Paula Meyers
food stylist apprentice in training under Pierre LeBlanc
Highlight Bits & Quotes
12The Magnetic Soup and Mouth-Steam Innovation
The food stylists discuss the physics of soup commercials, revealing they use gunpowder and magnets to make soup 'return home' to the bowl. Paula Meyers explains how her mentor Pierre creates steam by breathing from a cold ecosystem in his mouth.
"We mix all the soups with gunpowder and there's metal in them."
"We mix all the soups with gunpowder and there's metal in them and we put a magnet on the bottom of the bowl."
"He has created an ecosystem within his mouth that is so cold that when he blows onto the soup it appears smoking."
The Dark Side of Food Styling Apprenticeships
Paula Meyers reveals the disturbing details of her apprenticeship under Pierre LeBlanc, suggesting a 'sleep your way to the top' culture that involves isolation and asexual vibes.
"It's like actresses in the 80s, you gotta sleep your way to the top."
"He doesn't want them like poisoning my outlook."
NASA Haze Machiners and Primal Blood Drizzling
Diego Libra Poop reveals she uses tiny 'haze machiners' from the NASA B-list to create steam in coffee. Billy Boidega, known as 'Primal Man,' explains his technique of drizzling live fish blood on food to give it a fresh-off-the-grill look.
"The NASA B-list people just make smoke and stuff so they made these little machiners."
"We'll get some live fish and if you cut them open right at the right time you can just drizzle some of their blood and it just pops on camera."
The North Carolina Ex-Girlfriend Casserole Defense
Glen Klink gets defensive about his hatred for casseroles, eventually revealing he has an ex-girlfriend from North Carolina to prove he understands the culture. The group debates if this 'thing' defines his entire identity.
"I actually have an ex-girlfriend who's from North Carolina so before you judge me maybe learn a little bit."
"I think that's fine to mention at the top of the podcast I have an ex-girlfriend from North Carolina."
The M&M/Skittle Conspiracy and Oppenheimer's Tenders
Paula Meyers reveals a industry conspiracy that every M&M is actually a Skittle. Michelle Bread discusses her work on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, revealing the protagonist eats chicken tenders in a scene involving the Pope.
"Every M&M is a Skittle not every Skittle is an M&M."
"Let's say Mr. Oppenheimer has a little feast... chicken tenders."
The Majestic Chicken Piccata Standard
Michelle Bread discusses styling a 'dramatic' chicken piccata for Jim Carrey in 1997, which allegedly became the recipe for California Pizza Kitchen's menu item.
"We couldn't have a comedy Piccata. We had to have a real world one you would see in a restaurant."
"On my sets we always say, 'Is it up to Picata standards?'"
The Alaskan Tundra Meatball Discovery
Billy Boidega recounts finding a decomposing bear in the tundra and realizing its fur-covered carcass looked exactly like a giant meatball, launching his career.
"This older bear had started decomposing on this rock and I said, 'That looks like a meatball.'"
"I saw a career. I saw opportunity."
The Mystery of Pierre and the Linoplasty
Paula Meyers defends her mentor Pierre, a man who is an accredited university and underwent surgery to never lie again, despite others calling him a 'cup of mud.'
"Pierre isn't an accredited university, he's the first human man to be accredited."
"He got a surgery so that he couldn't lie anymore."
The Aladdin Baguette and Scrambled Corn Secrets
Michelle Bread claims the baguettes in the animated film Aladdin were actually shot practically. She also shares a trade secret: scrambled eggs on film are actually pureed corn because it stays bright yellow and never goes bad.
"With Aladdin those baguettes you're seeing on screen may appear animated but that was actually those are shot practically."
The Yummies vs. The Yuckies Face-Off
The panel discusses the prestigious 'Yummy' awards, including a 2014 win against the Lady and the Tramp remake and the legendary 1999 'Peach' face-off between James and the Giant Peach and Face/Off.
"The yummies are very into face-offs. Head to head."
The Poisoned Mud Coffee Finale
In a shocking twist, Diego Libra Poop reveals she has poisoned everyone's 'mud coffee' to take over the food styling industry, ending the episode in chaos.
"I just poisoned all of your mud coffees cause I want to kill you all and take over the industry."
Roundtable Introductions: The Food Stylists
The panel introduces themselves, including a fast food specialist, a casserole expert, a beverage queen, and a trainee living in a Paris hotel room with her mentor.
"I am beverage Queen of the industry."
"I'm currently living with him in Paris and we're in the same hotel room."