Smart Mouth
by Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions
An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising historiesbehind the foods we love.Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!
Episodes
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Asian Chicken Salad with Jon Kung
Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad? Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen 1 For The Table Related episodes: Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart American Chinese Food with Edgar Momplaisir Ruth Wakefield & the Chocolate Chip Cookie Personal Foodways with Chris...
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Charleston with Hanna Raskin
Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities. The Food Section Hanna IG Related Episodes: Ladies Who Lunch Pimento Cheese Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far here.…
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Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu
You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls. Modern Asian Kitchen Kat IG Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama Check out all our episodes so…
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Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott
The resident food stylist at America's Test Kitchen on the history of boxes of chocolate ... and where she might find Lupin. Food Gifts: 150 Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents Elle IG Related episodes: Chocolate Eggnog Fika, Sweden's Obsession Christmas Candy Breadlines &...
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Hickory, Pecans, and Soup
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...
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Raw Milk
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…
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Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney
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...
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Queer Food with John Birdsall
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…
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Which Animals Have Taste? With Katie Goldin
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....
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Salt the Chicken with Susan Jung
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...
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Tyromancy with Jennifer Billock
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…
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Replay: Eggnog with Drew Mackie
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…
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Replay: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy
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...
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Replay: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman
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...
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Christmas Candy with Daniel Zafran
"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 •...
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The Official Turkey Pardon
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...
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Eating Korean Food and Writing Books with Tien Nguyen
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…
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Lady Desserts with Valerie Gordon
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 •...
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Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker
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,...
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Beans with Sejal Sukhadwala
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 •...
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Correct Episode! With Maya Lau
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....
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Bay Leaves with Maya Lau
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 •…
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Industrial Meat and Coca-Cola with Jamie Loftus
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...
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From Other People's Pockets: Katherine's Journey from Food Writer to Business Owner
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...
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PBR with Sam Sanders
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…
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Using Your Food with Tamar Adler
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…
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Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer
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...
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Popcorn with Dan Pashman
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…
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Fika, Sweden's Obsession
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…
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Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman
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...
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Food in Fascist Italy with Diana Garvin
And sometimes the U.S. pulls the same food stunts as Fascist Italy... 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 •...
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Fake Meat with Jordan Myrick
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...
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Local Chinese Around the World with Cheuk Kwan
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....
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Pumpkin Pie with Rossi Anastopoulo
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....
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Nescafé with Amy Nicholson
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...
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Personal Foodways with Chris Scott
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.…
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Jewish Food & Cookbooks
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...
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From Not Lost: Anybody's Gumbo in New Orleans
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...
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Oxtails with Jesse Sparks
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...
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History of NYC Restaurants with Nikita Richardson
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...
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History of Criticism with Soleil Ho
"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...
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Hanky Pankies with Adrienne Cheatham
"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...
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Regarding Reviews with Dale Talde
"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 •…
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Nora Ephron's 'Critics in the World of the Rising Souffle (Or is it the Rising Meringue?)'
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...
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Running a Restaurant Now, & Korean History, with Ji Hye Kim
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 •...
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Acadia: History & Food
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! for free...
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Thomas Downing & Oyster History
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…
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Apples & the Downfall of the Red Delicious
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…
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Coquito and Canned Goods
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 •…
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Why Are U.S. School Lunches Like This?
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…
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About this show
An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising historiesbehind the foods we love.Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!
Hosted by
Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions