Smart Mouth

Celebrity mortician Caitlin Doughty talks about the funeral industry, sharing a bedroom with a dead body, the gnarliness of the Victorian era, worms in apples, long pig, cold dead hands dragging you to hell, beheadings, mossy skulls, and the grossest thing in history: the "whale cure." Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.facebook.co...

Everything we thought we knew about food in the Victorian era was wrong! Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ 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

Actor Sam Pancake shares his strict rules about cobblers, talks about bacon grease as a secret ingredient, and reflects on shooting the TV show Kitchen Confidential - which required a lot of on-camera eating. Listen to how strong Sam's accent gets when he talks about Southern food! Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.facebook.com/gr...

Are chocolate chip cookies the ultimate expression of cookie-ness? Plus, cookie recipe contest winners are announced! Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ 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/po...

Crudites, accoutrements, and primordial curd with chef Brandon Gray, who specializes in seafood and learned to cook in the Navy. Coincidence? A highly intriguing grilled cheese recipe, and some tips on cooking with various fats. Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ Please subscribe to (and...

Extreme rum nerdery from Scoopfest 2018! Mai tais and tiki were the topics with Allan Katz of Jammyland in Las Vegas. Dram shop laws, Howard Hughes' germophobia, and rum as rite of passage. Tiki spots mentioned in the show: Here's Looking At You, Frankie's, Tiki Ti, and Jammyland. Huge thanks to our drink sponsors: Gruppo Campari for Appleton and Grand Marnier, and Rhum Clément. Smart Mouth is on...

The feminist history of the trope "women be shopping." What if the origin of the department store is the Old West general store? Plus the process of resurrecting old recipes, when manners are just a reflection of commerce, and hot lesbian fantasies. If you'd prefer to read the interview, the transcript is here: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/ladies-who-lunch-podcast-transcript Smart Mouth i...

A deep hatred of Craisins, lessons learned at the Steak 'n Shake, and rank and provocative excresences with film critic April Wolfe. Plus, Jell-O salad vs Jell-O shots, the cooked-down hooves that become gelatin. The social implications of Perfection Salad - after all, "hygiene" is a classist concept. Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/...

Peanut butter's rise, fall and rise as a health food. The world of allergies, including wrongful-death lawsuits. Cashews: the junk food of the nut world. But above all: nut butters are nothing new! Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.facebook.com/groups/268127480…=469002749936864 Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast...

"Blue zones" (it's not political), Adventists vs heavy drinkers, cheap meat, and tomfoolery at the New York Times with Edgar Momplaisir. I propose that American Chinese is just one region of Chinese food, and we talk about the HBO show Deadwood a surprising amount. Smart Mouth is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2681...

Coke Zero, debasing yourself on the internet, how much we want to go to Georgia - the country. Food YouTuber (is that the phrase?) Josh Scherer also talks about the Dionysus-wine-Jesus connection, JK Rowling's revisionist history, and how everything we know about Russia we learned from The Americans. Plus some inside baseball on all the privilege in the food writing industry. Smart Mouth is on Pat...

"Old guard" food blogger Adam Roberts on transitioning to TV writing, remembering the sitcom version of Kitchen Confidential, and pasta snobbery. Plus some pasta and sauce recipes, and the authenticity of chicken and stars. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast...

The difference between sweet potatoes and yams, explained - finally. Vegan baking tips, botanical archaeology, and the scams that the wheat lobby and the government pull on us - "breakfast is the most important meal of the day"? Please! Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smar...

An Olympic gold medalist! But .. what is her job, exactly? Swimmer Olivia Smoliga explains that, plus McDonald's vs Starbucks for breakfast, fermented hogweed, and a Polish moonshine recipe. Anyone know who invented vodka? Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/...

The "Top Chef" alum on spending a month in Italy and getting snobby about the food in Bologna, a big Ryanair gaffe, and her love of anything dough. Plus, the Chinese-Italian connection and her collaborations with Silvia Barban. (And listen to that pronunciation in the outro!) Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.facebook.com/s...

Bajan food is world-class and chef Michael Harrison wants you to know about it - for instance, cutters, rum shops, and beautiful breadfruit. Plus a little Barbados history, and what being in the British Commonwealth means. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ www.instagram.com/smart...

Benign masochism, messed-up spicy versus emotionally spicy, adrenaline rushes, gochujang, and "to kimchi" with chef Judy Joo. And her eating recommendations for London and Hong Kong. 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)...

Silly peppers, macho competitions, and the differences between Saint Kitts and Nevis. Plus, Christopher Columbus's shocking stupidity that led to us misnaming chiles to this day. And a fun story about monkeys! That and more with Llewellyn Clarke, founder of a hot sauce label in Nevis. Smart Mouth is on Patreon - contribute and help keep this thing going! www.patreon.com/smartmouthpodcast www.faceb...

We're talking business today: McConnell's, which is Katherine's favorite supermarket ice cream. The company's new owner answers the question: what do you do when your house burns down? (No, seriously.) 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...

When something is so popular you have to stop doing it, the American wheat insistence, and the semi-religious origins of ramen. Plus, a remembrance of Anthony Bourdain. 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...

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.in...

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/smartmouthpo...

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...

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 i...

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...