

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
Mentioned books

Feb 8, 2023 • 46min
Food in Fascist Italy with Diana Garvin
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 • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Diana Twitter Diana IG Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Mondine di Noveralla - Se otto ore vi sembran poche

Dec 14, 2022 • 1h 12min
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 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 Times

Nov 23, 2022 • 49min
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. 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: Laufey - Above the Chinese Restaurant

Nov 9, 2022 • 45min
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. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Links: Sweet Potatoes with Jenné Claiborne Jewish Cookbooks Music: Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time Sources: USA Today Zocalo Public Square Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon

Oct 26, 2022 • 36min
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 newsletter Smart Mouth IG Link: Ice Cream Floats with Kristen Miglore Music: Nescafé Greece commercial Sources: Nestlé LA Times Illustrated London News

Oct 12, 2022 • 42min
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. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Links: Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart Music: Das Loblied - The Amish hymn of praise

Sep 28, 2022 • 22min
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 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 Tablet (This is just an interesting article, about Montefiore and upcycling and bridal gowns.) Jewish Women's Archive, 2 Library of Congress Wisconsin Historical Society My Jewish Learning NPR Jewish Action YIVO New Outlook

Jun 22, 2022 • 50min
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 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 discover that it’s anything but. Carousel bars, gospel choirs, voodoo readings, and a visit to a slavery memorial plunge the duo into conversations about the good life with local luminaries like jazz-great Kermit Ruffins, voodoo priestess Madame Cinnamon, and a chef who dreams about gumbo. You can hear more from Not Lost at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/notlost?sid=mouth.

May 24, 2022 • 48min
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 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 - Ziwe Sources: Honolulu magazine 1,2 Beef magazine 1,2 David Cho US Meat Export Federation Foodseum Reuters chinatown.co.uk

Apr 13, 2022 • 44min
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 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 - LCD Soundsystem Sources: Deseret News New York Public Library menu collection vinepair.com NPR New York Times, 2 JSTOR Daily