Welcome to the NotAFoodie Holiday Spectacular! On this episode, Mike and Tom talk about: Steakhouses vs Italian restaurants for an old-school night out.  Everyone's favorite holiday beverage, "coquito"- different types, disgusting science experiments that involve it, and most importantly, where to find it. Amazing foodie (or NotAFoodie) holiday gifts- appliances, cookware, sauces, salts, olive oils, and books. Also, find out what Mike's go-to dish is to impress someone (that is not Italian food). They also discuss their new partnership with 2Cents, and app that lets you leave audio commen ..read more

Let's talk veggie chikky nuggets, Tom’s ritual Friday night steak and the accompanying butters and sauces, and asshole restaurant patrons that don’t tip. Plus, quick questions: What are your three go-to Chinese take-out dishes?  What style of BBQ is the best? Best type of pizza? BEC or SEC?    Thanks for listening ..read more

Mike and Tom talk about EMP, "fine dining", and why it is still a thing. They also debut a new segment to find the answers to riveting questions such as, "What is your favorite snack chip?", "What is the number 2 alium after garlic?", and "What is the best way to eat eggs ..read more

We're back! Since we last released an episode, Mike Miranti has become MIKEY POMODORO. So, Tom decided to interview him about his transformation from "Front of house guy" to a budding restaurateur.  Plus we talk about the "10 New Rules of Dining Right Now".   ****************************** Transcript below: From the NotAFoodie studio which is not actually a studio it is a zoom meeting from I don't know where are you Mikey? In Hell's Kitchen, at our pop up kitchen space. So anyway, it is the NotAFoodie show. I am Tom and I am your co host along with Mike Miranti aka Mikey Pomodoro. Mi ..read more

Oysters, striped bass, and Pizza Rat? Another NotAFoodie Episode? Are we really back?? This week Tom and Mike speak about the success of the Mikey Pomodoro Pop-Ups and the TikTok pasta craze. They interview the always informative, Tom Hynes, author of Wild City: A Brief History of New York City in 40 Animals. They talk about (really) old-school restaurant practices, the great piggery war of 1859, oysters, fishing the east river, and how seagulls and opossums both deserved a chapter in the book.  Go buy Tom’s book here! https://amzn.to/2PxbC0N ..read more

Hey there. Long time, no see. How's the global pandemic treating ya?  Over the past few months, the NaF team has been talking about the show a lot. The last few months have revealed a lot of cracks in the food world, and society in general. We have decided to change up the format of the show to reflect that.  In this episode, Mike and Tom talk about all of that, as well as what they have been up to. Mike has rebranded himself as "Mikey Pomodoro" (https://www.mikeypomodoro.com/), a private chef and pop-up restaurateur. Tom is now an oyster farmer that is starting a Calabrian chile emp ..read more

Oh man, I love this episode. How could you not when Allison Robicelli and Eddie McNamara are our special guests? Allison (@robicellis) and Eddie (@EddieMcNamara) are both old school Brooklyn to the core. We wanted to do an episode about the changing restaurant landscape of NYC, but to get there, we went down a wonderfully twisted path touching on topics such as: - Red lobster - Beefsteak Charlies - How the Broadway show "Cats" is most likely just an elaborate practical joke that went viral - City kids in the 1980's and their envy of all things "John Hughes Suburbia" The audio quality sucks (wh ..read more

by- Mike Miranti Hello to all of our Fans (editors note- fans???!!!),Last week Tom and I were able to land an interview with the incredible Brian Koppelman. We have been pumped up about it all week and really believe that this is our best episode, but sometimes in life with great happiness comes great pain and we have to first speak about Chef Floyd Cardoz.Today Chef Cardoz passed away from COVID-19 related illness. I had never had the pleasure of meeting Chef Cardoz but I have only heard incredible things. A friend of mine who worked for him at Northend Grill said he left the job as soon as h ..read more

Hi Everyone. We have a bit of a departure from our usual format this week. These are unprecedented times and we felt like we had something important to discuss.I’m sure you all know what this is about before you even listen to it. On Monday the NYC restaurant industry essentially shutdown. Restaurants can deliver food and alcohol but no one can dine in them, and suddenly, thousands of hardworking people are out of jobs. We sat down and interviewed two friends and restaurant professionals who are doing their part to help.Andrea Strong (@strongbuzz ), a good friend of the podcast, is a food and ..read more

by: Mike Miranti Welcome to our 60th Episode!! Quick Shoutout to Savannah Peterson(@SavIsSavvy) for holding down the fort and being incredible on last weeks pod Tom just got back from Atlanta and shares his meal highlights but its an incomplete list because he didn’t go to Magic Palace Food News!!! Salt Bae Burger is the anti-Guy Fieri because it’s a way 1 ticket to No-Flavortown(link) The American Restaurant is on Life Support(link) I officially have 1 foot out the door of restaurants to begin his new career, but I’d still like to work a light amount of service once a week You can check out m ..read more