Acquired Taste Food Podcasts

Heritage BBQ’s Danny Castillo Wants All the Smoke | TAQUEANDO WITH BILL ESPARZA

Heritage Barbecue chef Danny Castillo joins Bill Esparza to explore the forgotten Mexican and Indigenous roots of California barbecue, the legacy of pioneering pitmaster

Cyanide Cookie (Biscuit Week) | GBBO S17 E2 | COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF

It’s Biscuit Week!!! Bits and Nancy are back to discuss American-style cookies, a deeply nostalgic technical, and some truly unhinged biscuit mosaics. Plus, Nigella cont

Danny Meyer's Reality Check | THE LA FOOD PODCAST INTERVIEW

Danny Meyer changed American dining with Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack. But what happens when the hospitality guy gets it wrong? The legendary resta

Which LA Restaurants Are Secretly Taking Private Equity Cash? | THE LA FOOD PODCAST

Can you tell which LA restaurants have outside investors just by the vibes? Karen Palmer joins Luca Servodio for “Does It Taste Like Private Equity?”, a guessing game exp

Q&A: Mariscos Backlash and Taco Truck Mythbusting | TAQUEANDO WITH BILL ESPARZA

It’s another Taqueando Q&A, and Bill Esparza is answering everything. Bill and Rob get into the backlash over their LA mariscos guide, what separates great ceviche and ag

Cake on the floor! (Cake Week) | GBBO S17 E1 | COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF

Nancy DaSilva and Bits Nicholas are back in the Great British Bake Off tent and we are so excited to have them here!!! Lots to discuss on this first episode, most notab

Daniel Humm Sells Out. Luca Cries During Dinner. And a New Podcast Joins the Network. | LA FOOD PODCAST

Big news for the feed: Compliments to the Chef is joining Acquired Taste Media. Hosts Bits Nicholas and Nancy DeSilva join Luca to talk about their friendship, their Top

Why the New York Times’ Best Restaurants List Is Better Than Michelin. Plus, Influencer “Licenses,” the Unreasonable Unreasonable Hospitality Backlash & Crumbl Under Fire.

The New York Times named its 50 favorite restaurants in America, and somehow Komal is the first LA Mexican restaurant to make the list in six years. Luca and Sal break do

Q&A: Farmers Market Whistleblowing, “Peak Millennial” Restaurants & Is WeHo Cursed? Plus, Ceviche Project, Pawn Shop & Holy Basil.

Father Sal returns for a full Q3 listener Q&A, and things get weird quickly. We debate whether having a controversial guest on a podcast counts as “platforming,” try to d

Why LA Fish Tacos Suck with Bill Esparza + A Big Announcement About The Future of The LA Food Podcast

We’re reaching into the Taqueando with Bill Esparza archives for one of the only episodes Luca has ever joined Bill on, a deep dive into the glorious, deceptively complic

Hillstone Beef, LA’s Best Sandwich Drama, Michelin’s Latest Snub and the Hot New Restaurants to Try Now

Food writer Karen Palmer returns to defend Hillstone, revisit the Hard Rock Cafe and examine whether Go Greek can become the Shake Shack of frozen yogurt. Luca shares rec

COUCH POTATOES: Does Tony Get Anthony Bourdain Right? Does It Matter? And Is It Better Than The Odyssey?

Does Tony capture the real Anthony Bourdain, or does it take one creative liberty too many? Luca is joined by Nancy DaSilva (Compliments to the Chef) and Father Sal for a

LA Food News, Pizza Wisdom and the Content Machine with Alex Koons (Hot Tongue); Craveability and Building an Empire with Lawrence Longo (Prince Street Pizza, Irv’s)

Hot Tongue Pizza owner Alex Koons joins Luca as guest co-host for a pizza-heavy tour of the LA food scene, from Queens, Cacao Mexicatessen and FurnSaj to Bar 109’s Michel

LA FOOD POD: Matt Rodbard & How Kev Eats

Matt Rodbard, founder of TASTE and host of This Is TASTE, returns to The LA Food Podcast for an unfiltered conversation at Crudo e Nudo about Los Angeles vs. New York din

Rose Previte Is Onto Something Huge at Maydan. Plus, Dine LA Is Cool Again, Condé Nast Goes Full Villain & Father Sal Was Right (Unfortunately).

Restaurateur Rose Previte, the owner of Maydan and Maydan Market, joins The LA Food Podcast to discuss her globe-spanning journey into hospitality, the travel and researc

LA Food "SubwayTakes" with Ronit Halmos. Plus, Lodge Bread’s Illegal Carport-to-Empire Story.

This week, LA food creator Ronit Halmos joins Luca for a rapid-fire, Subway akes-style round of “Worth the Hype,” debating Courage Bagels, Hillstone, The Benjamin’s $35 m

COUCH POTATOES: The Bear Is Over - Legacy, Rankings & Superlatives (Spoilers)

The Bear is officially over, and we're looking back at one of television's most influential food dramas. On this episode of Couch Potatoes, Luca and Father Sal unpack the

Vespertine vs. Providence. NYT’s Chez Panisse Backlash. And Jacaranda’s Daniel Patterson & Sarah Lewitinn on Betting Big on Fine Dining.

This week on The LA Food Podcast, we finally tackle one of the biggest destinations in Los Angeles dining: Vespertine & Providence. After revisiting Jordan Kahn's bound

COUCH POTATOES: Everyone Loves Maddie's Secret. We Have Questions. (Spoilers)

Is Maddie's Secret actually a movie about food influencers... or is food just the backdrop? On this special edition of Couch Potatoes, Luca is joined by Bits Nicholas an

"F* Tradition": The TikTok Review That Sparked an LA Food War. Plus, Eric Greenspan on the Tesla Diner, Luxury Buffets Are So Back & Everyone Has Diarrhea

A TikTok review of a $38 Armenian basturma brisket sandwich has exploded into one of the biggest food controversies Los Angeles has seen all year. This week, Luca is join