Down for the Count: Top Ten Lists for Everything

Michael Marino and Scott Blumenthal

Here’s how it works: We create top ten lists of the greatest things in life—top ten songs, top ten films, top ten pizza toppings, you name it—and count them down slowly, meticulously, lovingly, one item per episode, savoring every last morsel of top ten goodness. Come along. It’ll be fun. Down for the Count: It’s top ten lists on steroids.

  1. 2 DAGE SIDEN

    The Lee Greenwood Special

    What country is responsible for the Oreo, the TV dinner, and scrapple? The country with the third-best cuisine in the world, the US of A.

    28 min.

  2. 12. AUG.

    Filthy with Umami

    The Westernization of the udon noodle goes unabated in this episode of Down for the Count as we discuss the 4th greatest cuisine, Japanese.

    37 min.

  3. 29. JUL.

    Live mas

    Michael and Scott explore the vibrant array of Mexican delicacies, only to discover that Doritos Locos Tacos are not among them. It’s #5 in our list of greatest world cuisines!

    38 min.

  4. 8. JUL.

    Jain says

    We say it’s the 6th-greatest cuisine in the world. Others say it’s second to naan. See what we did there?

    32 min.

  5. 24. JUN.

    It's not the Far East. It's not the Near East. It's the Middle East.

    Middle Eastern cuisine is the 7th-best in the world. Join Scott and Michael as they discuss everything from kafta to falafel to Kafka.

    25 min.

  6. 10. JUN.

    Siam, I am

    Pad Thai alone is glorious. Add coconut, lime, and tons of lemongrass, and you’ve got the 8th greatest cuisine in the world.

    24 min.

  7. 20. MAJ

    It's all Greek to me

    How do you have a balanced diet with the 9th-greatest cuisine in the world? With a gyro-scope. See what we did there?

    28 min.

  8. 6. MAJ

    Mad Props to the French

    We may not be able to go to Circle K and get beef bourguignon, but we can still appreciate French cuisine's influence on food. We begin our new top 10 list of the world’s greatest cuisines with number 10: French.

    27 min.
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Here’s how it works: We create top ten lists of the greatest things in life—top ten songs, top ten films, top ten pizza toppings, you name it—and count them down slowly, meticulously, lovingly, one item per episode, savoring every last morsel of top ten goodness. Come along. It’ll be fun. Down for the Count: It’s top ten lists on steroids.

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