Smart Mouth

The Mick's Carla Jimenez clowns on Sara Lee, explains how she'll use rolling pins in the coming revolution; and discusses how nice French people are - seriously. Plus we have some excellent news about store-bought croissants. 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 https://www.facebook.com/groups/268127480409103/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

Ian Karmel and Katherine Spiers on getting comped, the wide diversity of white people in the Pacific Northwest, identity sandwiches, tender meats, and the drunkest deli in all the land. 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/

Why make resolutions when you could be like Janus? Be an actual Roman god. 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/

Elf on the Shelf is completely upsetting. Plus, holiday candies and the true meaning of "Immaculate Conception." (if you know it you get a prize. It's a candy cane.) Plus, a reader letter about Buffalo wings. 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/

A minisode in which Katherine and Producer Michelle discuss various types of chocolate, Texan baking, and how German Chocolate Cake isn't German at all. (Plus, a listener letter about Belgian fries.) 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/

Jordan Morris is all about the apps - plus Russian vs French, pupu platters, no-touching marriages, dippin' sauces and Balkan milk 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/

Karen and Katherine devolve into lumpia madness, and talk about drinking in Korea, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and claiming Cherokee heritage. And we propose a new show: Battle of the Podcast Stars. 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/

Comedian Amy Miller talks Dust Bowl migration, the humiliation of eating chicken wings in public, Hooters, Catholic slurs, and swim-up bars. 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/

Katherine tells Tawny Newsome about the food truck that's ripping off this very podcast, and they yell about French fries both good and bad, those humorless Belgians, and the secrets of Comedy Bang Bang. 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/

Gail Simmons is Canadian, so we compare the two Thanksgivings, and talk about beans, olives, root beer, her bold licorice choices, the phrase "soup to nuts," and the mysteries of sweet potato casserole. 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%E2%80%A6/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

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 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-mouth/id1171755407?mt www.facebook.com/smartmouthpodcast/ www.instagram.com/smartmouthpodcast/

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/

Artist Mimi Pond talks Valley Girls and refusing to care about superheroes. And sushi! 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/

Topless beaches and snacks that go with wine - specifically tapas - with this week's guest, chef and TV star Antonia Lofaso. 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/

Toe cleavage, pickle mysteries and barbecue from coast to coast with actor and comedian Emily Maya Mills. 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/

King of Podcasting Steven Ray Morris loves corn dogs, but hates eating with his hands. It's a problem. 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/

Everything we thought we knew about food in the Victorian era was wrong! 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/

Legendary TV creator Phil Rosenthal joins Katherine to talk about truly disgusting foods, discovering garlic at age 18, restaurants as centers of culture, and "no thank you bites." 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/

Lawyer-turned-baker Rose Lawrence joins Katherine to talk witchcraft, baking and the rather bloody history of France's most famous bread, the baguette. 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/

Watch out: this episode contains so, so many swear words. In so many languages. Actor Tony Rodriguez joins Katherine Spiers to talk about ropa vieja, the hilarity of Spanglish, and how Christopher Columbus was the Jared Kushner of his time. 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/

Photographer Oriana Koren talks about seeing food culture through her lens. And this most Southern dessert, that isn't even that Southern, it turns out! Plus, the best bit of banana trivia ever. 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/

"Bald Bryan" from The Adam Carolla Show joins Katherine to talk about martinis, and reminisce about when they used to work together and wear khakis. 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/

What's the difference between blogging and journalism-ing? That and the history of perhaps Jamaica's favorite dish as food blogger Danielle Salmon of Follow My Gut joins Katherine to talk history and drunk Laura Ingalls Wilder. 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/

Commander's Palace is the most famous restaurant in New Orleans, which makes it one of the most famous in the U.S. Katherine talks with its executive chef, Tory McPhail, about life as a young chef, coming up through the ranks, and the differences between Cajun and Creole. 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/

In which Scott Conant and Katherine get into a heated argument about what constitutes a dumpling. Plus, expensive spaghetti, shirtless cooking and fights on the set of Chopped. 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/

BoJack Horseman producer and James Beard Award-winning writer and illustrator Lisa Hanawalt joins Katherine to talk about alfajores, the cookie of her people. Plus, famous quotes about poop, and people being mean on the internet. 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/

