Mad Food

Shira Barlow is a registered dietitian and author known as The Food Therapist. And as it turns out, Jordan and Max have desperately needed to speak with a professional about their relationship with food, so Shira enters The Sherman Oaks Food Building to listen and offer guidance. Plus, Shira really wants Saffy's and can't get it, smash or trash is played with Jordan's diet and Max's life choices, and the most complicated Air Jordan eater is crowned.

Quarter Sheets, Pijja Palace, Moo's Craft Barbecue's burger, and Sushi Bar aka Sushi by Scratch Restaurants are all living the hyped life in the L.A. food scene. With expectations set sky high, Jordan and Max experience them for the first time and attempt to answer if they're living up to the hype.

Jordan and Shapiro talk their holiday vacations with family in the gastronomy barren sunshine of Flordia and Mexico. Plus, first meals back in L.A., car updates, some of the best desserts on Goldbelly, and Max being a medical marvel.

It's the end of the year, so Andy Wang joins Jordan to discuss the top three best new restaurants in Los Angeles, and the fellas hand out restaurant awards for most improved, most surprising, most overrated, best new pizza, and the newcomer we really wanted to hit but didn't make it happen.

Jordan is joined by Shapiro, who finally meets Air Jordan all-star BJ Novak inside the Sherman Oaks Food Building to discuss the Animal on Fairfax, an ultimate Houstons order, best breakfast in LA and is it the Fountain Room at BHH, watering the head in Weho, food cities to visit in 2023, more LA Times 101 thoughts, Willie Mae's fried chicken, paying for caviar, best food neighborhood, worst dishes at Bavel & Horses, and the fate of the red 911.

Married L.A. sugar titans Valerie Gordon and Stan Weightman Jr. are joined by Jordan inside their new Glendale headquarters to talk the problem with Hannukah sweets and how to upgrade gelt, Jordan lists his top five Christmas desserts for Val and Stan (two Santa loving goys) to review, and all the holiday must eats from Valerie Confections are highlighted.

Awards season is offically here, so Jordan and Shapiro talk the two biggest honors for local restaurants. First, the fellas break down the 2022 California Michelin Guide, especially celebrating Air Jordan all-star chef William Bradley, who scored Southern California's first three star honor for his Del Mar California gastronomy oasis, Addison. Then, the fellas give their first reactions to the L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants list, covering key highlights and biggest snubs.

Knowing what to order at a restaurant is some of the most valuable information in the food world, so Jordan sits down with a friend who thinks she's got that info on lock. Simone Harouche is many things, including a fashion stylist to the stars, but she also claims to be skilled at understanding the best things to order on a menu. Jordan puts her to the test, discussing highlights at some of their favorite restaurants, including a strong Carousel list, the secret to a La Scala chopped, a suprise at Escuela, e. baldi > giorgio baldi, Mr. Chow loster, and a Taco Bell item Jordan has never eaten.

Jordan and Shapiro had very different holiday experieces, breaking all the details down, from Beverly Hills rooftop and Peking disappointments, to appetizer and dessert overdoses and an utter lack thereof. Plus, Bestia vs. Bavel lamb necks, sardine sashimi in Gardena, bubbles at Anajak, and a quick phone call with a very special guest.

Danny Gordon and Max Miller are childhood friends who decided to go into business together and create what is many Angelenos favorite burger and fries joint. The fellas join Jordan to discuss how it all went down, why American cheese is the only choice, how the customer isn't always right, a new era of Heavy Handed beer & ice cream, Big Macs vs Whoppers vs Western Bacons, the soda machine myth, and lettuce wrapped cheeseburgers (of course). Plus, Heavy Handed superfan and Air Jordan all-star, Zoe Winkler calls in to gush over what she thinks is the best burger in Los Angeles.