Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker.

I'm not big on jokes, but I guess my favorite joke is the old Monty Python joke, which I think was like the deadliest joke in the world, which was two peanuts for walking down the Straza.

And one of them was assaulted.

I'm Brendan Francis Nune. I'm Rico Galliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download,

the culture show that helps you win your dinner party.

You just got a joke from none other than Anderson Cooper.

Yes.

That'll break the ice.

And what better way to kick off this, our annual All-Food Show, than with one of the

corniest food jokes ever. It's perfect. Yes. Later, you'll hear from vaunted chef Roy Choi and

vaunted eater comedian Jim Gaffigan. Yes. Plus, music to dine by, courtesy of Soul Sensation,

Fantastic Negrito, and the inside scoop on tasty foods from Kanishes to soup Jumu.

Yes, those are just two of the many excellent dishes.

You may have heard me and Brendan sample this year.

Alas, we can't fit all of them into one episode, so here's a brief overview of what it sounded like.

Here we go, I'm going to take a bite.

Mmm.

Oh, my goodness.

That is delicious.

Wow.

Ugh.

Mm. Oh my goodness. That is delicious. Wow. Uh, should I be chewing on this at all?

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