cookbooks

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.

With our hot temperatures during the summer months host Laura Gelfand explores the origins of an ancient cold soup that has a humble beginning.

Host Evelyn Funda shares the history of sauerkraut and why it is one of her comfort foods.

Host Tammy Proctor continues their series on comfort food exploring Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook that asks "what does it mean to have a comfort food?"

This week host Sarah Berry welcomes Paul Daybell, the book arts and rare books curator at USU Libraries. They explore historic cookbooks and share some of the recipes they have sampled.

Tammy Proctor is joined by Sarah Neville, author of "Early Modern Herbals and the Book Trade." She explains what an herbal is and remedies for various conditions.

Host Sarah Berry shares the history and a recipe for one of the most iconic Romanian comfort foods, holiday sweet bread cozonac.

In keeping with this season's comfort food theme, Sarah Berry explores her favorite comfort food, soup. Particularly the traditional Scotch barley broth which originated centuries ago and likely pre-dates written history.

Eating the Past kicks off a new season introducing new hosts: Evelyn Funda, professor emerita of English at USU and Sarah Berry, USU digital archivist, University Libraries.