This week, Aarti Sequeira invites guests Jet Tila, Damaris Phillips & Troy Johnson to sit around the table and see who can explore the following questions with the greatest acumen of insight and soundbite! The National Protein Obsession: have we gone too far? Is Michelin coverage just bougie pay for play? AND should larger people pay more at group dinners? Wait, WHAT???!? ALL that PLUS a quickfire Naughty or Nice List sorting of THE CHRISTMAS TREATS WE JUST GORGED OURSELVES ON FOR THE LAST WEEK! Enjoy this preview episode of the forthcoming 2026 weekly show! Let us know what you think! Send us food world topics to tackle! Like and subscribe to know when the rollout begins! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

A special sneak peek episode - a Christmas offering for the forthcoming 2026 weekly series! S1 E1: Jingles All the Way The journey begins. Bells are jingling on horse sand reindeer and in the hands of Salvation Army Santas, but it's ALSO the season to be jolly about jingles ringing out to move product in an ADHD attention economy. AND THAT'S just the first topic of hot food world tea to be spilled and insider baseball to be analyzed here on AROUND THE TABLE - the show that gamifies discourse on the food business. Hot takes, cold takes, reheated in the microwave takes... and all without any need to tip the service staff. Although these celebrity chefs and food journalists DO appreciate appropriate levels of fawning.

Another sneak episode next week!

w/ host Aarti Sequeira

& guests Troy Johnson (San Diego Magazine)

Damaris Phillips (Simply Southern)

Justin Warner (NFNS)

TOPICS: Jingles All the Way, Year End Lists, ATT-ify Wrapped & CryptoCulinary