

Smart Mouth
Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions
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!
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!
Episodes
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Aug 22, 2018 • 35min
California Ranching with Elizabeth Poett
Rancher Elizabeth Poett's ancestor from Spain was given a rancho in California. Now, she's finding new money-making ventures in a very old industry. We talk feedlots versus ranches, UC Santa Barbara’s mistaken mascot, and her cattle branding meet-cute. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart…/id1171755407?mt

Aug 15, 2018 • 40min
Cobb Salad with John Cox
Bacon trickery, BBQ nerdery, and salads for people who hate salad. Plus, some inside baseball on cattle rating (there’s grade inflation), how chef John Cox's ranch accidentally bought one of the most fecund bulls in America (and what a Ferdinand he is), and what went down when he lost to Bobby Flay. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Aug 8, 2018 • 55min
Matzo Ball Soup with Mara Wilson
Mara Wilson shares an excellent childhood co-worker crush, plus Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Nicole Cliffe, and Great British Bake-Off fandoms (all three), grief bacon, and the Catholic-Jewish connection. I wasn’t weird when I told her my dog is named Matilda. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Aug 1, 2018 • 48min
Peaches with Guy Branum
School-night desserts, what a farmer means by “prune,” when almonds and peaches do it, and post-Civil War peach propaganda with comic, podcaster and AUTHOR Guy Branum. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jul 18, 2018 • 20min
Ice Cream Trucks
When non-pasteurized goes wrong, the mob’s influence on ice cream trucks in Youngstown and Chicago (and wild theories about it), and RACISM. Plus a very important announcement. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jul 11, 2018 • 18min
Popsicles
Are all origin stories lies? Plus, San Francisco weather patterns of 1905 (it’s relevant, I swear) and Popsicle Pete. What is “healthy”? What is “artificial”? Guess what’s worse than a brain freeze? Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jul 4, 2018 • 16min
Tater Tots
Latchkey kid cuisine and edible glue - there’s always money in the potato farm. Let us see your tater tots! Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jun 27, 2018 • 20min
S'mores
National S'mores Days is August 10 - be sure to tag us in your campfire photos! Which do you prefer: a light toast or a full char? Plus, tramping about, the Tollhouse cookie recipe, and the way “plain” gelatin really smells. Plus, what IS a marsh-mallow? Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jun 20, 2018 • 47min
Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart
High-speed chases, his boss and my ex, the religious history of waffle irons, European KFC, and different varieties of tacos (and taa-kos)with TV writer and comedian Carl Tart. Plus, can multiple people claim credit for inventing fried chicken? Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt

Jun 13, 2018 • 47min
Gumbo with Maggie Maye
Comedian Maggie Maye is here to talk about gumbo. But also: the objectively best style of French fries, garbage queso, the joy of filling out customer comment cards, Official State Meals, and witches’ brews. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt