This week on Expense Account, J Lee and Emily Sundberg had a special edition of Feed Me — a holiday extravaganza. Topics discussed include:

* A shortage of house parties.

* Tom Cruise’s coconut cake.

* New York’s finest holiday desserts.

* The woman with a ribbon around her neck.

Expense Account is a food podcast for everyone. Insiders, outsiders, your mom, your dad, New Yorkers, Angelenos and also people from Florida (we love you). Anyone who enjoys eating food. It’s even for people who hate food. Feed Me’s resident food critic, J Lee will be joined each week by interesting and noteworthy guests from various fields who will make you laugh, they might even make you cry, who knows. You’ll find us here each week. Subscribe to stay relevant.

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Paul Carmichael (chef at Momofuku’s Kabawa) and Marguerite Zabar Mariscal (CEO of Momofuku Group). Topics discussed include:

* Everyone’s earliest memories of eating at Momofuku restaurants.

* The charm (and benefit) of phone-only reservations.

* The restaurant scene in Hudson Yards.

* And what it feels like to open a new restaurant in New York.

Expense Account is a food podcast for everyone. Insiders, outsiders, your mom, your dad, New Yorkers, Angelenos and also people from Florida (we love you). Anyone who enjoys eating food. It’s even for people who hate food. Feed Me’s resident food critic, J Lee will be joined each week by interesting and noteworthy guests from various fields who will make you laugh, they might even make you cry, who knows. You’ll find us here each week. Subscribe to stay relevant.

This week on Expense Account, J Lee spoke with Asa Akira, adult film actor, spicy food avoider, and miniature enthusiast. Topics discussed include, but were not limited to:

* Collecting miniatures.

* Why the cheek is the best part of a lot of animals.

* School lunch nightmares and being embarrassed about eating Asian food in school.

* And taking advantage of “eating for two” while pregnant.

Expense Account is a food podcast for everyone. Insiders, outsiders, your mom, your dad, New Yorkers, Angelenos and also people from Florida (we love you). Anyone who enjoys eating food. It’s even for people who hate food. Feed Me’s resident food critic, J Lee will be joined each week by interesting and noteworthy guests from various fields who will make you laugh, they might even make you cry, who knows. You’ll find us here each week. Subscribe to stay relevant.