade away, and then he lists some his most comforting LA foods. Then, brother and sister Ernie and Val Aguirre enter the food building to talk the OG LA legendary chicken spot their family has been running for the past 35 years; an institution that nearly disappeared, and is now going nowhere but all the way up. Pioneer Chicken will be appearing at this year's annual Tenderfest, Sunday October 22 in Beverly Hills. Come check them out and get a taste of history. Buy tickets here, and use promo code FRIENDS15 for 15% off.

Jordan and Max briefly talk what it's been like as Jews in the food world since the recent attack on Israel, and how the local food industry has responded. Then, the boys review their day at Family Style Food Festival, where they were on a mission: to drink up. Top three bites, a bubble guts scare, all the booze, stolen cocktails, a Moo's Craft Barbecue surpise, mayo and white truffles on pizza, and the dreaded ass clock may start again.

It's Ruth! The LA OG food critic, author, and lover of Yucca's bean and cheese burrito jumps on a Zoom call with Jordan to discuss LA's past and present, food media vs. food journalism, the power of anonymity in criticism, and the upcoming LA Chef Conference both Ruth and Jordan will be appearing at later this month. They're also joined by Brad Metzger, founder and producer of the conference who talks all the glorious food, speakers, and causes LA Chef Conference will be highlighting. If you'd like to attend to see and hear Ruth in person, attend a live Air Jordan, as well as many other food industry panels, discussions, and two mini-food festivals, the last batch of tickets go on sale October 13th, and can be purchased here.

Jordan and Max talk a recent night out in the hills of Beverly eating Westholme wagyu prepared by three big name chefs as the Air Jordan martini era continues. Then, Jordan recounts his night in Hancock Park breaking the Yom Kippur fast with Saffy's challah, Daughter's Deli pastrami, and it's all yellow vs. deli mustard, shrimp hot dogs, cream cheese rankings, and soufflés vs. bread puddings.

Ben Hundreds is back, joining Jordan and Max in the building to discuss Danny Meyer's recent tweet (or is it called an X?) about 6pm being the new dining primetime reservation. Then, the boys talk their first meal at Echo Park Italian hotspot Donna's, where the parking is an issue, but would the whole garlic and parm package live up to the hype? Lastly, a food influencer was upset with Jordan in the wild, so the fellas discuss learning to accept criticism when you've put yourself in the spotlight.

Jordan and Max enter the Sherman Oaks Food Building to answer audience questions about Rosh Hashanah cooking, social media food influencers, Erewhon hot food picks, Pasadena sucking, aggravating cocktail trends, peeling hard boiled eggs, the Domino's Pizza order, L.A.'s first 3 Michelin star restaurant, speakeasies sucking, the worst great food neighborhood, "affordable" tasting menus, pop-ups sucking, lots of wine talk, and Jordan's dream steakhouse starts taking shape with all sorts of dishes and the most innovative bread basket ever conceived.

Ben Hundreds is back inside the food building with Jordan and Max to exclusively announce some of the headliner restaurants for this year's Family Style Food Fest. Plus, the fellas discuss Ben's recent L.A. steak journey, and debate the perfect Chi Spacca order. Then, Jordan and Ben go deep into their recent Torrisi meals in New York, a city Max refuses to visit because he's too busy going to Spain.