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228. Munch Madness: Chicken Wings vs. Hotdogs; Chili vs. Curry ft. Cupcakedex & Eric Silver!

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) bring you the third round of matchups for Munch Madness 2026! Chicken Wings vs. Hotdogs! Chili vs. Curry! With special guest judges Cupcakedex (@cupcakedex) and Eric Silver (@el_silvero)!

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221. Pastrami & Montreal Smoked Meat ft. Eric Silver!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and special guest Eric Silver (@el_silvero) talk about Pastrami and Montreal Smoked Meat! What’s the difference between these two beautiful staples of the North American Jewish Deli? What link do they have to a common ancestor? Why is Smoked Meat just called Smoked Meat? And what happens when lamb chops, apples, and nutritional yeast find their way into the Random Meal Generator? Thanks be to Nooch.

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207. Bacon Mania ft. Eric Silver!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and guest Eric Silver (@el_silvero) talk about the Bacon Industrial Complex and the Bacon Mania of 2009. How did a massive PR campaign lead to this off cut of pork becoming an american breakfast staple? How did it save fast food chains from fading into obscurity? Is the Wendy’s Baconator still an exciting amount of bacon? How is Obama-era recession economics responsible for the rise of Epic Meal Time? Plus, what happens when bacon, split peas, eggplant, and ketchup find their way into the Random Meal Generator?

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187. Munch Madness: Eggs vs. Corn; Cookies vs. Cake ft. Eric Silver & James Hawes!

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) bring you the next round of match ups for Munch Madness 2025 with special guest judges Eric Silver (@el_silvero) and James Hawes (@turrethousepressmtl)! Eggs vs Corn! Cookies vs Cake! Jerry Seinfeld vs Gary Gygax! Who will move forward to the quarter-finals?!

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158. Bagels ft. Eric Silver!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) calls up friend of show and Best DM in Podcasting Eric Silver (@el_silvero) for a deep dive into the beauty of Montreal & New York bagels, the best bagel varieties, toppings, and schmears, and which Sex & The City character Eric endorses for President.

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138. Munch Madness: Potato vs Pickle; Citrus vs Ice Cream ft. Eric Silver & Aslam Choudhury

This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) bring you the first two first-round match-ups of Munch Madness 2024! Guest judges Eric Silver (@el_silvero) and Aslam Choudhury (@aslamchoudhury) give us their takes on the battles between Potatoes & Pickles and Citrus & Ice Cream!

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108. Lox or Smoked Salmon? Ft. Eric Silver

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and friend of the show Eric Silver (@el_silvero) keep it YUMMY with a great chat about smoked salmon, lox, gravlax, and all the accoutrements! We get into Montreal vs New York fish culture, capers, and the ACME Fish Company’s wide array of lox seasonings!

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94. Munch Madness: Chicken Vs. Salad; Honey Vs. The Bread Basket ft. Eric Silver & Lee Kim

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) call up special guest judges Eric Silver (@el_silvero) and Lee Kim (@hunny_dill_) to help pick which foods move forward to the next round of the tournament! Will Chicken find the courage to tell Salad to leaf? Will The Bread Basket prove sweet enough to conquer Honey, or is this one for the bees? I don’t know what any of this means. Munch Madness!

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82. The Craziest Sandwich in New York?! ft. Eric Silver

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) wraps up this year of Bread with a final foray into the sandwich! Eric Silver (@el_silvero) joins the party to talk about the Bacon Industrial Complex, a walkthrough of the thought process behind how much meat goes into a good sandwich, and the pork-forwardness of Italian sandwich culture. Plus, a game of Is This Sandwich Appetizing Or Too Much?!

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