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Smart Mouth

An 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!

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You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls.

Modern Asian Kitchen

Kat IG

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Music: Wassup Pham - Sabzi

Sources:

Modernist Cuisine

The Fresh Loaf

A Taste of History

Reddit

VolleyTalk

Wall Street Journal

Journal of Chinese Literature

The Sino-Platonic Papers

Classical Chinese Poems in English

The resident food stylist at America's Test Kitchen on the history of boxes of chocolate ... and where she might find Lupin.

Food Gifts: 150 Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents

Elle IG

Related episodes:

Chocolate

Eggnog

Fika, Sweden's Obsession

Christmas Candy

Breadlines & Famines

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Music: Place Vendôme - Mathieu Lamboley

Sources:

Food52

Russell Stover

Baker’s Coconut on Gutenberg.org

Pensacola News Journal

The Montgomery Advertiser

The Bangor Daily News

Press and Sun-Bulletin

The Crowley Post-Signal

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

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Music: Une Noix - Charles Trenet

Sources:

Cherokee Cooklore

Serious Eats

Slow Food USA

USDA

MPR News

BBC

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood.

(Written version here.)

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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

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

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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

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 

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Music: Quiche Lorraine - The B-52s 

Sources: 

John Birdsall 1,2 

Gastronomica 

Slate 

Eater 

Atlas Obscura 

Crows. You gotta hand it to them.

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Creature Feature 

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating Podcast 

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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 

A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes.

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Kung Pao & Beyond 

Susan IG 

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Music: Salt - Ava Max 

Sources:

First We Feast 

"Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken"

There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese.

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Kitchen Witch 

Jennifer IG 

Kitchen Witch IG 

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Music: Big Cheese - Nirvana 

Sources:

Eater 

The Awl 

PBS 

Modern Language Notes 

The Modern Language Review 

Isis 

Omancy Fancy 

History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718

"Select Cases of Conscience Touching Witches and Witchcraft"

Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia

Marks of an Absolute Witch: Evidentiary Dilemmas in Early Modern England,  Rhetoric, Science, & Magic in Seventeenth-Century England

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.   Music: Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses   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 on the TableCakes accounts.   Want food stories from around the world? Subscribe to the Smart Mouth newsletter here. Drew on IG  • Drew on Twitter   Follow Smart Mouth: Newsletter Instagram FacebookKatherine on Twitter   Listen to Smart Mouth:  iTunes Google Podcasts SpotifyRadioPublic TuneInLibsyn  Related Episodes: Sources