Max's Table

Max Connor
  • 5.0 (3)
  • FOOD

Max's Table is a podcast about food and the people who make it hosted by State Hornet editor-in-chief, father and home cook Max Connor and featuring guests from across the restaurant and food service industry sharing expertise, secrets and stories.

Episodes

  1. 04/16/2021

    Max’s Table #8: A conversation with Sac Bee food writer Benjy Egel

    50 best restaurants in Sacramento

    27 min
  2. MAX’S TABLE: Sac State football player goes from concussion to the kitchen

    12/16/2020

    MAX’S TABLE: Sac State football player goes from concussion to the kitchen

    On this episode of Max’s Table, Max talks to Jordan Thomas: a Sac State alumnus, former Hornet football player and current private chef. Chef JT, as he is now known, talks about how a concussion ended his football career and how the pandemic forced him to evaluate his career and pushed him back to his passion for cooking. Chef JT previews his recipe for jerk seasoning, talks about his dream of owning a high end sports bar and gives some surprising answers to Max’s question about what food he misses eating from his childhood. Music by Mark Owens

    22 min
  3. MT S2E4: Produce production during a pandemic

    10/30/2020

    MT S2E4: Produce production during a pandemic

    What did farmers do when the pandemic hit? How was the produce supply chain thrown into disarray? What exactly is a baby carrot? All these questions and more are answered in this episode of Max’s Table when Max talks to Gina Backovich, who has worked for General Produce in Sacramento for almost 20 years. Backovich takes us inside all the science and data that it takes to fill our grocery stores with fresh fruits and vegetables. Theme music by Mark Owens Other music: Heart Goes Boom Boom by Cambo, Life by Cambo

    27 min
  4. MT S2E3: The Sandwich Episode

    10/17/2020

    MT S2E3: The Sandwich Episode

    This week on Max’s Table, Max talks to his sister and fellow sandwich connoisseur Dina Owens, all about sandwiches. Where did they come from, Why are they so delicious, is a hotdog a sandwich and how is it possible that Jimmy Johns is worse than Subway? They tackle the answers to all these questions and more.

    28 min
  5. MT S2E2: Starting a home vegetable garden

    09/24/2020

    MT S2E2: Starting a home vegetable garden

    This week editor-in-chief Max Connor talks to Nicole McDavid, the garden coordinator at the Capital Public Radio garden. McDavid tends to the large garden which produces roughly 2,000 pounds of produce per year to the Associated Students, Inc. food pantry and other food banks. McDavid does it all using organic gardening techniques and passes on her 10 years of experience with urban farming to listeners.

    21 min

  6. 09/15/2020

    MT S2E1: All about In-N-Out Burger

    On the first episode of Max’s Table this semester, editor-in-chief Max Connor talks to Sac State alumnus and former State Hornet sports editor Shaun Holkko about In-N-Out Burger. Holkko worked at an In-N-Out Burger for nearly three years, working his way up to the incredibly hectic fry station. Connor and Holkko talk about all the secret menu items, whether you have to be a Christian to work there and what their thoughts are on the controversial fries.

    30 min
  • 6 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

Max's Table is a podcast about food and the people who make it hosted by State Hornet editor-in-chief, father and home cook Max Connor and featuring guests from across the restaurant and food service industry sharing expertise, secrets and stories.

Information

  • Creator
    Max Connor
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Max Connor