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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This week host Sarah Berry talks about cayenne pepper, curry powder, and the enormous influence of Indian cuisine on Victorian cooking. Forget the stereotype of bland British food — nineteenth-century Victorians enjoyed a good spicy dish and fiery curry. -
Evelyn Funda concludes her mini series with Shakespearean scholar Phebe Jensen. This week learn how understanding the herbal knowledge of Shakespeare can deepen our understanding of his plays. -
This week Evelyn Funda continues her conversation with Shakespeare scholar Phebe Jensen on herbal subtexts, or beliefs, that Shakespeare's audience might have already known as they experienced a performance of his plays. -
This week Tammy Proctor changes up the theme of spices and herbs by talking about something that is really important in how we flavor foods; that is the lemon. -
This week Tammy Proctor takes a little diversion into medieval history exploring research that examines bones and skeletons and analyzes them to try to figure out what kind of isotopes or minerals are in the bones -
Evelyn Funda continues her discussion with Phebe Jensen, a Shakespearean scholar. This week they explore spices and herbs in the use of medicine. -
Evelyn Funda continues the ongoing series on spices with Phebe Jensen, USU Professor Emeritus in English and notable Shakespearean scholar. They explore Shakespeare as a botanist and references in his works of the natural world. -
Eating the Past hosts join Tom Williams on Access Utah to celebrate Eating the Past's 200 episodes. And they brought a gift for Tom! A food quiz! This week features excerpts from the episode that aired in March. -
Laura continues this season's theme of spice by highlighting a traditional Colombian soup, ajiaco. Claudia Mendez Wright talks about what it is, the spices and ingredients used, and why she considers it a comfort food. -
Host Sarah Berry explores this herb and its gradual transition from remedy to confectionary.
