Welcome to Acquired Taste Food Podcasts, the feed where you get fed.
We believe everyone is entitled to unreasonably strong opinions about what they eat. We just happen to yell those beliefs into a microphone.
OUR SHOWS:
LA FOOD PODCAST🌴 For LA food news, gossip and restaurant reality checks, hosted by Luca Servodio with special contributors Father Sal and Karen Palmer.
TAQUEANDO WITH BILL ESPARZA 🌮 For deep dives on street food culture and hotter-than-hell takes, produced by Robert Haleblian.
COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF 📺 To not feel so alone while you binge food TV shows ranging from To
Bill Esparza hosts Danny Castillo, chef at Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano, for a deep dive into the overlooked Mexican and Indigenous foundations of California barbecue culture. The episode centers on reclaiming and celebrating this heritage, with particular focus on Joe Romero, a pioneering pitmaster whose…
Worth it if you care about BBQ history, Latino culinary contributions, LA food culture, or want insider perspective on Heritage Barbecue's evolution.
Acquired Taste Food Podcasts returns for Biscuit Week coverage of Great British Bake Off Series 17, Episode 2. Hosts Bits and Nancy discuss the week's challenges, which center on American-style cookies and a technical challenge involving what the show notes cryptically describe as a 'deeply nostalgic technical.' The…
Worth it if you're a dedicated GBBO fan who wants a casual, enthusiastic recap of Series 17 Episode 2 and don't mind uncertainty about the hosts' baking knowledge or analytical rigor.
Danny Meyer, the restaurateur behind Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack, sits down with host Luca Servodio for a candid conversation about his career's high points and notable failures. Meyer discusses three major missteps: his no-tipping experiment at Union Square Cafe, which ultimately didn't work…
Worth it if you're interested in restaurant economics, hospitality leadership, how even successful entrepreneurs make costly mistakes, or want insider perspective on LA's food scene from a legendary operator.