

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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Mar 28, 2018 • 44min
Happy Hour with Georgia Hardstark
Georgia Hardstark joins Katherine to talk microdosing, old-timey self-care, Taco Bell Cantina, and the Starbucks Illuminati. Plus lying grandpas and the power of potlucks. Plus happy hour! Important question: is it okay to add club soda to an Old-Fashioned? 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Mar 21, 2018 • 51min
Cheeseburgers with Neil Saavedra
Freedom fries, Liberty cabbage, and the greatest American invention: cheeseburgers. Guest Neil Saavedra knows he's not Jesus, but he has opinions on the Impossible Burger, meat hygiene, and having an ass for radio. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Mar 14, 2018 • 52min
Writing vs Blogging with Esther Tseng
Let's pull back the curtain on both blogging and traditional journalism. Media literacy, telling the story vs being the story, a tip for aspiring writers (it's not what they want to hear), and the truth about who's killing journalism, with blogger/writer/Instagrammer/snowboarder Esther Tseng. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Mar 7, 2018 • 40min
Xiao Long Bao, XLB, Soupy Dumplings with Anthony Cailan
Bordeaux for everyone! The best dumplings on the planet with wine ambassador Anthony Cailan, plus providing people with alcohol, the dangers of this particular dumpling, and a quick history of modern Taiwan. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Feb 28, 2018 • 39min
Ice Cream with Roxana Jullapat
Champion of desserts Roxana Jullapat talks ice cream science, the importance of aspic in culinary school and the gratification of bread-baking. Plus, the African-American entrepreneurs who made ice cream so popular, starting in Philadelphia. 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt https://www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Feb 21, 2018 • 36min
Lobster Thermidor with Jeremy Fall
A signature dish of the Gilded Age. Mid-2000s Hollywood stories. The extreme complexities of the French Revolution. It all ties together in this discussion of lobster Thermidor with Jeremy Fall, restaurant owner and former underaged club promoter. 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Feb 14, 2018 • 28min
Tea with Rachel Ashwell
Taunting monkeys, quoting John Adams, requesting tea as a power move - this episode has it all. British interior designer Rachel Ashwell joins Katherine to talk about the drink of her people, tea. 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Feb 7, 2018 • 37min
Fondue with Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia
Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia on Switzerland's national dish, how Italy could market itself better, and whether the Trumps are royalty. He and Katherine come to a cross-cultural understanding with the following exchange: “What do you do with it?” “You eat it!” 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Jan 31, 2018 • 46min
The Origins of "California Cuisine" with Andrea Crawford
Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck got a lot of credit for the 1970s birth of "California cuisine," but they couldn’t have done it without farmers actually growing that famous produce. Andrea Crawford supplied the lettuce - and has the scoop on the early days at Chez Panisse: communal living! Urban homesteading! ...Lawry’s Seasoned Salt! 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt https://www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Jan 24, 2018 • 54min
Pan Dulce with Yusef Roach
Getting a culinary education at Chipotle, piglet pastries, Juan Garrido, and the best thing at Starbucks. All that and gluten with comedian Yusef Roach. 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-mouth/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/