Food Court with Richard Blais
Food Court with Richard Blais
Deep dish vs. thin crust? Hamburgers vs. hot dogs? Creamy peanut butter vs. crunchy? Welcome to the high-energy, game-show-style podcast Food Court, where celebrity chef Richard Blais (Top Chef, MasterChef, etc.) presides over his guests – comedians, writers, chefs – to debate opposing viewpoints. After a trivia lightning round, each guest will argue passionately why their position is the best as …Social links:
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Salad vs. Mayonnaise Based Salads
Happy Holidays to our Food Court fans! And what better way to celebrate Hanukkah (or Christmas or Tuesday or whatever you're doing this week) than this very special episode featuring Seth Rogen (The Fablemans) and Lauren Miller Rogen (Like Father) discussing the world of mayonnaise based salads. Th…
44:16Dec 20, 2022, 12:00 PMClean
Butter Pecan vs. Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream
Season 3 is winding down but we're going out with a bang and not a whimper. This week friends and podcast co-hosts Busy Philipps (Girls 5Eva, Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best, Cougar Town) and Caissie St. Onge (Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best, Busy Tonight, Watch What Happens) had a hard time coming…
1:03:50Dec 13, 2022, 2:00 PMClean
Chicken Sandwich Wars!
When we first started recording in early 2020, a guest was lined up who was excited to dig into the chicken sandwich wars but then covid shutdown came and the war on chicken sandwiches ended and the episode never happened. Cut to almost three years later and the topic is back! Chef Pyet DeSpain (Ne…
39:14Dec 6, 2022, 2:00 PMClean
Spicy vs Not Spicy Food
Every season someone brings an "I love this" vs an "I hate this" take. Season 1 brought us loving cilantro vs. hating cilantro and then season 2 brought us the infamous loving butter vs. hating butter and now here we are in season 3 with another spicy (or not spicy depending on your taste) take. Do…
42:33Nov 29, 2022, 2:00 PMClean
Savory Cornbread vs. Sweet Cornbread
Wow wow wow, as we approach the holiday season Chef Carla Hall is here to throw down for savory cornbread against her friend, fellow cook and writer, Chadwick Boyd, who is totally okay with a little extra sugar in the mix. Carla does NOT add extra sugar in her recipe and she has the evidence to pro…
37:23Nov 15, 2022, 2:00 PMClean
Dark Beer vs. Light Beer
This week in the Food Court we have two podcasters, lovers of the art of arguing and friends: Matt Frederick(Stuff They Don't Want You to Know) and Alex Williams (Ephemeral) take on the topic of dark beer vs. light beer. Which one is tastiest? Which one attracts the most snobs? Which one has notes …
32:21Nov 8, 2022, 2:00 PMClean
Hot Cereal vs. Cold Cereal
Today in the Food Court with Richard Blais we have a case of two cereals. Comedian and writer, Ashley Ray, is truly passionate about hot cereals of all kinds while her friend and fellow comedian/writer, Babs Gray, is equally passionate about a simple bowl of cold cereal. It's instant oats vs marsh…
40:51Nov 1, 2022, 1:00 PMExplicit
Popcorn Shrimp vs. Popcorn Chicken
Today in the Food Court we have comedian and writer, Marcy Jarreau (Brooklyn 99), here all the way from the Bayou to defend her beloved popcorn shrimp. Her friend, Michael McMillian (True Blood / My Crazy Ex-Girlfeiend), is from the midwest and here to tell us all that popcorn chicken is actually t…
42:47Oct 25, 2022, 1:00 PMClean
Soft vs. Crunchy Tacos
It's a family food feud in the Food Court this week! Cousins Manolo and Sandra Vergara are in the studio (our first fully in-studio episode since March 2020!) to argue soft vs crunchy tacos. Many great side topics come up in this one including the Taco Bell menu, Julia Child, international chips, t…
44:02Oct 18, 2022, 1:00 PMExplicit
Ophira and Josh Bonus Content!
Richard was having so much fun with Ophira and Josh that they did this fun bit of bonus content. Listen to find out snap opinions on several food topics in a quick game we are calling Snack Attack! Josh, I see that you've added "year round ice coffee drinker" to your twitter bio. Or has a it alwa…
10:32Oct 14, 2022, 2:00 PMClean