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Published 03/27/24
Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche.
The Man Who Ate Too Much
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Published 02/28/24
Crows. You gotta hand it to them.
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Creature Feature
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Music: I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens
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Published 02/14/24
A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes.
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Kung Pao & Beyond
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Music: Salt - Ava Max
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Published 01/24/24
There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese.
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Music: Big Cheese - Nirvana
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Published 01/17/24
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
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Published 12/26/23
The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo.
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Music: Christmas Dreaming by Harry Connick Jr
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Published 12/20/23
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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Published 12/13/23
“Christmas candy” is just vibes. So what's your favorite?
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Published 12/06/23
This thing's so weird.
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Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown
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Published 11/21/23
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
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Tablet
Published 11/15/23
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
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Published 10/18/23
When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food.
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Published 10/04/23
Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson.
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Published 09/20/23
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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 then compare Oprah and Gwyneth.
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Published 06/14/23
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 then compare Oprah and Gwyneth.
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Published 06/08/23
Did you know you can sue objects? Coca-Cola does.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
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Music: Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin
Published 05/24/23
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 asks people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and level the financial playing field along the way. Maya and I chatted about eating my way through L.A and what it means for my finances, along with how I went from food writing to business ownership. If you like...
Published 05/09/23
Meghan Markle drinks Pacifico, we’re sure of it.
Vibe Check
Into It
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Music: Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
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Published 05/03/23
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 you have in your kitchen. It’s extremely helpful and I really appreciate her point of view - there’s a tendency in the US to be like "here are things to buy to be more earth-friendly.” No. That is not the vibe today. Also I bonded with Tamar over the dirty looks we get in the grocery store for doing something that is considered so gross - but...
Published 04/19/23
Yes, it's one word - because it's one word in Swedish, too.
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Music: Uptown - Prince
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Published 04/05/23
Agriculture and movie theatres, working together since the Depression - but at absolute odds before that.
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Published 03/22/23
When you'll take any excuse for "coffee and cake."
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Music: To Live With You - ABBA
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Published 03/08/23
What is your comfort food and why do you call it that?
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Music: Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet
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The myth of comfort food
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Published 02/22/23