Teacher Lunch Unwrapped

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Jenn and Mel head down the shore to Via Veneto Ristorante in Manasquan, New Jersey, to sit with Nino Strippoli, the family restaurant owner Mel calls her cousin the way Italian families make cousins.

Over a table full of food, they talk about growing up in the restaurant business, how his dad pushed him and his brother to open their own place, why Christmas Eve is all seafood, a braised rabbit you have to call ahead for, and the big question: is it gravy or sauce? Justin, the friend who runs...

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Jenn and Mel welcome their very first guest to the table: Momma Jackie, the North Jersey food creator known for old school Italian recipes like big ziti and chickpea brownies.

Her first video was a chickpea brownie recipe her daughter talked her into posting. By the next morning it was taking off. Momma Jackie shares how she started telling stories about her grandmother while she cooks, how growing up in tight knit Italian neighborhoods still shapes her content, and how she films after a full day at her job.

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It's back to school season, so Jenn and Mel are trading the usual Italian talk for a full teacher edition. They name every grammar school teacher they ever had, swap stories about the ones who shaped them (and a few who definitely wouldn't fly today), and get real about what it's like being the teacher your students will remember forever, for better or worse.

Then it's snack talk: why kids ditch the beautiful bento box for the Cheetos every time, the case for packing your own lunch instead of DoorDash, and...

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This week Jenn and Mel head back to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, the neighborhood where Jenn's childhood memories live on every corner. They spend the day at the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, learning how cigars are hand rolled from Dominican tobacco wrapped in Connecticut leaf, tasting fresh shucked oysters and clams at the outdoor fish cart, and watching a real butcher work his counter the old fashioned way.

Along the way they run into old family friends, get adopted into half the neighborhood's family tree in the span of twenty...

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Jenn and Mel are back for Episode 2 and this time they are talking about everything — how it felt to do their first live show, the lesson they both live by about not being afraid to fail, and the guy outside the coffee shop who gave them way more than they asked for.

They also get into the family boundaries conversation every parent needs to hear, their unofficial Below Deck obsession, and a Sip It or Say It round that somehow ends in a shower curtain story neither of them can believe th...

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Welcome to Teacher Lunch Unwrapped. Jenn and Mel are two Italian-American women, mothers of four each, and best friends since 1996 — and they have a lot to say.

In Episode 1 they dig into how things were then versus now, starting with the unwritten rules of showing up to someone's house. You knocked without calling. You never came empty handed. You helped clean up without being asked. And you definitely did not take your grapes home.

Then they kick off a brand new segment — Say It or Sip It — where they answer...

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How Melissa makes her yummy sandwich

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Let’s cook together

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Ep. 7

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Friendship

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Favorite season of life

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How to fit it all in!

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Work, life balance

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In episode 1 we are meshing podcast and talk show in one fun talking time! Bring us questions and we will base our show around what you want to hear!!

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How to deal with rejection for you and others

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Listen to our conversation about this and that

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We do mind!!!!!

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Do what you love

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Let’s talk about being 50!!!

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A little of this and a little of that

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Jersey Shore edition

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Let’s be real about our kids

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A little of this and a little of that

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A little of this and a little of that

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Work Ethic

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Two brothers and a gal, in and out wedding

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Why am I stuck with the pit

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Learn how to make Meatballs!!

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Things we want to bring back

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How each kid was raised differently

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Don’t let things bother you!

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Some of our thoughts on how to handle situations

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Regrets, we had a few

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4 things we are loving and 4 things we are not!

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A little of this and a little of that

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Thoughts on the looks and convo

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Sometimes we are unsure of what or who we are. But we know we love what we do!

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The many faces of going out to eat!!!!

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Let’s talk Salt Lake, Beverly Hills, Southern Charm and NJ Reboot

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Don’t feel guilty for doing nothing

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