Eating the Past
Sundays from 12:01-12:06 p.m.
Eating the Past explores food and beverages in history along with our relationship to food today. The show ties in with a video series of the same name that features faculty and staff chefs who cook recipes from USU's historic cookbook collection. We will bring recipes, personal stories, interviews, and fun to the discussion of what we eat. The show will air every Sunday at noon before the Splendid Table.
This project has received funding from Utah Humanities.
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In this week's episode host Jeannie Sur looks into clam chowder and the clams that make up chowder and other New Hampshire delicacies. -
The Mitchell Persimmon Festival has turned into a big event with vendors, live performances, a parade, and of course, a cooking contest. The main food produced for prizes is a dish called Persimmon Pudding, which is the stuff of closely-guarded family secret recipes.
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Iowa might be about the best place on earth to grow corn, but it was not domesticated there. Humans created corn about 9,000 years ago, far to the south of Iowa in the highlands of Mexico.
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This week host Jeannie Sur explores Las Vegas casinos and the history of the buffet, originally called the Chuck Wagon and later renamed the Buckaroo Buffet.
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College football season is upon us, no more so than in the state we are featuring today, Nebraska. The food of choice for Nebraska fans is the humble runza, a food many outside of the state have never eaten.
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The rugged and sometimes remote Ozarks Mountains have long been attractions for those wanting to fish for bass or trout or those searching for morel mushrooms. But not that many people know about another rich food source in the Ozarks – nuts – and lots of them.
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Why did Bourbon become associated with Kentucky? Today over 95% of the world's Bourbon is made in Kentucky.
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In this week's Eating the Past, host Tammy Proctor researches the Willamette Valley region, a paradise for foodies, with wonderful agricultural bounty, farm-to-table restaurants, and wineries.
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This week host Jeannie Sur takes us to West Virginia where the pepperoni roll is considered the official state food. The pepperoni roll's heritage is traced back to Italian Americans and they originate back to the early 20th century.
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The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest in the U.S. The reason so many people attend is the food. What is considered the most famous fair food? Host Jeannie Sur explores everything from corn roast to spaghetti on a stick.
