Smart Mouth

Asian Chicken Salad with Jon Kung

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad? Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen 1 For The Table Related episodes: Ch...

Charleston with Hanna Raskin

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities. The Food Section Hanna IG Related Episodes: Ladies Who Lunch Pimento Cheese List...

Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Irresisti...

Hickory, Pecans, and Soup

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A dish I had absolutely never heard of before. Related Episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden Corn Dance: Inspired Firs...

Raw Milk

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood. (Written version here.) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandor...

Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Soul rolls and other culinary smash ups; should legacy publications stay in their lane; activists who are not empaths. Related episode: Meat raffles ...

Queer Food with John Birdsall

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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  Li...

Which Animals Have Taste? With Katie Goldin

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Crows. You gotta hand it to them. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn ...

Salt the Chicken with Susan Jung

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • Tu...

Tyromancy with Jennifer Billock

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spo...

Replay: Eggnog with Drew Mackie

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.   Music:...

Replay: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo. Transcript for this episod...

Replay: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is "childhood"? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify ...

Christmas Candy with Daniel Zafran

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Christmas candy" is just vibes. So what's your favorite? Related episodes: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman  Christmas cookies with Kim-Joy  Maras...

The Official Turkey Pardon

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This thing's so weird. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon...

Eating Korean Food and Writing Books with Tien Nguyen

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it. Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Goog...

Lady Desserts with Valerie Gordon

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler? Related: Om Ali  ...

Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food. Related: Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer   Tater tots   Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle    Listen t...

Beans with Sejal Sukhadwala

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson.   Related: Hot Sauce with Llewellyn Clarke California's Punjabi-M...

Correct Episode! With Maya Lau

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There was an uploading error to some platforms. So listen to this one if the previous version isn't working for you!   Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth fo...

Bay Leaves with Maya Lau

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maya Lau joins Smart Mouth for the last episode of the season! She and Katherine talk about the universal herb and living in foreign countries, and t...

Industrial Meat and Coca-Cola with Jamie Loftus

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know you can sue objects? Coca-Cola does.  Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • St...

From Other People's Pockets: Katherine's Journey from Food Writer to Business Owner

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, I'm sharing a conversation I had on a new podcast, Other People's Pockets. On Other People's Pockets, journalist Maya Lau ask...

PBR with Sam Sanders

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meghan Markle drinks Pacifico, we're sure of it.   Vibe Check Into It   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher ...

Using Your Food with Tamar Adler

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tamar Adler does such cool work with cooking - her new book, The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z, outlines how to actually use all the food ...

Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, it's one word - because it's one word in Swedish, too.   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • ...

Popcorn with Dan Pashman

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Agriculture and movie theatres, working together since the Depression - but at absolute odds before that.   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Go...

Fika, Sweden's Obsession

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When you'll take any excuse for "coffee and cake."   Related: Coffee with Nick Cho    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • ...

Comfort Food with Niccole Thurman

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is your comfort food and why do you call it that? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPu...

Food in Fascist Italy with Diana Garvin

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

And sometimes the U.S. pulls the same food stunts as Fascist Italy... Go to the University of Toronto site and enter code Garvin25 for 25% off "Feedin...

Fake Meat with Jordan Myrick

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why, throughout history, have people tried to emulate the taste of meat? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify •...

Local Chinese Around the World with Cheuk Kwan

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We know about American Chinese, but there's also Israeli Chinese, Madagascan Chinese, Trinidadian Chinese ... Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Goo...

Pumpkin Pie with Rossi Anastopoulo

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is it Thanksgiving if there's no pumpkin pie?   Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPubl...

Nescafé with Amy Nicholson

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In which we unexpectedly and disappointingly give props to Frappuccinos.  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • S...

Personal Foodways with Chris Scott

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amish soul food ... hear us out. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn •...

Jewish Food & Cookbooks

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Different Jews, different ingredients. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneI...

From Not Lost: Anybody's Gumbo in New Orleans

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a special preview of Not Lost, a new podcast about finding yourself in places you've never been from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Host Br...

Oxtails with Jesse Sparks

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The ultimate party tip: have a lot of potatoes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic •...

History of NYC Restaurants with Nikita Richardson

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A nation once obsessed with celery; Nikita groups foods like friends. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotif...

History of Criticism with Soleil Ho

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"There are a lot of hypebeasts running around, for sure." Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • Radi...

Hanky Pankies with Adrienne Cheatham

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"I was raised in a non-smoking section." Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • Tun...

