Evelyn Funda

This week Evelyn Funda continues exploring the history of spices, herbs, and flavorings. Rather than focusing on our sense of taste she focuses on our sense of smell and the use of vanilla in perfumes.

Eating the Past hosts kick off a new season with an introduction into this year's theme: spicy! Tune in each week for a look at how spices, herbs, and flavorings have enhanced our food and sometimes changed our world.

This week hosts Evelyn Funda, Sarah Berry, and Jamie Sanders continue their exploration into Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad" which features an extended list of American comfort foods.

This week hosts Evelyn Funda, Sarah Berry, and Jamie Sanders explore Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad" which features an extended list of American comfort foods.

Join in on the fun on this week's episode as host Evelyn Funda challenges her Eating the Past co-hosts with another food quiz featuringPresidential comfort foods.

Join in on the fun on this week's episode as host Evelyn Funda challenges her Eating the Past co-hosts with another food quiz featuring comfort foods of historical figures.

This week host Evelyn Funda continues the theme of comfort food and how how the language of food united Ben Franklin and his wife Deborah Read.

This week host Evelyn Funda shares her Carla Emery inspired recipe of green tomato pie, an unusual mixture of chopped green tomatoes, apples, brown sugar, raisins, spices, and green zest all baked into a pie crust.

This week host Evelyn Funda leans into a quirky aspect of the culinary history of her home state of Idaho.

Host Evelyn Funda talks about her mom's brandied fruit bundt cake that became known as the friendship cake.