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Smart Mouth

263 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 223 ratings

An illuminating, conversational podcast about the surprising histories behind the foods we love. Did you know Mussolini tried to ban pasta in Italy? Or that Cajun food has proud Canadian ancestry? Guests are a mix of experts in their fields and professional funny people, so you'll probably learn something and maybe have a chuckle, too. Hosted by Katherine Spiers, former food editor at LA Weekly and current manager of the website How to Eat L.A.

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Episodes

Hickory, Pecans, and Soup

April 26, 2024 19:14 - 10 minutes - 23.2 MB

A dish I had absolutely never heard of before. Related Episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart M...

Raw Milk

April 10, 2024 04:05 - 20 minutes - 45.9 MB

Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood. (Written version here.) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Freedom! '90 - George Michael Sources (I over-researched this one. I may or ma...

Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney

March 27, 2024 04:29 - 46 minutes - 105 MB

Soul rolls and other culinary smash ups; should legacy publications stay in their lane; activists who are not empaths. Related episode: Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker IG: Black Food Fridays TikTok: Black Food Fridays Citizen Better Can Food Be Political? Who Made the Potato Salad YakaMein Ramen by Ra Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you...

Queer Food with John Birdsall

February 28, 2024 04:58 - 55 minutes - 126 MB

Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche. The Man Who Ate Too Much  Related:  Mai tais with Allan Katz  Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Q...

Which Animals Have Taste? With Katie Goldin

February 14, 2024 05:03 - 1 hour - 140 MB

Crows. You gotta hand it to them. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Creature Feature  Secretly Incredibly Fascinating Podcast  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens  Sources: San Diego Zoo,...

Salt the Chicken with Susan Jung

January 24, 2024 05:10 - 36 minutes - 83.7 MB

A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Kung Pao & Beyond  Susan IG  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Salt - Ava Max  Sources: First We Feast  "Identification of th...

Tyromancy with Jennifer Billock

January 17, 2024 05:05 - 40 minutes - 92.2 MB

There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Kitchen Witch  Jennifer IG  Kitchen Witch IG  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Big Cheese - Nirvana  ...

Replay: Eggnog with Drew Mackie

December 26, 2023 05:01 - 37 minutes - 86.7 MB

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.   Music: Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal on the TableCakes accounts.   Want food stories from around the world? Subscribe to the Smart Mouth newsletter here. Drew on IG  • Drew on Twitter ...

Replay: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy

December 20, 2023 04:49 - 39 minutes - 91.4 MB

The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo. Transcript for this episode is here. You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Spotify. Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal on the TableCakes accounts. Music: Christmas Dreaming by Harry Connick Jr Want food stories from around the worl...

Replay: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman

December 13, 2023 02:23 - 43 minutes - 100 MB

What is “childhood”? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Niccole on IG • Niccole on Twitter Follow Smart Mouth: Newsletter • Instagram • Facebook Katherine TikTok Music: Last Christmas by Wham! Related Episodes: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy Roman Food with Erica Firpo Spaghetti Carbonara with Niccole Thurman Sources: The Imperfect Ch...

Christmas Candy with Daniel Zafran

December 06, 2023 05:08 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

“Christmas candy” is just vibes. So what's your favorite? Related episodes: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman  Christmas cookies with Kim-Joy  Maraschino cherries with Courtney Nichols  Legacy & circus peanuts with Laurie Woolever  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Candy is Dandy  Candy is Dandy TikTok  ...

The Official Turkey Pardon

November 21, 2023 05:06 - 5 minutes - 12.2 MB

This thing's so weird. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown  Sources: Reagan Library 1, 2  White House History 1, 2  Washington Post 

Eating Korean Food and Writing Books with Tien Nguyen

November 15, 2023 05:06 - 40 minutes - 93.5 MB

How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it. Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Tien IG  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Next Level - aespa  Sources: Toronto Star  BBC  SteakSchool.com  The Kitchn  M...

