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Life's a Banquet

"Life's a Banquet" is an unabashedly silly food history podcast that explores the highs and lows of all things edible, spreadable and pourable. Join your hosts Nicole Bailey and Zahra Tangorra each week as we dive in to the most heartbreaking, titillating and inspiring stories in food and beverage. We explore the ups and downs of food history on LAB, to dismantle the notion in todays culinary obsessed world, that perfection is necessary to enjoy eating and drinking. Our goal is to bring some joy to our listeners each week with our story telling, both historical and personal. We offer tips and advice for home cooks, as well as a weekly rundown of our top three favorite things pertaining to the weeks topic. Cheers babes!

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Produced by Nicole Bailey and Zahra Tangorra

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Zahra Tangorra

Zahra Tangorra is a Brooklyn-based chef and restaurant consultant. Zahra is previously the chef and owner of Brucie, a beloved Italian restaurant in Brooklyn's Cobble Hill neighborhood. She opened Brucie in 2010 at age 25 on her own, with no partners or experience working in a restaurant. In the seven years that Brucie was open, she and her staff ran a daily changing menu, threw over-the-top fundraisers and events, and garnered the attention and praise of media outlets like The New York Times, The Daily News, TIME Magazine, Glamour, VICE, MTV, The Martha Stewart Show and many more.

Nicole Bailey

Latest Episodes

"The case against vegetarianism"- The WW2 episode!

Episode 137, Aired: September 10, 2021

Just when you thought that we’d never do a WW2 episode…… That's right folks, you have asked and we listened, and here we are with your dream come true: a food podcast about the tragedy that was WW2. Curious how to make a cake with no sugar or flour? Always wondered how many ways you could cook a...

“CHIP & DALE’S”- CHIPS, the sequel!

Episode 136, Aired: September 1, 2021

Folks, it’s finally here. After weeks of staring at your phone, waiting for Chips part deux, it’s finally here. Hopefully, now you can get some sleep. Join us, won’t you, as Nicole serenades us with the history of potato chips, plus used cars, taboo meats, and an uncomfortable discussion about the...

"There will be BLOOD!"- THE PERIOD EPISODE

Episode 135, Aired: August 24, 2021

Get ready for more leftovers with another recycled episode from the archives! You're cramp-y, you're starving, you have an urge to kill. Looks like Aunt Flow is paying you an unwanted visit (wink). This week the gals are talking PERIODS! They're more than just times in history people, they're a week...

"If you could COOK half as good as you look...."- The chefs in film episode!

Episode 134, Aired: August 17, 2021

Just when you thought you were sick of leftovers, we bring to you a recycled episode from the archives! Chefs in film are back, and they’re more unrealistic than ever. So make yourselves a stuffing omelet and settle in for a good old fashion Bradley Cooper slander-ramma, it’s Life’s a Banquet the...

"WOW! I can't believe these potato chips made me s%*t my pants again!"- The CHIPS episode part 1

Episode 133, Aired: August 11, 2021

Ahoy, beach babes! This week we plead with you to drag up a life raft and listen in as we crunch into PART 1 of our CHIPS series. Not so fast Eric Estrada, not those kind of chips. We’re talking chips, like with dips. The kind of chips that used to live in a communal bowl at a big fun party before...

"Vodka & Water, no ice"- Old School restaurants part 2!

Episode 132, Aired: July 27, 2021

Welcome you dashing old babes, to week two of our ancient restaurant series. Today we are mixing up a tableside episode, consisting of egg yolks, anchovies, Ben Afflecks, black pepper, romaine lettuce, Ernest Hemmingway, and of course, raw beef! Tuck your napkin into your shirt as we tell you the...