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Katherine Spiers

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As seen in: Apple Podcasts, Smart Mouth, Los Angeles Times, Substack, This Needs Hot Sauce, Atlas Obscura, Serious Eats, Eater Los Angeles, Los Angeles Magazine, LAist and
Restaurant critic, howtoeatla.com. Host, smartmouthpodcast.com. Editor, smartmouth.substack.com. Founder, @tablecakesprod.
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By Katherine Spiers Verified
| Substack
Hello all, I'm working on upgrading Smart Mouth the newsletter to a new platform, and refreshing the format of Smart Mouth the podcast. With the changes I have planned, I’ll be able to take you as readers and listeners deeper into the research process. Setting it all up properly is a lot of work, and I don't want to rush it. To that end, I'm pausing paid subscriptions until January 13th.
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The Myth of Madame Wu's Chicken Invention

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By Katherine Spiers Verified
| Substack
The story goes that Cary Grant, a regular at a Chinese restaurant called Madame Wu’s Gardens*, in Santa Monica, CA, told the restaurant owner, Sylvia Wu, that he’d had a salad at another restaurant and wanted her to put her spin on it. And thus was born the Chinese Chicken Salad. I discussed this in the most recent podcast episode, below, with Jon Kung — his Asian Chicken Salad is made with arugula and grapefruit.
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Asian Chicken Salad with Jon Kung on Apple Podcasts

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By Katherine Spiers Verified
| Apple Podcasts
Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad? Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen 1 For The Table Related episodes: Chicken & Waffles with Carl Tart American Chinese Food with Edgar Momplaisir Ruth Wakefield & the Chocolate Chip Cookie Personal Foodways with Chris Scott Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon.
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