Lady Desserts with Valerie Gordon

October 18, 2023 04:23 - 53 minutes - 74 MB

Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler? Related: Om Ali  Full "sugar and spice"poem  Ladies Who Lunch: Episode/Transcript  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Valerie IG  Valerie Confections  Katherine TikTok Smar...

Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker

October 04, 2023 04:15 - 1 hour - 141 MB

When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food. Related: Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer   Tater tots   Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Ben IG  Amanda Rettke IG  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Controversy - Prince  Sources: Cr...

Beans with Sejal Sukhadwala

September 20, 2023 04:24 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson.   Related: Hot Sauce with Llewellyn Clarke California's Punjabi-Mexican Communities Gujarati New Year's Dish Beans and Gin   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Sejal IG   The Philosophy of Curry   Katherine TikTok ...

Correct Episode! With Maya Lau

June 14, 2023 02:34 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

There was an uploading error to some platforms. So listen to this one if the previous version isn't working for you!   Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth for the last episode of the season! She and Katherine talk about the universal herb and living in foreign countries, and then compare Oprah and Gwyneth. Related: Community Cookbooks with Paula Forbes All About Bananas Gwyneth Paltrow Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn •...

Bay Leaves with Maya Lau

June 08, 2023 04:23 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth for the last episode of the season! She and Katherine talk about the universal herb and living in foreign countries, and then compare Oprah and Gwyneth. Related: Community Cookbooks with Paula Forbes All About Bananas Gwyneth Paltrow Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Maya IG Othe...

Industrial Meat and Coca-Cola with Jamie Loftus

May 24, 2023 04:03 - 39 minutes - 91.1 MB

Did you know you can sue objects? Coca-Cola does.  Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Jamie Twitter  Jamie IG  Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin 

From Other People’s Pockets: Katherine’s Journey from Food Writer to Business Owner

May 09, 2023 23:09 - 35 minutes - 81.5 MB

In this special episode, I’m sharing a conversation I had on a new podcast, Other People’s Pockets. On Other People’s Pockets, journalist Maya Lau asks people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and level the financial playing field along the way. Maya and I chatted about eating my way through L.A and what it means for my finances, along with how I went from food writing to business ownership. If you like w...

PBR with Sam Sanders

May 03, 2023 04:27 - 44 minutes - 102 MB

Meghan Markle drinks Pacifico, we’re sure of it.   Vibe Check Into It   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Sam IG   Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG   Music: Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus   Sources: Atlas Obscura Journal of Antiques Houston Chronicle Pabst Bl...

Using Your Food with Tamar Adler

April 19, 2023 04:16 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Tamar Adler does such cool work with cooking - her new book, The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z, outlines how to actually use all the food you have in your kitchen. It’s extremely helpful and I really appreciate her point of view - there’s a tendency in the US to be like "here are things to buy to be more earth-friendly.” No. That is not the vibe today. Also I bonded with Tamar over the dirty looks we get in the grocery store for doing something that is considered so gross - but ...

Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer

April 05, 2023 04:39 - 47 minutes - 110 MB

Yes, it's one word - because it's one word in Swedish, too.   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   How To Be Fine   Kristen Meinzer IG   Katherine TikTok   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Related: Tater Tots   Music: Uptown - Prince   Sources:   Eater   Minnesota Hotdis...

Popcorn with Dan Pashman

March 22, 2023 03:51 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Agriculture and movie theatres, working together since the Depression - but at absolute odds before that.   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Dan Pashman IG   The Sporkful   Sfoglini.com   Katherine TikTok   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Related: Apples (audio) Apples (pri...

Fika, Sweden's Obsession

March 08, 2023 05:04 - 9 minutes - 21 MB

When you'll take any excuse for "coffee and cake."   Related: Coffee with Nick Cho    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Katherine TikTok   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Music: To Live With You - ABBA   Sources: visitsweden.com hejsweden.com BBC Afar Popular Science ...

Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

February 22, 2023 04:53 - 46 minutes - 105 MB

What is your comfort food and why do you call it that? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music  Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Niccole Twitter Niccole IG Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet Sources: New York Times Foodtimeline.org The myth of comfort food JStor Daily The...

Food in Fascist Italy with Diana Garvin

February 08, 2023 05:18 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

And sometimes the U.S. pulls the same food stunts as Fascist Italy... Go to the University of Toronto site and enter code Garvin25 for 25% off "Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women’s Food Work." Related episodes: School Lunches  Prison Food with Danny Trejo  History of Home Economics with Shauna Sever  Guinness and Ireland with Emily Hourican  Nescafe with Amy Nicholson  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • A...

Fake Meat with Jordan Myrick

December 14, 2022 05:27 - 1 hour - 165 MB

Why, throughout history, have people tried to emulate the taste of meat? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. South Pine Cafe  Sporked  Jordan TikTok  Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: The Boar's Head Carol - The King's Singers  Sources: Vox  CNN  Mother Jones  History of Meat Alternatives (PDF) New York...

Local Chinese Around the World with Cheuk Kwan

November 23, 2022 04:31 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

We know about American Chinese, but there's also Israeli Chinese, Madagascan Chinese, Trinidadian Chinese ... Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Cheuk Kwan YouTube   Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Links: American Chinese Food   Music...

Pumpkin Pie with Rossi Anastopoulo

November 09, 2022 04:09 - 44 minutes - 102 MB

Is it Thanksgiving if there's no pumpkin pie?   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn   Rossi IG   Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Links: Sweet Potatoes with Jenné Claiborne Jewish Cookbooks   Music: Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time   Sour...

Nescafé with Amy Nicholson

October 26, 2022 04:26 - 36 minutes - 83.4 MB

In which we unexpectedly and disappointingly give props to Frappuccinos.  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Amy IG Amy Twitter Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Link: Ice Cream Floats with Kristen Miglore Music: Nescafé Greece commercial Sources: Nestlé LA Times Illustrated London News

Personal Foodways with Chris Scott

October 12, 2022 04:05 - 41 minutes - 95 MB

Amish soul food ... hear us out. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Chris Scott, Homage: Recipes and Stories from an Amish Soul Food Kitchen Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Links: Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart Music: Das Loblied - The Amish hymn of praise

Jewish Food & Cookbooks

September 28, 2022 04:44 - 21 minutes - 50.2 MB

Different Jews, different ingredients. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Kim Kushner, The Modern Table Joan Nathan, King Solomon's Table Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Links: History of School Lunches The Settlement Cook Book Music: Egg Cream, Lou Reed Sources: The Jewish Manual, by Lady Judith Montefiore Tab...

From Not Lost: Anybody’s Gumbo in New Orleans

June 22, 2022 14:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MB

Here’s a special preview of Not Lost, a new podcast about finding yourself in places you’ve never been from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Host Brendan Francis Newnam takes us around the world, learning about new places by getting invited to a stranger’s house for dinner. From Montréal to Mexico City, Brendan and his guests drink, dance, and eat, learning as much about themselves as the places they visit. In this preview, Brendan and his friend Danielle Hendersen head to the Big Easy and...

Oxtails with Jesse Sparks

May 24, 2022 16:15 - 48 minutes - 88.5 MB

The ultimate party tip: have a lot of potatoes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Jesse IG  Eater.com  The One Recipe  Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Links: The Settlement Cook Book  Hawaiian Food with Sarah Kuhn  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: Stop Being Poor - Ziw...

History of NYC Restaurants with Nikita Richardson

April 13, 2022 00:14 - 43 minutes - 80.5 MB

A nation once obsessed with celery; Nikita groups foods like friends. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Where to Eat: New York City  Nikita Instagram & Twitter Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down - L...

History of Criticism with Soleil Ho

March 30, 2022 04:30 - 44 minutes - 81.4 MB

“There are a lot of hypebeasts running around, for sure.” Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Extra Spicy  Soleil IG  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground  Sources: Washington Post  Seattle Times  LA Times...

