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Mike and Jess are back for episode 301 of Marriage Bites, diving into Panda Express’ Dynamite Sweet & Sour Chicken, the chain’s fiery limited-time collab made with Buldak hot sauce and extra-crunchy puffed-rice batter. They break down whether it lives up to the hype, how it compares to last year’s Hot Orange Chicken, and why this might be the hottest fast food item they’ve tried yet. Along the way, the conversation goes delightfully off the rails with drive-thru disasters, cracker debates, nostalgic chain restaurants, favorite Chinese food orders, and the everyday chaos that makes Marriage Bites so much fun.

7 years later...they are still doing it. Welcome to Basketball Drives, I mean Mike Delivers, oh sorry...what is it even called now? Mike and Jess go to an OG spot and reflect on 300 episodes.

Mike and Jess survive a brutal winter week, test their tolerance for seafood (and gout), and dive into Popeyes’ garlic parmesan butterfly shrimp. The shrimp scores big, the Mardi Gras mustard does not, and somewhere along the way the conversation spirals into movie characters they’d want to be, unpopular food opinions, and a deeply unnecessary Google search about shrimp anatomy. All this while planning the big Episode 300 celebration dinner, which may or may not happen at Outback Steakhouse.

We are closing in on 300! Who is excited for the Texas Road House? But first...Mike and Jess try the Curry Croquette from Paris Baguette. Could we see the third ever perfect score from Mike?

Jersey Mike's! No not Mike Bisceglia himself, but the fast food joint. Mike and Jess try the Mike's Hot Italian. Is this thing even spicy? What happened on Super Bowl pizza tradition and when is the Texas Road House happening?

Snowed in and slightly unhinged, Mike and Jess use a Burger King “Fully Loaded Croissan’wich” as a launching pad for a conversation about memory, taste, marriage, and the strange intimacy of what we eat. What starts as a fast-food breakfast review quickly becomes something deeper: why certain foods unlock childhood, how convenience has reshaped culture, and how couples stay connected through small, ridiculous shared experiments. Along the way they touch on Trader Joe’s trauma, PTA freezer sandwiches, sibling fights over peanut butter, and the wild pre-contactless days of DoorDash. Sometimes a croissant is just a croissant. Sometimes it’s a mirror for your relationship.

Marriage Bites 295 is basically a medical symposium disguised as a food podcast. Mike has cracked heels, Jess has plantar fasciitis, and somehow this all leads to Dunkin’ Donuts, protein coffee, and a donut filled with something called “golden fudge.” They debate iced vs hot coffee, whether protein belongs in beverages, and if donuts are secretly weapons. There is also a serious discussion about bidets, potty training, Vegas food algorithms, and why toffee is wildly underrated. Along the way, they rate a surprisingly good protein latte, a dangerous donut, and question most of their life choices. Romance. Health. Snacks. Chaos.

Tonight’s dinner comes with a side of app drama, aging injuries, and a deep philosophical debate about Doritos. Mike and Jess return (again) to Shake Shack, this time chasing a mysteriously disappearing Korean fried chicken sandwich that can only be ordered through the app, because of course it can. Along the way, they rank road trip snacks, reminisce about grocery shopping as therapy, compare bruises earned from sneezing and doorframes, and spiral into a surprisingly passionate discussion about Korean food, kimchi, and why getting old is mostly just getting hurt in dumber ways. The sandwich? Spicy, sweet, and absolutely worth the chaos.

A Wawa run for a buffalo chicken salad club sandwich turns into a surprisingly serious investigation into chicken salad, mayonnaise ratios, and what legally qualifies as a sandwich. The conversation drifts through hoagies versus subs, Wawa versus Sheetz, deli trust issues, viral food hype, New Year’s Eve expectations, and the strange comfort of staying in with a drink that starts embarrassingly early in the evening. There are side debates about club sandwich architecture, old episodes, mysterious recurring shirts, and why some foods feel safer than others for no logical reason. The sandwich is taken apart, examined, and mostly enjoyed. Nothing is conclusively proven.

Chick-fil-A becomes the backdrop for a long-delayed chicken sandwich debate, though the food itself quickly drifts in and out of focus. The conversation moves through drive-thru logistics, line efficiency, forgotten sauces, milkshake opinions, and the challenge of eating fast food with kids in the back seat. From there, it wanders into caffeine tolerance, staying up too late, parenting fatigue, and the rare satisfaction of eating food while it is still hot. Side topics include retail jobs, rotating shifts, customer service, and why certain systems feel more impressive the longer you think about them. Nothing gets resolved. Everyone has an opinion. The food is reviewed, eventually. Low stakes, lightly opinionated, and familiar in the way long-running conversations tend to be.

Email Mike delivers [email protected]. With your suggestion on food, we should try again. This week on Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess argue about who is actually hosting the show, officially quit ice cream month, and return to savory food with a Chicken Bacon Ranch quesadilla from Chili’s. From there, the conversation wanders in predictable and slightly unhinged directions. They talk about aging, thinning hair, sore hips, forgotten parenting years, flossing routines, and the logistics of eating hot food in the front seat of a car. There’s also a detour into delivery driver etiquette, takeout packaging, and why reheated chicken is never quite right. Low pressure, low stakes, and exactly the kind of stuff you end up talking about when you’ve known someone for a very long time. If you want it even flatter or more deadpan, I can go one more notch in that direction.

Email Mike delivers [email protected]. With your suggestion on food, we should try again. This week on Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess kick things off by arguing about who is actually the host, then head to Carvel to wrap up ice cream month with a crunchy, layered dessert that sparks way more discussion than expected. The conversation drifts into forgotten parenting phases, missing memories, and the strange realization that entire years of raising kids feel like a blur. Mike also shares a work trip that completely reset his standards after encountering shockingly good food, while Jess listens with equal parts interest and concern. It is a low-stakes, high-snack episode about food, memory, and why adulthood is mostly just being tired and confused together.

In this episode of Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess kick off Ice Cream Month with a return trip to Shake Shack, a place they’ve apparently reviewed so many times it now exists in multiple timelines, languages, and at least one memory Jess does not recall having. What starts as a simple taste test of the Sticky Toffee Pudding milkshake quickly spirals into a debate about British culture, period pieces, and why Mike believes history should only be watched if cars already exist. Along the way, they unpack the emotional toll of parenting logistics, divide-and-conquer weekends, forgotten business trips to Chicago, and the quiet intimacy of realizing your podcast might actually just be scheduled marriage time. There’s ice cream. There’s nostalgia. There’s spotted dick (unfortunately). And there’s a reminder that sometimes the real point isn’t the score. It’s the conversation. Marriage Bites: where ice cream is good by default, memories are optional, and the menu keeps changing, just like the marriage

In this episode of Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess take on Cold Stone Creamery, a place that once felt like a magical marble slab spectacle and now feels like a very small room where someone reluctantly smashes ice cream behind a wall of shoe box stacked mix ins. Jess braves the store with both kids while Mike stays home, silently convinced the bill will somehow be forty dollars, and he is not wrong. What follows is a surprisingly passionate exploration of gingerbread, complete with Mike’s on air reboot (“Mm, 50… wait, let me try that again”), a confession about building sandwich style gingerbread men using chewed cookie paste, and a dissertation on why gummy bear runoff can actually improve ice cream. Jess tries to explain nostalgia, Mike tries to explain texture, and together they try to understand how two tiny cups of ice cream cost more than a family meal at Wendy’s. There is also a deeply marital debate about whether an ice cream month must legally include soup, and whether Cold Stone’s holiday flavor could go viral if someone, anyone, at Cold Stone actually cared.

Happy Thanksgiving! No, Mike and Jess don't try any turkey or stuffing...It's time for some KFC Wedges and mystery gravy. What is this stuff? Listen as Jess talks about childhood memories and Mike scrambles for his opening question. Plus, do you call it Gravy or Sauce?