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Smart Mouth

May 29, 2019

This one’s for the bread nerds and the fermentation geeks! Manresa baker Avery Ruzicka talks about what happens when your bread starter dies and how to come back from that, yeast strains, and living an Eric Ripert lifestyle. Plus lots of tips for successful bread fermentation. Smart Mouth is on...


May 22, 2019

Hawaii’s rice culture - and its rice crops - with Sheldon Simeon. Plus life after Top Chef, retirement dreams, and letting go of a certain colonial myth. Need more about Hawaiian food? Here you go: https://soundcloud.com/smartmouthpodcast/hawaiian-food-with-sarah-kuhn Smart Mouth is on Patreon:...


May 15, 2019

The importance of both home ec and Howard Johnson’s mac and cheese; plus, how to eat a lobster with Boston chef Barbara Lynch, who explains what a "frappe" is. And that I've been pronouncing it wrong. Smart Mouth is on Patreon:...


May 8, 2019

What is your ideal burrito? LA Times columnist Frank Shyong on racism in baseball, "taco” vs “burrito," and growing up in Tennessee and learning about your city after you leave. This episode is mostly a philosophical discussion: can we really define food items? Smart Mouth is on...


May 1, 2019

Trader Joe’s: trash, or not? Plus, Dragula, Cajun food dares, Enlightenment era marriage and the Boudin Trail with drag queen Meatball. And soggy bottoms with Paul Hollywood!

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