Regarding Reviews with Dale Talde

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"You don't like my vaccine policy. OK, go fuck yourself." How chef and TV star Dale Talde changed his restaurant's pay structure (I hadn't heard of th...

Nora Ephron's 'Critics in the World of the Rising Souffle (Or is it the Rising Meringue?)'

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trying something new: I loved this catty essay so much I just read it to you.   Find the original essay here.   "Wallflower at the Orgy," wher...

Running a Restaurant Now, & Korean History, with Ji Hye Kim

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ji Hye Kim on why her Korean restaurant has banh mi on the menu, the very short history of chilis in Korean cuisine, and the common thread linking res...

Acadia: History & Food

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  Had you heard of the Acadians before? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPubli...

Thomas Downing & Oyster History

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

He revolutionized the oyster bar - but his other, secret, work was more important. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher...

Apples & the Downfall of the Red Delicious

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Even the farmers say the Red Delicious is a bad fruit. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPu...

Coquito and Canned Goods

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

First of all, this is not Puerto Rican egg nog. Secondly, it's made mostly with canned goods, which speaks to how Puerto Rico adapted to being a U.S. ...

Why Are U.S. School Lunches Like This?

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

School-provided lunches have existed in the US for about 130 years, if you count the early days when private welfare groups handled the gig. School lu...

Abby Fisher in San Francisco

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Cheap Wine Will Kill You with Jamel Johnson

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I thought we'd talk about cava, but murder wine is more interesting. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify...

Legacy & Circus Peanuts with Laurie Woolever

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Bourdain, hated (but secretly beloved) candy, and the correct - that's right, CORRECT - date to put up the Christmas tree. Listen to Smart Mou...

Persimmons with Kate Ramos

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Persimmons are native to Mexico! (Who knew?) (Not us!) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPu...

Ruth Wakefield and the Chocolate Chip Cookie

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I don't care what you've read. Chocolate chip cookies were not an accident.  Related episode: History of Home economics with Shauna Sever Listen to...

Ice Cream Floats with Kristen Miglore

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I've never had to yell "Yuck! Stop talking!" at a guest before, but Kristen Miglore is a wild one. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcast...

Trader Joe's

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Transcript here. A little grocery store with a big impact, and nothing to do with tiki. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • St...

Bakery Boxes with Kristina Cho

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese baking is both ancient and brand-new. And those pink pastry boxes? They're from the 1970s. Even if you remember it differently. Listen to Smar...

Succotash with Kelsey Barnard Clark

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 cla...

Bagels with David Page

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The creator of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives gives us some hot Food Network goss, and the Internation Bagel Bakers Union is discussed. Listen to Smart M...

Announcement

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Check out Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • ...

Mochi with Me

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mochi doesn't just mean ice cream, y'all. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • L...

Food of Singapore with Kheng Hua Tan

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A star of Crazy Rich Asians, who is from Singapore, talks about the truly international food scene she grew up with - why is it like that? Listen to S...

Pineapples with Andrew Ti

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brazil, Hawai'i, disastrous marketing, and pineapple upside-down cake. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • ...

Guinness and Ireland with Emily Hourican

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beer, religion, and the British aristocrats who were actually Nazis. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • Ra...

Garlic Bread with Andrea Wallace

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

People have always had very strong, and sometimes very weird, opinions about garlic. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher •...

Enchiladas with Molly Lambert

03 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What we want when we want to go to dinner. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • L...

Breadlines and Famines with Jeremy Bowditch

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Breadlines: invented in the US. Famine: always manmade, always political. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify •...

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just what was James Lewis Kraft getting up to in his kitchen? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • ...

Pocky with Tien Nguyen

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the planet's favorite treats ... with a history that got quite weird in the '80s. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitche...

Breakfast with Kate Willett

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Intuitive eating wasn't always a monetized concept - it's just how people ate. (If you don't have to clock in at work, you can eat whenever you want.)...

Tabbouleh (and Lebanese Food) with Nicole Georges

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A vegan who ate raw meat as a baby now finds joy in parsley. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPubli...

Coconut Shrimp with Julia Loken

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Mercury in retrograde" is finally explained. Julia is an astrologer with a sense of humor about it, and a lover of exquisite foods such as coconut sh...

Tracing the West African Diaspora with Ozoz Sokoh

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

West Africa's influence on global cuisine: it's there if you look for it. You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Spotify. Check out ...

