The History of Food

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.

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 featuring comfort foods of historical figures.

This week host Sarah Berry continues the tomato themed series with a baked tomato recipe recipe from 1886.

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.

This week Tammy Proctor continues this season's deep dive into the category of comfort foods. She'll share one of those comforting mid-summer dishes from her childhood.

This week Laura Gelfand talks with Joyce Kinkead, USU Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English. They explore Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants and the influence that these pioneering spots had on American food.

Did you know that drinking lemonade was once a political and moral statement? This week host Sarah Berry explores the history of lemonade in the U.S. and it's connection to the 19th century temperance movement.

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

Alvaro Ibarra, assistant professor of Art History at USU talks with Laura Gelfand about one of his favorite comfort foods; Menudo, a spicy Mexican soup made with hominy, beef tripe, and pig foot.