Food Anthropology (FEASTS) with Katherine Spiers
Loosen your belts and tuck a napkin under your chin because feasting season is here. Katherine Spiers -- journalist, food anthropologist and host of the wondrous culinary history podcast Smart Mouth -- lets Alie belly up for a buffet of questions about winter gatherings, Thanksgiving myths, stuffed peacocks, green bean casseroles, potato backstories, Friendsgivings, the hazards of deep frying, the eels of Jesus, some stuffing horrors and more.
Listen on Stitcher, iTunes, Simplecast, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.
Listen to Smart Mouth (perhaps the episodes with Alie "Lobster Roll" Ward & Steven Ray "Corndogs" Morris?)
Katherine Spiers's website, Twitter & Instagram. Her brand new podcast network is TableCakes.
Special thanks to poet and writer Kenzie Allen (@cerena on Twitter) for the insight & resources on Native perspectives of Thanksgiving.
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Some links which may be of use:
Very Disturbing Turtle Soup Recipe
The man who doesn’t want you to indulge, ladies
Interesting info regarding the Jewish immigration to Mexico
Thanksgiving Day is also a National Day of Mourning
Craneberry Sauce, if you’re old school
Brenda Salinas NPR article on Columbusing
Aaaand.. the College Humor video on Columbusing