Food stories prove that nothing means anything! Fellow podcaster Hadley Meares tells us about Los Angeles history versus Hollywood history then we move on to the nonsense of a "classic" culinary education. Plus, that horrible man, Thomas Jefferson, who did a lot of bad things and not much that was good. His brother-in-law James Hemings was very talented, though. This episode brought to you by Lobster Gram. Go to https://www.lobstergram.com/smartmouth & use promocode SMARTMOUTHHOLIDAY to take 20% off all products. Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or any podcast app so you never miss an episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-mouth/id1171755407 Sources: https://amzn.to/2LKlteW https://amzn.to/2YJAB1G https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Creme-Brulee-Origins/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1984/07/18/071757.html?pageNumber=49 https://newsletter.lib.utah.edu/book-of-the-week-le-nouveau-cuisinier-royal-et-bourgeois/