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The Apple Pie Is Smaller. The Nostalgia Is Not

Episode  |  July 6th, 2026  |  1 hr 15 mins

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Happy Independence Day from Eat Drink Smoke — and welcome to our 400th episode!

America turns 250, EDS hits 400, and Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy celebrate with fried McDonald’s apple pies, the John Adams cigar from Liberty Cigars, and a couple of cold beers.

Tony and Fingers review the Dogfish Head Grateful Dead Citrus Daydream Lager, the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, and ask whether the John Adams is patriotic shtick or a cigar worth smoking.

Also this week: smoke grenades hidden in peanut butter, companies rethinking AI replacements, Americans eating in their cars, and why wire grill brushes need to go.

The Bourbon That Salutes Back

Episode  |  June 29th, 2026  |  1 hr 15 mins

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America’s 250th birthday is coming, so Tony and Fingers get ready with the essentials: hot dogs, a commemorative cigar, and a bourbon that punches back.

This week, they review the J.C. Newman The American America 250 cigar and the Evan Williams Single Barrel America 250 bourbon at 117.76 proof. Plus: charcoal vs. propane, bedbugs, caffeine, Trader Joe’s tote madness, disappearing M&M’s, housing costs, and why dogs do not belong on airplane tray tables.

Who Needs A Summer Cocktail? Review Of The Camacho Factory Unleashed 3 And A Conversation With Chef Joe Gatto

Episode  |  July 3rd, 2023  |  54 mins 9 secs

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This week, Tony and Fingers reviewed the Camacho Factory Unleashed 3 and
Independence Day/mixed summer drinks! They sampled the Kentucky Stepfather and Tommy J cocktails. Plus, an interview with Chef Joe Gatto of PlutoTV's 'From Scratch' and much more on this episode of Eat Drink Smoke!

Will Smoking Be Banned In Las Vegas Casinos? Episode 192

Episode  |  July 4th, 2022  |  55 mins 15 secs

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This week, Tony and Fingers reviewed the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée cigar and Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Plus, the Supreme Court decisions everyone in the cigar lounge is talking about, a movement to ban smoking in Vegas casinos, a slowing US economy, and Independence Day grilling talk. All that and much more on episode 192 of Eat! Drink! Smoke!