238 episodes

Smart Mouth is a podcast that cares mostly about food. We talk to the most interesting people we know, working in all kinds of industries, about their favorite dishes. It's a way of finding out what makes them tick. The podcast is brought to you by Katherine Spiers, the former food editor at L.A. Weekly and co-author of Rogue 99.

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    • Arts
    • 4.8 • 215 Ratings

Smart Mouth is a podcast that cares mostly about food. We talk to the most interesting people we know, working in all kinds of industries, about their favorite dishes. It's a way of finding out what makes them tick. The podcast is brought to you by Katherine Spiers, the former food editor at L.A. Weekly and co-author of Rogue 99.

    Popcorn with Dan Pashman

    Popcorn with Dan Pashman

    Agriculture and movie theatres, working together since the Depression - but at absolute odds before that.
     

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    The Sporkful

     
    Sfoglini.com

     
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    Related:

    Apples (audio)

    Apples (print)

     
    Music: Let's All Go to the Lobby

     
    Sources:

    Simply Recipes

     
    Thought Co.

     
    Smithsonian magazine

     
    Serious Eats

     
    Popped Culture

    • 47 min
    Fika, Sweden's Obsession

    Fika, Sweden's Obsession

    When you'll take any excuse for "coffee and cake."
     
    Related: Coffee with Nick Cho 
     

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    Music: To Live With You - ABBA

     
    Sources:

    visitsweden.com

    hejsweden.com

    BBC

    Afar

    Popular Science

    Stoughton Chamber of Commerce

    Scandinavian Economic History Review

    The World of Caffeine

    The Infinite Emotions of Coffee

    • 9 min
    Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

    Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

    What is your comfort food and why do you call it that?
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    Music: Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet
    Sources:
    New York Times
    Foodtimeline.org
    The myth of comfort food
    JStor Daily
    The Comfort Food Fallacy: Avoiding Old Favorites in Times of Change
    Pleasurable behaviors reduce stress via brain reward pathways
     

    • 46 min
    Food in Fascist Italy with Diana Garvin

    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 
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    Music: Mondine di Noveralla - Se otto ore vi sembran poche 

    • 46 min
    Fake Meat with Jordan Myrick

    Fake Meat with Jordan Myrick

    Why, throughout history, have people tried to emulate the taste of meat?
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    South Pine Cafe 
    Sporked 
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    Music: The Boar's Head Carol - The King's Singers 
    Sources:
    Vox 
    CNN 
    Mother Jones 
    History of Meat Alternatives (PDF)
    New York Times 

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Local Chinese Around the World with Cheuk Kwan

    Local Chinese Around the World with Cheuk Kwan

    We know about American Chinese, but there's also Israeli Chinese, Madagascan Chinese, Trinidadian Chinese ...
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    Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

     
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    Links: American Chinese Food
     
    Music: Laufey - Above the Chinese Restaurant

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
215 Ratings

215 Ratings

Dan1777999877 ,

Fun listen!

Smart Mouth has me laughing out loud and learning something new every episode - which is a rare combo! Big fan of Katherine and the guests that she has on. Everyone brings such a unique perspective.

Bee V. Brown ,

A Food Lover/History Lover’s Haven

I found this podcast through Alie Ward, host of Ologies, and have since been unable to separate from it! I anxiously await every new episode, salivating by the end and full of knowledge and nostalgia. Learning about the history and colonization behind our most iconic dishes/ingredients, hearing the ways the host and guests pronounce or name regional/foreign dishes, and getting a glimpse of what (mainly) shapes North America’s (sometimes ignored) rich and vibrant culinary cultural heritage makes this so worth indulging in!

wolffe14639 ,

Excellent foodie podcast

Fun foodie podcast with a good mix of history, humor, and the guests’s personal experiences.

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