Sup Livecasters. Last night’s show may have been pre-recorded but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t ridiculously fun. We started off with Sam preparing his legendary baked mac-n-cheese with bacon, blue cheese, red onion topped with a crispy panko bread crumb top. Once that was in the oven we immediately dove into some fun food stories, checking out the new Vueve-mobile that cruises around Berlin dishing champagne and small food plates. It’s really cool to see the food truck industry spreading across the Atlantic. After some more food news (and Sam opening up a funny-looking but tasty fruit called Rambutan) we saw a hilarious video of a little boy dancing to Bollywood music, checked up on the newly improved American Airlines in-flight menu, and finally closed the show after pulling the mac-n-cheese out of the oven. Let me tell you first hand that it’s literally one of my favorite dishes that Sam makes, you MUST try it. It’s now the weekend so enjoy some time off and gear up for British food day on Monday! Later people.

Tonight’s show was our first Livecast in the rain! It was coming down hard here in San Diego but regardless we still brought you a great show. We started off at the top with Sam making a Cuba Libre, the national drink of Cuba which is essentially a rum and Coke with a bunch of lime. Once we sat down Sam went through his 10 favorite kitchen tools and showed us how and when to use them. After that we had some discussion about purple asparagus, other cool fruits/veggies from the grocery store, a 47 foot bratwurst, and our collective crew’s maturity (among other things). We finally closed the show with Sam’s deceptively delicious fish stick tacos (don’t knock them before you’ve tried them!) and the crew went wild. We’re back tomorrow night with another great show so we’ll cya then!

We covered a lot of ground tonight for a Monday. Sam started off by getting some onions & green peppers cut up and cooking for the brats–hey, it’s Oktoberfest bitches!!! We talked about whether Pippa enhanced her butt in the dress she wore at her sisters wedding. Then we chatted about Hooters’ lawsuit against ‘Twin Peaks Restaurants’ for stealing “sensitive” business information. Believe it or not, Sam actually had a segment about ‘why he LIKES the Food Network’. And finally, he did a couple rounds of his Andy Rooney impressions honoring Andy’s last appearance on 60 Minutes

A special thanks to Maria Montana for stopping by and bringing the crew a lovely fig and apple crostada. She writes for San Diego Food Finds (www.sandiegofoodfinds.com).

Tonight was a lot of fun and a lot of nonsense–all-in-all a perfect show. We’re back Wednesday so we’ll see you then people.

Guess what? We’re the number #1 rated Food video podcast in iTunes! We owe it all to you you guys, the Livecast nation, so thank you all so much for your support. Tonight’s show was a lot of fun. We kicked off the top of the show with Sam throwing the Jambalaya ingredients into the rice cooker. We then followed with some videos that Sam took of people in the grocery store and discussed proper grocery store etiquette. After that we moved into the benefits of Kewpie Japanese mayo vs. regular mayo, dissected the Reebok commercial that claims they’ll give you a great butt, and finally closed the show with a look at some European street foods (and heard Sam’s accents of the countries they came from). Its our Friday (your Thursday) so we’ll be back next week with a ton more fun! Thanks so much to everybody for driving up the rankings and we’ll be sure to keep delivering the Livecasts that you guys have come to expect. Have a great weekend!

I feel like I can just stop there. The episode titles speak for themselves. But we had a blast in today’s livecast and we thank you, the fans, for tuning in. We have risen to the #3 food podcast out there and it is all because of you. In this episode, we talk with Art Bovino, our NYC blogger from www.thedailymeal.com and make an incredibly simple chicken tortilla soup out of common pantry ingredients. Fall’s here now and this is the perfect thing to put together on a cold day.