What is your comfort food and why do you call it that? 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. Niccole Twitter Niccole IG Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG 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  

Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

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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 a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and  PayPal. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Une Noix - Charles Trenet Sources:  Cherokee Cooklore Serious Eats  Slow Food USA  USDA  MPR News  BBC USDA Agricultural Research Service

Hickory, Pecans, and Soup

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 IG Music: Freedom! '90 - George Michael Sources (I over-researched this one. I may or may not have used info from every source here, but I figured I'd include them all to be safe.): https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/17/garden/salmonella-outbreak-is-traced.html https://gidmk.substack.com/p/raw-milk-literally-kills-people?utm_source=arnoldspumpclub.schwarzenegger.com&utm;_medium=newsletter&utm;_campaign=how-to-elevate-your-mind https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443421/ https://www.fda.gov/media/140394/download https://www.nourishwithkristin.com/blog/raw-milk-history https://foodpolicyforthought.com/2014/05/06/the-history-of-raw-milk-and-pasteurization/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-science-science-everywhere-you-asked/who-first-suggested-milk-be-pasteurized-make-it-safer-consumption https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/as/as-612-w.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/25/onions-salmonella-recall/ https://www.tiktok.com/@paulsaladinomd2/video/7151475682936245550?q=raw%20milk&t;=1697747104293 https://www.tiktok.com/@healthanie/video/7271751825215343914?q=raw%20milk&t;=1697747104293 https://www.tiktok.com/@sammyllacey/video/7239126493102738734?q=raw%20milk&t;=1697747104293 lies https://www.capitalpress.com/state/oregon/oregon-scraps-cafo-waiver-for-personal-raw-milk-production/article_3dd027a6-2c08-11ee-87c3-cfdb4af4b5a4.html https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context;=healthmatrix http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/differences-between-organic-and-conventional-cow%E2%80%99s-milk#:~:text=Dairy%20farms%20that%20sell%20milk,not%20treated%20with%20supplemental%20hormones. https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-aug-04-la-fi-milk-raid-20110804-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/30/raw-deal https://la.eater.com/2022/11/29/23483129/secret-mexican-ranch-parties-pajaretes-raw-milk-cocktails-los-angeles-california-feature https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/buffalo-milk-and-cheese-in-america https://www.mariasbulacansweets.com/product-page/carabao-s-milk-limited-availability https://morseyscreamery.com/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/20/387558373/why-some-states-want-to-legalize-raw-milk-sales https://www.givesendgo.com/G3NZH https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/amos-miller-seeks-compromise-on-farm-case-as-tucker-carlson-takes-up-his-struggle/ https://getrawmilk.com/content/amos-miller-food-club-charges https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/embattled-amish-farmers-saga-with-usda-becomes-grist-for-conservative-media/article_ad97b98e-2630-11ed-bf68-172014e8a0c1.html https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-farmer-amos-miller-makes-30-000-payment-under-agreement-with-feds/article_50afdfe2-8ba9-11ed-9017-83da128dccdc.html https://www.thefp.com/p/raw-milk/comments#comment-11807602 https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/updates/letter-to-medical-professionals-about-raw-milk#:~:text=Raw%20milk%20has%20superior%20nutrition,immune%20system%20and%20gastrointestinal%20tract  https://www.fda.gov/media/140394/download https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-science-science-everywhere-you-asked/who-first-suggested-milk-be-pasteurized-make-it-safer-consumption https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2023/Q4/dry-surface-foodborne-pathogens-under-scrutiny-at-purdue.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/dining/food-marketing-ozempic-era.html

Raw Milk

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 • 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 IG Music: Can You Help Me - Jesse Johnson Sources:  Charleston Magazine  Washington Post,  2  James Beard Foundation Trademark Office  Refrigerated Frozen Food  Salon Soul Food Scholar, 2  Chicago Reader Roanoke Times Medill News Service Waterloo Region Record

Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney

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 and PayPal. Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: Quiche Lorraine - The B-52s  Sources:  John Birdsall  1,2   Gastronomica   Slate  Eater  Atlas Obscura 

Queer Food with John Birdsall

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 newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens  Sources: San Diego Zoo, 2   Mental Floss   ToughLittleBirds.com  Scientific American   The Condor   Science.com  Australian Broadcast Corporation  Nutrients   Carni Sostenibili   Science Direct 

Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

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