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  • Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad?

    Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen

    1 For The Table

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    Music: José Feliciano - California Dreamin'

    Notes on MSG:

    Dr. Ho Man Kwok and MSG

    and it continues...

    FDA 1,2,3

    USDA

    Reddit 1,2

    Sources:

    LA TImes 1,2

    Food Network

    PBS

    Madame Wu

  • Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities.

    The Food Section

    Hanna IG

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    Ladies Who Lunch

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    Music: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - III. Juba. Allegro - Florence Price

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    The Myth of the Holy City

    BBQ hash

    Lady Baltimore cake

    Huguenot torte

    Sources:

    The Food Section 1,2

    St Andrew’s Parish

    Charleston magazine

    West Of Free Press

    St Philip’s Church

    Sara’s Weeknight Meals

    National Park Service, House Beautiful

    The Sunday Record

    Mystic Tea Room

    "To Make the Whole World Homelike:" Gender, Space, and America's Tea Room Movement

    JSTOR Daily

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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

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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

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    Christmas Candy

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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

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    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

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    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

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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

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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 Facebook Katherine on Twitter Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify RadioPublic TuneIn Libsyn Related Episodes: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy Maraschino Cherries with Courtney Nichols Sources FDA Farmer's Almanac A-Z of Food and Drink Oxford Companion to Food Eater Punch Time Washington Post Food Timeline Fred Opie

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

    Transcript for this episode is here.

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    Music: Christmas Dreaming by Harry Connick Jr

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    Sources:

    History.com

    Martha Stewart

    NPR

    Christian Science Monitor

    Iceland.com

    Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert

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  • What is “childhood”? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes?

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    Music: Last Christmas by Wham!

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    Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy Roman Food with Erica Firpo Spaghetti Carbonara with Niccole Thurman

    Sources:

    The Imperfect Child Child labor and the division of labor in the early English cotton mills Adolescence and Youth in Early Modern England ‘A Prospect of Flowers’: Concepts of Childhood and Female Youth in Seventeenth-Century British Culture Time New York Times Snopes Today I Found Out
  • “Christmas candy” is just vibes. So what's your favorite?

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    Maraschino cherries with Courtney Nichols

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    Music: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

    Sources:

    candystore.com 1, 2

    CBC

    Princeton

    Tasting Table

  • This thing's so weird.

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    Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown

    Sources:

    Reagan Library 1, 2

    White House History 1, 2

    Washington Post

  • How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it.

    Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking

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    Music: Next Level - aespa

    Sources:

    Toronto Star

    BBC

    SteakSchool.com

    The Kitchn

    Maui Ribs

    Tablet

  • Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler?

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    Full "sugar and spice"poem

    Ladies Who Lunch: Episode/Transcript

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    Music:

    Crazy - Aerosmith

    Sources:

    Stanford/Rebaking the Pie

    GrubHub

  • When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food.

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    Tater tots

    Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle

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    Music:

    Controversy - Prince

    Sources:

    Craig Daily Press

    Reddit

    Allrecipes

    Merriam-Webster

    Dictionary.com

    Britannica

    I Am Baker

  • Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson. Related: Hot Sauce with Llewellyn Clarke California's Punjabi-Mexican Communities Gujarati New Year's Dish Beans and Gin Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes Google Podcasts Pandora Spotify RadioPublic TuneIn Libsyn Amazon Music Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Sejal IG The Philosophy of Curry Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: The Dictionary Song - Don Robertson Sources: The World of Soy Harvard’s School of Public Health “Mesoamerican origin of the common bean is revealed by sequence data” Seedchange.org