

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!
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Jun 8, 2021 • 55sec
Announcement
Check out Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds. 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 Katherine Twitter Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping.

May 26, 2021 • 10min
Mochi with Me
Mochi doesn't just mean ice cream, y'all. 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 Katherine Twitter Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: Turning Up by Arashi Sources: Iroha Japan Fighting Arts Kikkoman Discover Nikkei The History and Culture of Japanese Food Eden Brown Rice Mochi Brown Rice Mochi of Osawa Check out: Gayest Episode Ever

May 19, 2021 • 1h 12min
Food of Singapore with Kheng Hua Tan
A star of Crazy Rich Asians, who is from Singapore, talks about the truly international food scene she grew up with - why is it like that? 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 Katherine Twitter Kheng IG Kheng Twitter Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Flamin' Hot Cheetos article Flamin' Hot Cheetos episode House of Savoy article House of Savoy podcast episode Music: Fried Rice Paradise from "Wonder Boy" Sources: The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History Straits Times Roads & Kingdoms Migration and Diversity in Asian Contexts Check out: Your Last Meal Gayest Episode Ever

May 13, 2021 • 1h 4min
Pineapples with Andrew Ti
Brazil, Hawai'i, disastrous marketing, and pineapple upside-down cake. 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 Katherine Twitter Andrew IG Andrew Twitter Yo, Is This Racist? Music: Pineapple Princess by Annette Funicello Sources: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science The Pineapple Philippine Folklife Museum Bromeliad Society Bulletin James D. Dole and the 1932 Failure of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company Union County College Smithsonian Honolulu Star Bulletin Check out: Your Last Meal Gayest Episode Ever Cantaloupe with Lynn Chen

May 6, 2021 • 1h 18min
Guinness and Ireland with Emily Hourican
Beer, religion, and the British aristocrats who were actually Nazis. 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 Katherine Twitter Emily Twitter Emily IG The Glorious Guinness Girls Music: Ain't Misbehavin' by Fats Waller Sources: Guinness Daily Mail Irish Times Fortune Check out: Gayest Episode Ever

Apr 28, 2021 • 58min
Garlic Bread with Andrea Wallace
People have always had very strong, and sometimes very weird, opinions about garlic. 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 Katherine Twitter Andrea Twitter Andrea IG One Star Network Music: You're A Grand Old Flag, Billy Murray Related Episodes: Breadlines & Socialism Whisky with Anthony Bourdain (transcript) History of Home Economics with Shauna Sever (transcript) Sources: Fleischmann’s National Geographic BBC FDA Garlic Clubb Garlic Capital of the World: Gilroy, Garlic, and the Making of a Festive Foodscape Check out: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide The tweet about In-N-Out onions Gayest Episode Ever

Apr 3, 2021 • 56min
Enchiladas with Molly Lambert
What we want when we want to go to dinner. 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 Katherine Twitter Molly Twitter Molly IG Music: Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd This episode brought to you by Wünder, makers of European-style quark. Go to Wünder Creamery and enter code SMARTMOUTH for 15% off on your first order. Related Episodes: McConnell's Fine Ice Creams with Michael Palmer Tex-Mex with Josef Centeno Russian Food with Sofiya Alexandra Sources: History Today Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex Check out: Gayest Episode Ever

Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 26min
Breadlines and Famines with Jeremy Bowditch
Breadlines: invented in the US. Famine: always manmade, always political. 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 Katherine Twitter Jeremy Twitter Jeremy IG Music: Brother Can You Spare a Dime by Al Jolson This episode brought to you by Wünder, makers of European-style quark. Go to Wünder Creamery and enter code SMARTMOUTH for 15% off on your first order. Sources: Reuters NY Times 1,2,3,4 Family Business magazine New Yorker Chewing the Fat LA Times Chicago Tribune The Counter PBS Bloomberg History.com Oxfam The Bread Line: An American Icon of Hard Times A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine

Mar 17, 2021 • 19min
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Just what was James Lewis Kraft getting up to in his kitchen? 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. This episode brought to you by Wünder, makers of European-style quark. Go to Wünder Creamery and enter code SMARTMOUTH for 15% off on your first order. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Katherine Twitter Music: If I Had a Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies Sources: YouTube New Yorker BBC CBC Monticello.org Clifford A Wright Virginia Quarterly Review By the Labour of Their Hands: The Story of Ontario Cheddar Cheese The Walrus UPenn

Mar 11, 2021 • 58min
Pocky with Tien Nguyen
One of the planet's favorite treats ... with a history that got quite weird in the '80s. 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. This episode brought to you by Wünder, makers of European-style quark. Go to Wünder Creamery and enter code SMARTMOUTH for 15% off on your first order. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Katherine Twitter Tien on IG Tien on Twitter Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook Music: Twiggy Twiggy by Pizzicato Five Sources: Entrepreneur Washington Post Metropolis Japan Tasting Table Glico 1,2,3 Pocky commercials 1,2 Related Episode: Victorian-Era Food with Diep Tran Check Out: The Monster with 21 Faces Radio Rental Gayest Episode Ever Singing Mountain Rogue 99