Broccoli in Iceland with Jewells Chambers

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Expat vs immigrant, explaining Trump to foreigners, what are we doing on social media - no, really, what are we doing. Plus being a vegan in Iceland, ...

Lunch Counters with Max Falkowitz

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lunch counters vs delis vs sandwich shops - is it all semantics? Sometimes. But not when we're talking about the 1960s. (And, no, tuna melts were not ...

Community Cookbooks with Paula Forbes

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Canned tamales and the mysteries of Reese Witherspoon (ham parties?) with journalist and cookbook author Paula Forbes. And hey: just how WASPy are com...

Coffee with Nick Cho

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Secretly good German coffee, filthy British pamphleteers of 17th century England, and the port of Mocha with Your Korean Dad, Nick Cho. You can listen...

Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Native American food" is incredibly diverse. Loretta Barrett Oden, chef and member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation, has studied the foodways of North an...

Peppermint with Niccole Thurman

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What is "childhood"? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes?  You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Spotify. Check out...

Eggnog with Drew Mackie

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.  You can li...

Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo. You can listen to Smart Mo...

Beef Stroganoff with Jeff Gordinier

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Mushroom soup cuisine," crab cobbler, Eric Ripert's hunkiness, McDonald's memories, and the outrageously wealthy Stroganoff dynasty. You can liste...

Flavor with Nik Sharma

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The most science-based episode yet - don't worry, it was only Nik explaining science, I wasn't putting on airs. Here's what it comes down to: differen...

Flamin' Hot Cheetos with Noah Cho

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The surprisingly uplifting origin story of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, with a detour through 1940s wellness beliefs. Richard Montanez on The Passionate Few ...

Regency England with Bea Koch

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The British Regency Era was pretty much as Jane Austen represented it - except everyone was banging everyone. Truly unhinged levels of banging. They a...

Craft Service with Emmy Raver-Lampman

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hamilton and Umbrella Academy star tells us what the food's like on theatre, TV, and movie productions. Especially with all those union rules. Be ...

West African Food with Eric Adjepong

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

DC versus Baltimore, introducing African food to Top Chef, and the origins of jollof rice and why it's so dang important. Hibiscus is important, too! ...

Penang Curry with Caleb Hearon

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A curry for the people!  Say, as an omnivore, what meat WON'T you eat, and why? You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on Stitcher, on Spotify. Che...

Russian Food with Sofiya Alexandra

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Taste the capitalism in this discussion of Russian food, Soviet food, and semantics with Sofiya Alexandra. You can listen to Smart Mouth on iTunes, on...

Tacos with José R. Ralat

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

José R. Ralat has an amazing job title: Taco Editor, Texas Monthly. His new book American Tacos explores the history and regionality of the country's...

Lee Anne Wong, Nini Nguyen, & Melissa King

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Secrets of Top Chef and how to fix the restaurant industry with Lee Anne Wong, Nini Nguyen, and Melissa King. Want food stories from around the world?...

La Dolce Vita with Erica Firpo

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How Italians and Americans use technology differently (it's cultural), la dolce vita - but more importantly, dolce far niente - and the perfect Roman ...

Soda Pop Part III: Diet Coke

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prince William! Teddy Savalas! Rockettes! They all have something do to with Diet Coke. Or "diet Coke," with a lower case d. Those Coca-Cola lawyers a...

Soda Pop Part II: Ginger Ale & Mountain Dew

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

More soda pop madness! It's all about the moonshine mixers. Listen to part one here: https://soundcloud.com/smartmouthpodcast/soda-pop-history-invente...

Soda Pop: Part I

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we talk generally about the start of the soda pop industry (unlicensed pharmacists! Cocaine everywhere!), and next week we'll (that's Katherine ...

Key Lime Pie with Rebecca Leib

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oh, you thought you knew. Or at least I did, but turns out the history of Key lime pie isn't quite what I thought it was. Tell me: meringue or whipped...

Chocolate with DeAnne Smith

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is your appetite for chocolate ruined by the end of this? Or, can you recommend a source of ethical (like, actually ethical) chocolate? DeAnne Smith w...

Icebox Cake with Jessie Sheehan

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What is "silver cake"? Jessie Sheehan knows! My continued bafflement with GBBO, feminine foods, and alcohol in your cake. Do you buy Nabisco chocolate...

Meatloaf with Ashley Blaine Featherson

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ashley Blaine Featherson is here to tell you how to make the best meatloaf - and also how not to ruin it. Is scrapple a meatloaf? Please subscribe to ...