The LA Food Podcast

We're joined by James Beard Award-winning broadcaster, author and podcaster Steve Dolinsky to talk all things pizza, including the first-ever Pizza City Fest LA, coming to L.A. Live on April 29-30. Cousin Sal and I then celebrate my birthday by holding the 2023 Draft of the Top 10 restaurants and bars for LA-based birthday celebrations. Sponsored by TUMS. Not really.  Helpful links from this episode: Pizza City Fest LA Steve Dolinsky's website Steve Dolinsky's pizza book Pizza City Tours Pizza City Podcast The World's 50 Best Restaurants Restaurants mentioned (in Los Angeles unless otherwise specified): Oriole (Chicago, IL) My Pi Pizza (Chicago, IL) Pudgy's Pizza (Chicago, IL) Barnaby's Pizza (Chicago, IL) Pizzeria Uno (Chicago, IL) Apollonia's Pizzeria Pizzana Bettina (Santa Barbara, CA) Tribute Pizza (San Diego, CA) LaSorted's Long Bridge Pizza Co. (San Francisco, CA) Pi LA Slice House (coming to Thousand Oaks, CA) The Slice & Pint Truly Pizza (Dana Point, CA) Ronan Bulgarini Gelato Gra Double Zero Masa of Echo Park Labriola (Chicago, IL) Lou Malnati's (Chicago, IL) People mentioned: Emeril Lagasse Kevin Brauch Alton Brown Michael Symon Masaharu Morimoto Dana Cowin Alex Guarnaschelli Karen Palmer Chris Bianco Brian McGinn Nancy Silverton Fred Eric Matthew Kenney

The epic sequel to our blockbuster debut, Cousin Salman and I do a little round-up of the top food news stories this week, and then have a lively recap conversation of foodie satire "The Menu." Spoiler alert, there are spoilers. Sponsored by TUMS. Not really.  Articles referenced: LA Times - The best places to eat and drink in L.A. right now, according to our food writers - https://www.latimes.com/food/list/best-los-angeles-restaurants-to-visit-february-2023 Eater - Resy Is My Best Frenemy (and It Could Be Yours, Too) - https://ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23512517/resy-restaurant-critic-privacy?_gl=1*1un0y5y* Eater - How to Get Into the Restaurant You Can’t Get Into - https://ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23580233/how-to-make-reservations-hot-restaurants-nyc-resy?_gl=1*1d0x2k3* Eater - How Resy Won - https://ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23475584/how-resy-won-reservation-wars-opentable Eater - Suburban School Worker Accused of Stealing $1.5 Million in Chicken Wings  https://chicago.eater.com/2023/2/1/23581736/chicago-harvey-school-district-154-chicken-wing-theft?_gl=1*1i0jdy0*- Restaurants referenced (all in LA, unless otherwise stated): El Prado Mother Wolf Felix Em (Mexico City, Mexico) Carmen (Cartegena, Colombia) Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark) Alinea (Chicago, Illinois) People referenced: Aimee Rizzo Seth Reiss and Will Tracy Evan Funke Paul Feinstein Jonathan Gold

On this epic POD DEBUT, I give you the 411 on what the heck the Countdown is, and why I'm embarking on a quest to eat 100 iconic LA sandwiches in 365 days. We're then joined by Friend of the Countdown Cousin Salman to talk about the James Beard Awards' semifinalists, and why we should even care about these kinds of awards in the first place. Sponsored by TUMS. Not really.  Find The LA Countdown on TikTok and Instagram at @thelacountdown: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelacountdown https://www.instagram.com/thelacountdown/ News discussed during this episode: - James Beard Awards Semifinalists - https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2023-james-beard-awards-semifinalist Restaurants mentioned : - Little Coyote - https://www.littlecoyotelbc.com/ - Da Michele - https://damicheleusa.com/ - Pizzana - https://pizzana.com/ - Langer's Deli - https://www.langersdeli.com/ - Bay Cities Deli - https://order.bcdeli.com/ - Philippe The Original - https://www.philippes.com/ - Kamp Social House - https://www.kampseattle.com/ - Moo's Craft BBQ - https://www.mooscraftbarbecue.com/ - Pijja Palace - https://www.pijjapalace.com/ - Jitlada - https://jitladala.com/ - Holbox - https://www.holboxla.com Food personalities mentiond : - Aimee Rizzo @ The Infatuation Seattle - https://www.theinfatuation.com/contributor/aimee-rizzo - Kenji Lopez-Alt - http://www.kenjilopezalt.com/ - Evan Funke LOL - https://felixla.com/evan-funke - forkingaround.tv - https://www.instagram.com/forkingaround.tv/ - Fat Phuck - https://www.instagram.com/fat_phuck/?hl=en - Rick Lox - https://www.instagram.com/ricklox/?hl=en

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