Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions

Smart Mouth

Arts EN ↓ 265 episodes

An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising historiesbehind 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!

Author

Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions

Category

Arts

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Jun 25, 2024

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Episodes

Asian Chicken Salad with Jon Kung 25.06.2024

Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad? Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen 1 For The Table Related episodes: Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart American Chinese Food with Edgar Momplaisir Ruth Wakefield & the Chocolate Chip Cookie Personal Foodways with Chris Scott Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes  • Google   Podcasts  • Pandora  • Spotify  • TuneIn  • Libsyn  • Am...

Charleston with Hanna Raskin 13.06.2024

Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities. The Food Section Hanna IG Related Episodes: Ladies Who Lunch Pimento Cheese Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes  • Google   Podcasts  • Pandora  • Spotify  • TuneIn  • Libsyn  • Amazon Music  • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on...

Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu 05.06.2024

You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls. Modern Asian Kitchen Kat IG Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes  • Google   Podcasts  • Pandora  • Spotify  • TuneIn  • Libsyn  • Amazon Music  • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift...

Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott 22.05.2024

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 Elle IG Related episodes: Chocolate Eggnog Fika, Sweden's Obsession Christmas Candy Breadlines & Famines Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes  • Google   Podcasts  • Pandora  • Spotify  • TuneIn  • Libsyn  • Am...

Hickory, Pecans, and Soup 26.04.2024

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 Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes  • Google   Podcasts  • Pandora  • Spotify  • TuneIn  • Libsyn  • Amazon Music  • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make...

Raw Milk 10.04.2024

Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood. ( Written version here .) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal . Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mouth...

Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney 27.03.2024

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 IG: Black Food Fridays TikTok: Black Food Fridays Citizen Better Can Food Be Political? Who Made the Potato Salad YakaMein Ramen by Ra Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn...

Queer Food with John Birdsall 28.02.2024

Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche. The Man Who Ate Too Much   Related:  Mai tais with Allan Katz   Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo...

Which Animals Have Taste? With Katie Goldin 14.02.2024

Crows. You gotta hand it to them. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal . Creature Feature   Secretly Incredibly Fascinating Podcast   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsl...

Salt the Chicken with Susan Jung 24.01.2024

A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal . Kung Pao & Beyond   Susan IG   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mo...

Tyromancy with Jennifer Billock 17.01.2024

There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal . Kitchen Witch   Jennifer IG   Kitchen Witch IG   Kath...

Replay: Eggnog with Drew Mackie 26.12.2023

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.   Music: Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses   Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal on the TableCakes accounts.   Want food stories from around th...

Replay: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy 20.12.2023

The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo. Transcript for this episode is here . You can listen to Smart Mouth on  iTunes , on  Stitcher , on  Spotify . Check out all our episodes so far  here . If you like, pledge a buck or two  on Patreon . If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal on the TableCa...

Replay: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman 13.12.2023

What is "childhood"? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Niccole on IG • Niccole on  Twitter Follow Smart Mouth:  Newsletter • Instagram • Facebook Katherine  TikTok Music: Last Christmas by Wham! Related Episodes: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy Roman Food with Erica F...

Christmas Candy with Daniel Zafran 06.12.2023

"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   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here . If you lik...

The Official Turkey Pardon 21.11.2023

This thing's so weird. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here . If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon . Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mouth  IG Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown   Sources: Reagan Library 1 , 2   White House History 1 , 2   Washington Post  

Eating Korean Food and Writing Books with Tien Nguyen 15.11.2023

How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it. Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here . If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon . Tien IG   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mouth  IG Music: Next Level -...

Lady Desserts with Valerie Gordon 18.10.2023

Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler? Related: Om Ali   Full "sugar and spice"poem   Ladies Who Lunch: Episode / Transcript   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here . If you like, pledge a buck...

Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker 04.10.2023

When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food. Related: Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer   Tater tots   Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here . If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon . Ben IG   Amanda Rettke IG   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  n...

Beans with Sejal Sukhadwala 20.09.2023

Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson.   Related: Hot Sauce with Llewellyn Clarke California's Punjabi-Mexican Communities Gujarati New Year's Dish Beans and Gin   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music   Check out all our episodes so far here . If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patre...

Correct Episode! With Maya Lau 14.06.2023

There was an uploading error to some platforms. So listen to this one if the previous version isn't working for you!   Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth for the last episode of the season! She and Katherine talk about the universal herb and living in foreign countries, and then compare Oprah and Gwyneth. Related: Community Cookbooks with Paula Forbes All About Bananas Gwyneth Paltrow Listen to Smart Mout...

Bay Leaves with Maya Lau 08.06.2023

Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth for the last episode of the season! She and Katherine talk about the universal herb and living in foreign countries, and then compare Oprah and Gwyneth. Related: Community Cookbooks with Paula Forbes All About Bananas Gwyneth Paltrow Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episo...

Industrial Meat and Coca-Cola with Jamie Loftus 24.05.2023

Did you know you can sue objects? Coca-Cola does.  Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs   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 . Jamie Twitter   Jamie IG   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mouth  IG Music: Hot Dog - L...

From Other People's Pockets: Katherine's Journey from Food Writer to Business Owner 09.05.2023

In this special episode, I'm sharing a conversation I had on a new podcast, Other People's Pockets. On Other People's Pockets, journalist Maya Lau asks people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and level the financial playing field along the way. Maya and I chatted about eating my way through L.A and what it mea...

PBR with Sam Sanders 03.05.2023

Meghan Markle drinks Pacifico, we're sure of it.   Vibe Check Into It   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 .   Sam IG   Katherine  TikTok Smart Mouth  newsletter Smart Mouth  IG   Music: Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus   Sources: At...

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