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Food
September 20, 2023
Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived
The Surprising Story of Apples in the South
Diane Flynt
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Kelly Spivey
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For anyone who's ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and …
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Environmental Studies
September 17, 2023
Unbottled
The Fight Against Plastic Water and for Water Justice
Daniel Jaffee
Hosted by
Joshua Mullenite
In just four decades, bottled water has transformed from a luxury niche item into a ubiquitous consumer product, representing a $300 billion market dominated by global corporations. It sits at …
Food
September 12, 2023
The Lost Southern Chefs
A History of Commercial Dining in the Nineteenth-Century South
Robert F. Moss
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Kelly Spivey
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In recent years, food writers and historians have begun to retell the story of southern food. Heirloom ingredients and traditional recipes have been rediscovered, the foundational role that African Americans …
Japanese Studies
September 11, 2023
Globalizing the Soybean
Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950
Ines Prodöhl
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Nathan Hopson
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Ines Prodöhl’s Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900-1950 (Routledge, 2023) is a history of how, why, and where the soybean became a critical ingredient in industry …
Food
September 9, 2023
Feeding New Orleans
Celebrity Chefs and Reimagining Food Justice
Jeanne K. Firth
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Kelly Spivey
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many high-profile chefs in New Orleans pledged to help their city rebound from the flooding. Several formed their own charitable organizations, including the John Besh …
Sociology
August 20, 2023
The World of Sugar
How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years
Ulbe Bosma
Hosted by
Rituparna Patgiri
For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. After all, it serves no necessary purpose in our diets, and extracting it from plants takes hard work and ingenuity. Granulated …
British Studies
August 18, 2023
English Food
A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables
Diane Purkiss
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Miranda Melcher
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A rich and indulgent history, English Food: A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables (William Collins, 2022) by Dr. Diane Purkiss will change the way …
Food
August 16, 2023
Food Power Politics
The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
Bobby J. Smith II
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Kelly Spivey
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Bobby J. Smith II's book Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (UNC Press, 2023 )unearths a food story buried deep within the soil of American …
Food
August 8, 2023
Linda Skeens Blue Ribbon Kitchen
Recipes & Tips from America's Favorite County Fair Champion
Linda Skeens
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Laura Goldberg
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Appalachian grandmother Linda Skeens became an internet sensation in the summer of 2022 after taking home dozens of blue ribbons in canning, baking, and crafting at the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair …
Medieval History
August 7, 2023
The Catch
An Environmental History of Medieval European Fisheries
Richard C. Hoffmann
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Morteza Hajizadeh
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The Catch: An Environmental History of Medieval European Fisheries (Cambridge UP, 2023) provides a comprehensive examination of European engagement with aquatic systems between c. 500 and 1500 CE. Using textual …
Food
July 28, 2023
Appalachia on the Table
Representing Mountain Food and People
Erica Abrams Locklear
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Kelly Spivey
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When her mother passed along a cookbook made and assembled by her grandmother, Erica Abrams Locklear thought she knew what to expect. But rather than finding a homemade cookbook full …
Food
July 25, 2023
Grain and Fire
A History of Baking in the American South
Rebecca Sharpless
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Kelly Spivey
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While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems. In Grain and Fire …
Peoples & Things
July 24, 2023
US History in 15 Foods
A Conversation with Anna Zeide
Anna Zeide
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Lee Vinsel
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Anna Zeide, Associate Professor of History at Virginia Tech, talks about her book, US History in 15 Foods (Bloomsbury, 2023), with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. US History in …
Food
July 18, 2023
The Jewish Deli
An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food
Ben Nadler
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Laura Goldberg
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Beloved culinary and cultural institutions, Jewish delis are wonderlands of amazing flavors and great food—bright, buttery, briny, sweet, fatty, salty, smoky. . . . In The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated …
Japanese Studies
July 16, 2023
The Arts of the Microbial World
Fermentation Science in Twentieth-Century Japan
Victoria Lee
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Nathan Hopson
Victoria Lee’s The Arts of the Microbial World: Fermentation Science in Twentieth-Century Japan (U Chicago Press, 2021) is an in-depth exploration of the social history of microbial science in modern Japan …
Food
July 16, 2023
Last Call at Coogan's
The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar
Jon Michaud
Hosted by
Caleb Zakarin
The uniquely inspiring story of a beloved neighborhood bar that united the communities it served. Coogan’s Bar and Restaurant opened in New York City’s Washington Heights in 1985 and closed …
Food
July 15, 2023
Wine
Meg Bernhard
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Miranda Melcher
Today I talked to Meg Bernhard about her new book Wine (Bloomsbury, 2023). Agricultural product and cultural commodity, drink of ritual and drink of addiction, purveyor of pleasure, pain, and memory …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
July 14, 2023
The Future of Food
A Discussion with Kimberly Wilson
Kimberley Wilson
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Owen Bennett-Jones
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We all know that as a nation our mental health is in crisis. But what most don't know is that a critical ingredient in this debate, and a crucial part …
Geography
July 8, 2023
Quinoa
Food Politics and Agrarian Life in the Andean Highlands
Linda J. Seligmann
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Stentor Danielson
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Quinoa's new status as a superfood has altered the economic fortunes of Quechua farmers in the Andean highlands. Linda J. Seligmann journeys to the Huanoquite region of Peru to track …
Food
July 3, 2023
Sown in the Stars
Planting by the Signs
Sarah L. Hall
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Candy Boatwright
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"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and …
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