The History of Food

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.

This week hosts Evelyn Funda, Sarah Berry, and Jamie Sanders continue their exploration into Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad" which features an extended list of American comfort foods.

This week hosts Evelyn Funda, Sarah Berry, and Jamie Sanders explore Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad" which features an extended list of American 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 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.