Smart Mouth
An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising histories behind 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!
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Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad?
Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen
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Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart
American Chinese Food with Edgar Momplaisir
Ruth Wakefield & the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Personal Foodways with Chris Scott
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Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities.
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You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls.
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...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
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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
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Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood.
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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
TikTok: Black Food Fridays
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Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche.
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Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken
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Crows. You gotta hand it to them.
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A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes.
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Music: Salt - Ava Max
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...There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese.
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The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo.
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What is “childhood”? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes?
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Music: Last Christmas by Wham!
Related Episodes:
“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
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This thing's so weird.
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Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown
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How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it.
Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking
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Music: Next Level - aespa
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Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler?
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Ladies Who Lunch: Episode/Transcript
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When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food.
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Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle
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