Yo, Is This Racist host Andrew Ti joins Katherine to talk about a lot of nonsense, from farmers' markets to Tina Fey to the French government. Plus, the marketing of wine and the whole history of rosé. 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/

Jacques Pepin, the legendary French chef who changed American cuisine, joined Katherine to remember when cheffing was a blue-collar job; turning down a job in the Kennedy White House; and his work with Julia Child. Plus, his childhood in occupied France, when clowning on Nazis was a hobby. If you'd prefer to read the interview, the transcript is here: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/jacques-pepin-podcast-transcript 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/

Top Chef favorite Casey Thompson joins Katherine to talk about the all-American creation that is ranch dressing. Plus, delicious MSG, questionable buttermilk, Clorox as food company, and Texas pride. 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/

Journalist, author and podcaster Doree Shafrir joins Katherine to discuss everything from the Kardashians to the Moosewood Cookbook. Plus, something she called "American Chop Suey," which Katherine didn't know anything about. 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/

Apicius, the original gourmand, comes up a lot in this discussion with Bon Appetit wine editor Marissa A. Ross that veers into a whole bunch of ridiculous name-dropping. Also, fried meats! 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/

Danny Trejo joined Katherine to talk about prison: when he was incarcerated vs. how it is now (a "warehouse of insanity"), using commissary for protection, and how bad the food is inside. Plus, clowning on Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you'd prefer to read the interview, here is the transcript: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/danny-trejo-prison-transcript-trejos-tacos 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 founder of a mezcal company talks about honoring Mexican tradition, and the world's increasing sophistication about Mexican food. Plus, staying classy while drinking, and all the different kinds of mole, that multi-ingredient native Mexican dish. 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/

Those potatoes aren't baked, they're steamed. Plus, the marketing of Yukon Golds, and the fact that some people keep the peel on when making mashed potatoes. Disgusting. Not disgusting: Kung Pao Potatoes. Also! Curry is not what you think it is. 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/

Cat Solen, creator of music videos and all kinds of television magic, joins Katherine Spiers to talk avocados, the California Raisins, and extremely gory fruit-related injuries. And then she makes up some new cartoon characters! (And clarifies that she's not lonely, she's European.) 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/

Ryan Stock and AmberLynn of Comedy Daredevil join Katherine to talk about poutine - how repeatedly applying blowtorches to your tongue will change your sense of taste. Life's rough when your whole job is based on hurting yourself. Oh, and can anyone recommend a good Indian restaurant in Las Vegas? 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/

Her Korean grandmother was very influential in Nyesha Arrington's young life, especially when it came to food. She still holds that culture near and dear as it influences her cooking to this day, in her restaurants and on TV. Arrington and host Katherine Spiers talk about judging books by their covers, being self-conscious about your family's food, and the glory of fermentation. 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/

Matt Donnelly is a vegan, but check this out: he has a sense of humor about it. He joins Katherine Spiers to discuss vegan eating in Las Vegas, insisting on being 300 pounds, and why the fast food and health food industries have the exact same goals. Plus, cults and celibacy! 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/

As a Top Chef contestant and owner of multiple restaurants, Brooke Williamson know about fancy food. She also knows about peanut butter. She and Katherine discuss cleanses, "nut fat," and that disgusting milk chocolate, and why cooking with gloves is more of a health hazard than you think. 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/

Eating while naked, gravy vs. sauce, and the science behind pasta, and that's all before Katherine and guest Bruce Kalman (of the acclaimed Union restaurant) get into it about minimum wage and "Millennial work ethic." Then they talk about chef tattoos! 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/

Usually Katherine is the teacher on Smart Mouth, but this week guest Andrea Nguyen schools her on all things pho. Check out Andrea's fantastic new cookbook: http://amzn.to/2lJv3Ue If you'd prefer to read the interview, the transcript is here: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/andrea-nguyen-podcast-transcript-pho 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/

Noted candy authority (in the sense that he likes candy a whole bunch) and television writer Marcos Luevanos joins Katherine to talk German history, contemporary pop culture, and gummy bears. And he gives us a very helpful rundown on which brands make the best gummy subgenres. 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/