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Nov 2022
22m 33s

Smologies #18: FEASTS with Katherine Spi...

ALIE WARD
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Kid-friendly and quick! It’s another Smologies G-rated cut of a classic episode. Loosen your belts and tuck a napkin under your chin because feasting season is here. Katherine Spiers -- journalist, food anthropologist, editor of HowtoEatLA.com and host of the culinary history podcast Smart Mouth -- lets Alie belly up for a buffet of questions about winter gatherings, Thanksgiving myths, green bean casseroles, the hazards of deep frying, holy eels and more.

Follow Katherine Spiers on Twitter and Instagram

Her new food review site HowToEatLA.com and podcast network TableCakes Productions

Full length Food Anthropology (FEASTS) episode + links here

A donation went to: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

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