International Food

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

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.

What better way to mark this milestone than with a food that highlights how we celebrate the passage of time. This week begins this three part series about the history of birthday cakes.

Host Laura Gelfand talks with author Mariaelena Huambachano on her book "Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well."

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

Host Laura Gelfand continues the comfort food theme by sharing one of her favorite comfort soups, Tuscan ribollita.

This week Laura Gelfand takes up the theme of comfort food with David Wall, Professor of Film Studies at Utah State University. They discuss why beans on toast are a core comfort food for Brits.

Tammy Proctor continues the comfort food theme this week with a recipe for a Greek soup that is traditionally used to help people recover from illness.

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.

Host Tammy Proctor continues her exploration of medieval cooking by sharing a rissole recipe.