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This week Jamie Sanders explores the spices and flavors that enliven our dishes, including vanilla and it's origins.

This week Evelyn Funda continues the theme of the cultural history of spices and how one particular spice's road to our kitchen cupboards has been long and twisted.

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.

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.

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

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.

Host Evelyn Funda quizzes Eating the Past's Laura Gelfand and Jamie Sanders on their knowledge of birthday celebrations and food from around the globe.

Cache Valley Media Group hosted the 2024 Latino Festival in Logan last Saturday. This event hosted many vendors, food trucks, cultural dancers, and even a parade.

Our guest today is the Founder of Indigenous Performance Productions, Andre Bouchard (of Kootenai/Ojibwe/Pend d’Oreille/Flathead Salish descent). The Aunties is coming to the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan on April 5, 7:30pm. This is part of a Utah Humanities Grant, in partnership with UtahPresents/Kingsbury Hall. This show is part of the CacheARTS National Touring Season.

Indigenous populations in the U.S. were systematically being stripped of their cultures. Then in WWII, the government discovered the tactical advantages of the Comanche language.