Hanky Pankies with Adrienne Cheatham

March 16, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 66.7 MB

“I was raised in a non-smoking section.” Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Sunday Best  Adrienne IG  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky  Sources:  Cincinnati Enquirer  Cook's Info, 2  Atlas Obscura  ...

Regarding Reviews with Dale Talde

March 02, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MB

“You don’t like my vaccine policy. OK, go fuck yourself.” How chef and TV star Dale Talde changed his restaurant’s pay structure (I hadn’t heard of this before) and why he doesn’t do take-out. And who goes out for lunch on Valentine’s Day. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth ...

Nora Ephron's 'Critics in the World of the Rising Souffle (Or is it the Rising Meringue?)'

February 16, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MB

Trying something new: I loved this catty essay so much I just read it to you.   Find the original essay here.   "Wallflower at the Orgy," where it also appeared, is here.   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn   Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.   Smart Mouth newsletter   Smart Mouth IG   Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free ship...

Running a Restaurant Now, & Korean History, with Ji Hye Kim

February 02, 2022 05:35 - 46 minutes - 84.4 MB

Ji Hye Kim on why her Korean restaurant has banh mi on the menu, the very short history of chilis in Korean cuisine, and the common thread linking restaurant work and hospital work. Miss Kim Instagram  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for fr...

Acadia: History & Food

January 19, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 65.2 MB

  Had you heard of the Acadians before? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Sources: Simon Thibault  Lenore Newman  Acadian Museum of the University of Moncton  Acadian Identity: The Creation and Re-Creation of Commu...

Thomas Downing & Oyster History

January 05, 2022 06:00 - 8 minutes - 15.8 MB

He revolutionized the oyster bar - but his other, secret, work was more important. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Related episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden  Sources: Debra Freeman...

Apples & the Downfall of the Red Delicious

December 29, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MB

Even the farmers say the Red Delicious is a bad fruit. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Sources: Purdue University (PDF) Washington Post  The Atlantic  New York Times  Etymology Online  Apples of North America ...

Coquito and Canned Goods

December 22, 2021 06:00 - 13 minutes - 25.3 MB

First of all, this is not Puerto Rican egg nog. Secondly, it's made mostly with canned goods, which speaks to how Puerto Rico adapted to being a U.S. territory. Did you know that "Wars Are Fought With Food"? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! fo...

Why Are U.S. School Lunches Like This?

December 15, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 34.2 MB

School-provided lunches have existed in the US for about 130 years, if you count the early days when private welfare groups handled the gig. School lunches have never been paused since they started, but the impetus for providing them has varied widely. (And they're the reason "white people food is bland" is such a compelling concept.) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, p...

Abby Fisher in San Francisco

November 11, 2021 22:13 - 9 minutes - 17.3 MB

Abby Fisher was born in South Carolina but found her fortune in San Francisco. She wasn't mining for gold herself, but she fed those that did, and her recipes were so good they made her write a book about them.  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray...

Cheap Wine Will Kill You with Jamel Johnson

November 03, 2021 17:23 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MB

I thought we'd talk about cava, but murder wine is more interesting. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Jamel Twitter Jamel IG Related episode: Champagne with Sarah Enni  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Sources: Food & Wine  Wine magazine  Wine...

Legacy & Circus Peanuts with Laurie Woolever

October 27, 2021 03:48 - 38 minutes - 69.9 MB

Anthony Bourdain, hated (but secretly beloved) candy, and the correct - that's right, CORRECT - date to put up the Christmas tree. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Laurie Twitter  Laurie IG  Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography  Related episode: Scotch with Anthony Bourdain  Useful ...

Persimmons with Kate Ramos

October 20, 2021 14:42 - 38 minutes - 71.4 MB

Persimmons are native to Mexico! (Who knew?) (Not us!) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Katherine Twitter Kate IG  Plant Powered Mexican  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Sources: University of Missouri  Foodprint.org  Nahuatl Words in America...

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