209 episodes

Dinner + Drinks is a podcast about all the things you share over food. Co-hosts Bridget and Nick release Sunday night episodes talking about the delicious things they ate last week, funny kid stories, meal plans for the next week, life, and, of course, all the drinks. Additional interview episodes featuring guests with interesting viewpoints on food and drink topics will be release semi-regularly!Do you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast? A suggestion for a great guest? General feedback you'd like to share? Just drop us a line at hello@dinnerplusdrinks.com with your comments - we'd love to hear from you!This podcast is brought to you by Lake Geneva Country Meats, and previously was called Reduce by Half. You can find the old episodes marked as Season 1 of Dinner + Drinks.Thanks for listening - we appreciate you spending time with us!

Dinner Plus Drinks Bridget Leech & Nick Vorpagel

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    • 5.0 • 17 Ratings

Dinner + Drinks is a podcast about all the things you share over food. Co-hosts Bridget and Nick release Sunday night episodes talking about the delicious things they ate last week, funny kid stories, meal plans for the next week, life, and, of course, all the drinks. Additional interview episodes featuring guests with interesting viewpoints on food and drink topics will be release semi-regularly!Do you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast? A suggestion for a great guest? General feedback you'd like to share? Just drop us a line at hello@dinnerplusdrinks.com with your comments - we'd love to hear from you!This podcast is brought to you by Lake Geneva Country Meats, and previously was called Reduce by Half. You can find the old episodes marked as Season 1 of Dinner + Drinks.Thanks for listening - we appreciate you spending time with us!

    One Hundred Fifty - Dinner Plus Drinks #150

    One Hundred Fifty - Dinner Plus Drinks #150

    We've hit 150 episodes and we have big news to share!

    Join us on our walk down memory lane of the last 3 years of podcasting, and learn what the big news is. 

    The first two minutes of the podcast are recorded with a backup source, then the audio quality gets better. Sorry for the mix-up.

    As we shared at the end of the episode, we'll be taking a break until early December, thanks for your patience, and we can't wait to talk to you then.

    Cheers!

    Bridget & Nick

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Freak In The (Excel) Sheets - Dinner Plus Drinks #149

    Freak In The (Excel) Sheets - Dinner Plus Drinks #149

    Hey all - we're a day late, thanks for your patience. The extra day did give us time to decide on this important programming announcement: 

    Next week's episode will be out around Tuesday, November 22nd. It's our 150th and we'll be celebrating the almost 3 years of podcasting, as well as the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!

    That's enough about the future, here's about what's happening on this week's episode:
    Check out the exciting news about the World's Tallest Glass Tree that's going to be build in Williams Bay, Wisconsin at the Yerkes Observatory!If you are interested in history, architecture, and long reads, this NY Times Magazine piece on Spain's Islamic history is great.Check out this awesome "Freak in the Sheets" Excel mug that would be an awesome Christmas gift for your local Excel nerd.If you're as jazzed about Baskin Robbins' Turkey Ice Cream Cake as Bridget, you can get more details right here.Have a great week, thanks for listening, we'll talk to you soon as we celebrate 150 episodes!

    Bridget & Nick

    • 54 min
    My Poor Beard - Dinner Plus Drinks #148

    My Poor Beard - Dinner Plus Drinks #148

    How are you all doing out there?

    We are having great weeks and getting ready for Friendsgiving - more on that after the break. Here are links to what we talked about this week:
    Why give out candy when you can give out potatoes for Halloween treats? Check out the cool story of this Milwaukee women who found children preferred spuds to candy bars!If you are a dry shampoo user, check out this list of recalled products, you should maybe not use your shampoo!Bridget recommends Asos dresses for fancy season!Nick loves a good Ah So wine opener for special bottles. It's easy to master, you'll look cool while using it and not ruin corks!Have a great week everybody, we'll talk to you soon!

    Bridget & Nick

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Banquet Food - Dinner Plus Drinks #147

    Banquet Food - Dinner Plus Drinks #147

    We all know banquet food can be bad, but this week we had an interesting experience with banquet food that needs to be talked out. We'd love to hear your bad banquet food experiences, let us know!

    Here are a few links to what we talked about today:
    Babies don't need fancy things! Check out this article from The Atlantic to reassure yourself that no, you don't need fancy things for your baby.The McTrain is a real thing. Read about McDonald's attempt to take over the German rails in this article.Nick would love one of these Arsenal smart watch bands for Christmas!If you want to check out the 90's life hacks we discussed, here's the link!Have a great week, we hope you avoid bad banquet food, and we'll talk to you soon.

    Cheers!

    Bridget & Nick

    • 54 min
    It's A Mouthful - Dinner Plus Drinks #146

    It's A Mouthful - Dinner Plus Drinks #146

    We had an awesome week full of events and friends. While it was a little overwhelming, there were still plenty of positives, so we hope you enjoy our canter through the week that was!

    Check out these links from this week's episodes:
    Busch NA Beer for DogsMilwaukee's New Pro Soccer TeamAnimatronic Santa at Home DepotHave a great week - we'll talk to you soon.

    Cheers!

    Bridget & Nick

    • 55 min
    Lead Stuffed Walleye - Dinner Plus Drinks #145

    Lead Stuffed Walleye - Dinner Plus Drinks #145

    Guys - do you believe there is cheating in competitive fishing? Yep. There is. 

    We tried a salted caramel pretzel beer, marveled at the lengths some people go to in order to win a fishing contest, and much more on this week's episode.

    We hope you enjoy your week, we'll talk to you soon!

    Cheers!

    Bridget & Nick 

    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

Sue the turtle doctor ,

Super fun and good wine advise

This podcast is just good fun to listen to! They cover current affairs, good recipes, and good wine advice. Periodically a good mixed drink as well. It’s fun to listen to iwhat is going on around Lake Geneva, but also a little bit of world reflection. These guys are so fun that I almost fan girled them one time when I was in Lake Geneva country meat store. Keep doing what you’re doing and look forward to it every week!

Jehlke55 ,

Informative

I didn't know what to expect when listening to this podcast but was pleasantly surprised by the relateable topics. The droplets of knowledge of different meal prep ideas and wine selection is a great touch. I look forward to the new episodes each Monday. Nice work and shout-out to salads.

Beth LG ,

Great podcast!

I enjoy the banter between the co-hosts! Great chat and very enjoyable. Love subscribing.

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