Smart Mouth

By Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions

An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising histories

behind the foods we love.

Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spier... more

4.8

230230 ratings

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November 11, 2021 Abby Fisher in San Francisco
Abby Fisher was born in South Carolina but found her fortune in San Francisco. She wasn't mining for gold herself, but she fed those that did, and her recipes were so good they made her write a book about them.

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What Mrs Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking

The Henry Ford

NPR

Atlas Obscura

Gastronomica

history of information dot com

Repast: Quarterly Publication of the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor (PDF)

African American Women of the Old West

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November 03, 2021 Cheap Wine Will Kill You with Jamel Johnson
I thought we'd talk about cava, but murder wine is more interesting.

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Food & Wine

Wine magazine

Wine Spectator

Thrillist

Vintage: the Story of Wine

Lead and Lead Poisoning in Antiquity

Smithsonian

Lead and wine: Eberhard Gockel and the colica Pictonum

Lead Poisoning (PDF)

The Myth of Lead Poisoning among the Romans

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October 27, 2021 Legacy & Circus Peanuts with Laurie Woolever
Anthony Bourdain, hated (but secretly beloved) candy, and the correct - that's right, CORRECT - date to put up the Christmas tree.

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Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

Related episode: Scotch with Anthony Bourdain

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Wideopeneats.net

Oldtimecandy.com

Eater

the Atlantic

Life magazine

Anthony Bourdain’s Favorite Songs

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October 20, 2021 Persimmons with Kate Ramos
Persimmons are native to Mexico! (Who knew?) (Not us!)

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Plant Powered Mexican

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University of Missouri

Foodprint.org

Nahuatl Words in American English

EPA

Potential of minor tropical fruits to become important fruit crops

Persimmon Festival

Persimmon Festival FB

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October 13, 2021 Ruth Wakefield and the Chocolate Chip Cookie
I don't care what you've read. Chocolate chip cookies were not an accident.

Related episode: History of Home economics with Shauna Sever

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Ruth Wakefield's Tried and True Toll House Recipes

NY Times

Slate

South Shore Living

The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book

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October 06, 2021 Ice Cream Floats with Kristen Miglore
I’ve never had to yell “Yuck! Stop talking!” at a guest before, but Kristen Miglore is a wild one.

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The Genius Recipe Tapes

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Lunch Counters with Max Falkowitz

Pies, Crumbles & Grunts with Sam Pancake

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Everybody Loves Ice Cream

Sundae Best

New York City: a Food Biography

Listening to America

Stuffnobodycaresabout.com

Foodtimeline

Serious Eats

Eater

Atlas Obscura

Merriam-Webster

The Oxford English Dictionary

Liquor.com

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September 29, 2021 Trader Joe's
Transcript here.

A little grocery store with a big impact, and nothing to do with tiki.

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Coriolis Research

LA Times

CNN

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Investor’s Business Daily

Small Business

CNBC

Reference for Business

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September 22, 2021 Bakery Boxes with Kristina Cho
Chinese baking is both ancient and brand-new. And those pink pastry boxes? They're from the 1970s. Even if you remember it differently.

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Mooncakes & Milk Bread

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LA Times

LA Times

Eater SF

Kidding Around Greenville

Gothamist

Chowhound

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September 15, 2021 Succotash with Kelsey Barnard Clark
Top Chef winner Kelsey Barnard Clark dishes about why she chose the sous chefs she chose in the Top Chef finale. And everyone's favorite lima bean classic!

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Southern Grit

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Fallacy of the "minced oath" (Twitter thread)

NYT

Southern Kitchen

Austin Statesman

Twin Cities Pioneer Press

New England magazine

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September 08, 2021 Bagels with David Page
The creator of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives gives us some hot Food Network goss, and the Internation Bagel Bakers Union is discussed.

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Food Americana

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The Daily Meal

The Bagel: the Surprising History of a Modest Bread

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