Put It In My Mouth

Welcome back to PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, the irreverent food podcast where nothing is sacred...except snacks. This week, we are flipping the script; your usual hosts, Judith & Lala are putting themselves in the hotseat. The ladies talk about how they stumbled (staggered?) into the hospitality industry, the travels that made them hungry (hungriER?), their most delicious food moments, and what's really doing it for them in the NYC restaur...

This week, we have Chef & food personality Ilan Hall in the building. His food has been described as "confrontational" and "designed to alienate as many people as possible". So naturally, we had to have him on the pod.  Not only do we talk food but we play a ridiculous game of boyband "F$CK, MARRY KILL", why David Chang blocked him on IG, the MOST controversial episode of TOP CHEF in 22 seasons starring HIM and why NO ONE should ev...

This week, we attempt to not offend an entire country! All the way from Sicily, Alessandro & Orazio Corona of Corona Trattoria in Palermo charm the hell out of us. These brothers have mastered the art of hospitality, wine and brotherly bickering all while having one of the most charming restaurants on the island. We get into the family business, Sicilian pride, what they think of Italian food in the states and if Italians actually ...

Chef Yara Herrera joins us this week, the powerhouse behind one of NYC's coolest and most delicious restaurants; Hellbender. A first gen Mexican-American & fine dining alum, Yara has taken everything she learned at Spago, Providence, Momofuku Ko and flipped it into something entirely her own. She's all about honoring her roots while rewriting the rules. Listen in as we talk cooking with Martha Stewart, interrupting David Chang duri...

This week we are joined by the Tony award winning Broadway star, singer, songwriter & star of tv & film, John Gallagher Jr! Springsteen superfan & fruity cocktail connoisseur, JGJ shares soooo many stories including a celebrity sighting that left him starstruck, what he demands in his dressing room and why he's basically the human embodiment of a tiki cocktail with a tiny umbrella. Also....JUDITH HATES CELERY and we get to blindfol...

Ben Gollan is a man obsessed when it comes to sandwiches. As the cult leader behind A MAN AND HIS SANDWICH Tours in NYC, he guides the hungry to the best spots in town. We ask, "What exactly defines a sandwich, Ben?" Then we argue about the answer!!  We also get the inside scoop on where we should be eating sandwiches in NYC, the perfect sandwich ratio and how Subway just may be pumping a fragrance into the air (conspiracy theory o...

Welcome to our Season 3 opener! Lala & Judith are back with author, photographer & artist Melanie Dunea. A woman not too good for any job! So much so, she'll snake your toilet ( maybe don't test this?) ! She's photographed ALMOST everyone (Rene Redzepi where you at?) and is responsible for the coolest chef portraits in existence. Seriously, not hyperbole, check out her book series MY LAST SUPPER. She loves Tay Swift, Tribeca and te...

This is one to watch (so many photo inserts)! The ladies bang bang it up at a few classic chain restaurants...Which spots are actually good? Where should you spend your money...can a song about baby back ribs make the ribs taste better?! Hear the real talk on Olive Garden (yes, we waited in line in TIMES SQUARE) Red Lobster, Cheesecake Factory, Chilis and Outback Steakhouse. But first...a little Ozempic conversation. From our mouth...

Steve Schneider, the owner of a few of the TOP bars IN THE WORLD is in the studio for your listening/watching pleasure. How does this former marine end up owning bars in Shanghai, Singapore and NYC? He will tell ya how from his humble start barbacking in DC to owning world reknowned bars Employees Only and Sip & Guzzle. We also learn he's a vodka sauce guy, is great at basketball, only ok at fixing things and earns a respectable sc...

This week is allllll about women owned, small biz with the ladies who invented Salad Sprinkles. WTF is a salad sprinkle?  How did these college bffs spark of an idea get made AND end up on shelves around the country?!  Jordan & Blakely give us all the details in creating a food product, trials & marketing to getting it out in the world.  But also....Lala gushes the glory of a heated Japanese toilet seat, we talk how important socia...

Two of our besties on the pod today? Hell YES. We reach peak NYC STEAK talk with 2 members of STEAK CLUB. Yes, we have a steak club. Let us tell you all about it. What makes a steakhouse great? The vibe? The servers? The food alone?  Watch us get drunk, (yes, it's one to watch on Youtube) as we learn so much about our best friends during a rousing game of NEVER HAVE I  EVER....Colin hates wine bars, Judith isn't a dessert person, L...

This week, we are in the studio with the one and only, Andy Ricker. Michelin & James Beard award winning chef, author and entrepreneurial badass, Andy talks the beginnings of his Pok Pok empire to deciding to shut it all down. We discuss his previous dreams of making it as a musician to how he first discovered his love for Thai flavors through a mushroom soup. Join us on the journey to now, how Andy is continuing to amplify thai co...

Today our guest is self proclaimed "believer in fun" and potential future ONLY FANS star, Cody Candelario. Join us as we talk his appearances in culinary competitions like Hell's Kitchen & Chopped and how it feels for a chef to lose their ability to taste and smell. Of course we ask the question on everyone's mind; is Gordon Ramsey a total prick?! All this AND a blind taste test of Gordon's fish & chips vs a Times Square chain rest...

A wine social club?! TELL US MORE. Our guests on episode 14 are Julianny & Dante, the Somm minds behind Pre Shift; wine collabs and gatherings aimed at having fun, tasting wine and maybe learning a little something too. Our conversation covers their favorite producers, turning their passion into their job, food pairings and how they met on MYSPACE!

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The ladies welcome Spike Mendelsohn, a former fedora wearing Top Chef contestant, celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food activist & industry disruptor. The conversation opens on the fedora (where did it go?) and veers to Top Chef, choosing between being a chef or a criminal, when Obama eats at your restaurant and duh, a blind burger tasting from 3 of our nation's most popular chains. Join us for all the silliness. Mentions: @spikethech...

Sake savant Austin Power (actual goverment name) is in the studio, bleeding and ready to discuss his journey & the joys of opening a bar in NYC. Sake novice? We discuss terms to help you sound smart the next time you're ordering along with sake misconceptions, sake bombs and how fucking up might just lead you to what you love. Also, why is he bleeding? Listen to the episode to find out! 

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Oh heyyyy, it's the premiere of SEASON 2! Our guests are taco phenoms Gio Cervantes & Tania Apolinar of Taqueria Ramirez and Carnitas Ramirez. Join us as we talk nude beaches, learning your craft on Youtube, the "holy shit, what now?!" of immediate success, business expansion and pivoting from one career to a completely different career during a world wide pandemic! You just might get inspired; you'll certainly get hungry. @putitin...

This episode, there is no guest! We had this footage in the archives and decided to release it as a little BONUS episode. We know we gotta keep you satiated as we record our next season! 

Get to know the ladies a little bit more as they take it back to how they met & their food experiences growing up and in college. Yep, Judith was a VEGETARIAN & Lala had never had pesto (but also ENJOYED Olive Garden?!) . How the hell did these tw...

We know you've always wondered how to make the best pizza at home or if Javier Bardem is a dick in real life. You've been up at night struggling with the question of Dominos vs Papa Johns vs Pizza Hut, right ? Find out the answers to these burning questions and more (ARE ALIENS REAL?) with Rad Times Pizza aka pizza savant/consultant Angelo Womack; the man who may or may not have first put honey on pizza in NYC.  (He DID). @radtimes...