Food Anthropology (FEASTS) with Katherine Spiers

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 5:05 a.m.

b'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.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nListen to Smart Mouth (perhaps the episodes with Alie "Lobster Roll" Ward & Steven Ray "Corndogs" Morris?)\\n\\nKatherine Spiers\'s website, Twitter & Instagram. Her brand new podcast network is TableCakes.\\n\\nSpecial thanks to poet and writer Kenzie Allen (@cerena on Twitter) for the insight & resources on Native perspectives of Thanksgiving. \\n\\nBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month:\\xa0www.Patreon.com/ologies\\n\\nOlogiesMerch.com\\xa0has hats, shirts, pins, totes!\\n\\nFollow @Ologies on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0or\\xa0Instagram\\n\\nFollow @AlieWard on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0or\\xa0Instagram\\n\\nMore links at\\xa0www.alieward.com\\n\\nSound editing by\\xa0Steven Ray Morris\\n\\nTheme song by Nick Thorburn\\n\\nSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies'