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On the 25th edition of the Spoon Mob Pod and the Quebec Parts Now Known Podcast, Ben and Ray geek out recanting the food porn episode to end all food porn episodes, the tongue in cheek titled "Canada" episode. The two speculate about the reason for shooting and including the out of place postman scene before breaking down the ice fishing cabin dining scene with Fred Moran and David McMillan of Montreal's legendary restaurant Joe Beef...

On this episode, Ray talks about chef Greg McPhee's vegetable forward Greenville South Carolina restaurant The Anchorage...

On this week's episode of food news, Ray touches on the recent Epstein Maxwell overnight document drop before talking about Amazon's push into grocery delivery, a wine international crime ring, the lawsuit against the USDA, updates to the James Beard Awards & MICHELIN Guide, why seeing "cooked at famous restaurant x" is not always what it seems, Chris Duffy's new restaurant Ever, coronavirus, the time line of the Ohio liquor sales ending at 10 p.m...

Ray and Ben travel to South America for the first time to break down the Colombia episode. Katie makes her Spoon Mob Pod/Parts Now Known debut before the guys debate how safe the plane flight is and talk all things cocaine, cartels, and the war on drugs. Then Ray makes Ben wonder aloud about how America's involvement in slavery is perceived by the rest of the worlds history books and how America is currently perceived globally in 2020...

On this episode, Ray talks about his recent and final experience at Ushabu in Cleveland. Ray reminisces about dining with strangers around, the things were losing due to cover-19, and why he'll miss Ushabu before breaking down the courses and comparing Cleveland's food scene to Columbus'. For more information on chef Matthew Spinner and Ushabu, visit spoonmob.com/matthewspinner. For all things Spoon Mob, visit spoonmob...

On this week's episode of food news, Ray jumps right in with the recently announced upcoming layoffs at the hands of airlines and hotel companies, masks, Uber's new controversy, Instacart's appearance on the dark web, and explains the difference between filing chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy...

On the second episode of the Parts Now Known series, Ben and Ray discuss Bourdain's hour long hang in the small Los Angeles neighborhood with his two friends, Roy Choi and David Cohoe. They talk about how the episode is definitely a one for him in favor of Bourdain versus a corporate idea, the part that gets left out pertaining to the 1992 L.A...

On this episode, Ray talks about a local destination bakery called Pistacia Vera. Ray goes into the backstory of its founding by Columbus natives Spencer and Anne Budros, it's start and eventual move from the Short North to German Village, how the Short North has changed over the years, why German Village is so strict on changes to neighborhood buildings, and gives a rundown on all the pastry's and desserts he's tried from the shop recently...

On this weeks episode of food news, snarky Ray makes his debut and spends the first 15 minutes giving his thoughts on the state of coronavirus in the U.S. before talking about the "partnership" announcement between American Airlines and Jet Blue...

On the debut episode of Spoon Mob's newest podcast series, Parts Now Known, Ray and Ben jump right into how the opening shots of the episode set the tone for the entire series going forward, highlight the stark contrast between Travel Channel's No Reservations and CNN's Parts Unknown, where Myanmar is located on a map, talk about the craziest Ferris wheel you'll ever see, review an even crazier train ride, and get side tracked on the Dalai Lama and Bigfoot...