Stay ConnectedAn addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising histories
behind the foods we love.
Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!
San Antonio native Josef Centeno talks nachos, how the Mexican Revolution both split up and united his family, and blended margaritas in Paris. Plus, tips for preserving your spices! (And I was totally wrong about when Taco Bell was founded.) Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode! itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart…/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
Australian chef Louis Tikaram talks about the best banh mi in the world, the mess that Westerners made of Vietnam, and his favorite Fijian food - which is his grandmother's recipe. (And yes, I know I can't pronounce banh mi.) 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
The New York Times Frugal Traveler Lucas Peterson talks about his favorite city, the fast food item that tastes like French onion soup, hangover cures, and his new feuds with Gail Simmons, Emily Post, and me. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
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." 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
Podcaster, science correspondent and insect lover Alie Ward talks sea bugs, beef fog and St. John the Fornicator. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
Shake Shack's culinary director Mark Rosati talks frozen foods, Jell-O molds, and his deep love for In-N-Out. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
Sci-fi, fantasy and comics writer Sarah Kuhn talks about "the lunchbox moment," Claudia Kishi, the word "hapa," and the waves of immigration to Hawaii that led to its current cuisine - which is fusion, but we mean that in a good way. Please subscribe to (and rate & review) this podcast in iTunes or the Podcasts app so you never miss an episode!
If you'd prefer to read the interview, here is the transcript: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/transcript-hawaiian-food-hapa-sarah-kuhn-batgirl-cassandra-cain
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Actor Sam Pancake (he's that guy from that thing) 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! 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
John Tesar (you've seen him on Top Chef and he runs restaurants in Texas) talks about his Goodfellas connections, the taste of sturgeon ovaries, and the best way to eat caviar - it involves Pepperidge Farm. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
The thing is this: Ben Mandelker is here to talk about the snobbery of food bloggers, the cuisine at the restaurants in Vanderpump Rules, and dim sum, "authentic" or not. 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 www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/
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