JANUARY 4TH, 2016 For our first show of the new year and to kick off our second season (!), we’re recapping what we learned about dating in 2015 and setting dating goals for the upcoming year. Then we’re joined by It’s Not You author Sara Eckel, whose book dispels 27 myths single women have thrust…
Dating Cliches with Antony Raymond and Andrew McLeod
DECEMBER 14TH, 2015 We welcome back Antony Raymond of Elsinore County and Andrew McLeod of Union Beer – the guests on our two unaired pilots – for our last show of 2015! In a festive and celebratory mode, we talk what we’re drinking and eating this week, and then break down some dating cliches to…
Erin Fairbanks Talks Really Hard Relationships
DECEMBER 7TH, 2015 We’re all for crazy love. The kind that kisses and consumes you. The kind the flames quickly and dies, and the kind that burns on embers indefinitely. There is no right kind of way to love (well, stalking and dangerous stuff aside, of course). Loving is loving, and we wanna hear stories…
The Makers of the Film “Offline Dating”
NOVEMBER 30TH, 2015 Sometimes you have sex, sometimes you don’t. Sex can be one thing in your twenties, another in your thirties, and a new thing entirely depending on the person you’re having sex with. So what does sex mean to our hosts right now, today? Jacqueline and Ben share what having (or not having)…
Jacqueline Speaks: “I’m Single in My Mid-Thirties. Am I Becoming a Cliche?”
Let me get some disclaimers out of the way here. I have a very good life. I live comfortably in the city I love. I have a job that’s challenging and fulfilling. I call some of the best people in the world my friends. I have a supportive family. I’ve been loved by some very,…
Editor Jesse Hirsch Talks Food Work and Break Ups
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2015 This week, Jacqueline swaps her general positivity for crank (as she wrote recently for BlogHer). So Ben grills her about dates canceling the day of, how ghosting is socially acceptable now, and how singletons keep their cool with friend after friend pairs off and disappears. What can we be doing to date…
Pastries and Babies with Chef Lauren Resler
NOVEMBER 16TH, 2015 On today’s show, Jacqueline and Ben talk confidence. How do you own it on a first date? In a relationship? Where is the line between confidence and ego? And is “owning yourself” enough? Then they’re joined by Lauren Resler, the pastry chef of Empellon restaurant and the mothers to 9-month old Jaxon…
Second Dates or No Dates with Lisa Mendelson
NOVEMBER 9TH, 2015 On last week’s show, Ben prepared for a date with a woman he’d been hooked up with via a listener! Was he more or less nervous? Where was he gonna take her? This week, we get the scoop on how it went, and how a first date moves on (or doesn’t) to…
The Lady Writer’s Show
NOVEMBER 2ND, 2015 On today’s show, Jacqueline and Ben explore how putting a call out to listeners for dates has manifested in ACTUAL DATES, and the benefits of getting set up by friends. How does it work? DOES it work? What can we gain from going offline and letting friends of friends set us up?!…
Hook Us Up!
On our last show, we talked at length about “offline dating”, since Jacqueline got caught up in a bold (and slightly wine-fueled) moment of bravada on a recent press trip and cancelled her online dating accounts. And so, for our final segment, we put a call out to listeners to HOOK US UP! Have a listen…
Brother/Sister Duo Will and Julie Horowitz
OCTOBER 26TH, 2015 Last week, Jacqueline published an article on Cosmopolitan about why she doesn’t want kids, and how that doesn’t make her any less of a woman or partner. So on today’s episode, we delve into how kids play into the dating scene: when do you bring up that you do or don’t want them?…
Jessica Tom on her novel, FOOD WHORE…
OCTOBER 19TH, 2015 We opened the show with a deep discussion on “Offline Dating”. When you’re so sick of online dating and love your 3-dimensional life, how do you take dating offline? Ben gave Jacqueline some stellar tips (hint, ladies: just give him your number!) that she’s going to put into good use now that she’s cancelled…
Anxiety with Author/Editor Kat Kinsman!
OCTOBER 12TH, 2015 Kat Kinsman is the Editor of Tasting Table and the author of the upcoming book – Hi, Anxiety – that’s coming out in April. She shares her own history with overcoming anxiety as a New York food writer, and hosts Jacqueline and Ben chime in with how anxiety has affected their dating…
Shit! This show’s gonna affect our dating lives.
Pretty early on, we realized that our dating lives were going to be a major focus of the show. But we didn’t quite anticipate how the show was going to affect our dating lives. We’re pushing for full disclosure on Love Bites; being honest, vulnerable, brave and open regarding what we share with our listeners. But some of…
Chef Abby Hitchcock on Restaurant Relationships
OCTOBER 5TH, 2015 We talk with Ben’s former employer, Abigail Hitchcock about running her restaurant with her spouse and the romantic encounters she’s witnessed in her cozy French Bistro, Camaje. Abby also shares the meaning behind the name, Camaje, and the stories of the three men who inspired it. LISTEN
I’m a Woman. I have sex. And I don’t apologize for it.
Every now and then, one of us will take a few minutes of the show to “get up on a soapbox”, going off for a little bit on something we really care about. The following is a lightly trimmed transcript from our show on 9/21, “Chef Sluts: Who Comes Out on Top”, where I spoke…
Sacrifice and Wedding Cakes with Chef Stephen Collucci
SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2015 Tune in as we get an update on Ben’s most recent date as Jacqueline plays devil’s advocate while discussing the dating euphoria versus the dating reality. Later, Colicchio and Sons pastry chef Stephen Collucci joins in! He made his own wedding cake, and last year guided host Jacqueline with making one, too….
Ben Speaks: Haunted by Endings
In our first BEN SPEAKS blog post, Ben contemplates why, at some level, he fears commitment. Because, as he says, “it always ends.”
Chef Shane Lyons on Getting Naughty
SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2015 In this episode of Love Bites, hosts Jacqueline Raposo and Ben Rosenblatt debate why the process of finding love online can be so exhausting, and why women should feel more empowered to talk about sex without shame. Then chef Shane Lyons of New York’s Distilled joins to spill about how hard…
Wine and Romance with Virgola’s Joseph Marazzo
SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2015 Virgola owner, Joseph Marazzo, is taking over the city with his super sexy, intimate wine and oyster bars. On the very first episode of Love Bites, hosts Jacqueline Raposo and Ben Rosenblatt are talking with him about scandalous romances in his bar, plus why he doesn’t kiss too close to home. This…
We Sound Off On…
“I see an ex’s online profile, and he’s lying about stuff. I’m still freaking out about this. Is that normal?” and “What exactly are guys looking for on a girl’s online profile to make them reach out?”
Talking Drama in Theatre and Drama in Love with Antony Raymond!
“Dating today feels like a game where the first person to say “I love you” loses.” CLICK HERE FOR OUR INTERVIEW WITH ANTONY!
We Sound Off On…
“If a woman has been asked out by a man to dinner via online dating, should she offer to pay for drinks or dinner when the check arrives?”
Andrew McLeod on Dating and Drinking, Drinking, Drinking!
“New York is a great single city. If you want to stay single, it’s a great city.” CLICK HERE to listen to the interview!
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