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NBN Episodes hosted by Valerie:
Middle Eastern Studies
April 7, 2021
Stories My Father Told Me
Memories of a Childhood in Syria and Lebanon
Helen Zughaib and Elia Zughaib
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Family stories are the texture of the human fabric. From every land, from every time, they bring the past to life for young ears. In the beginning of the twentieth …
American Studies
July 26, 2018
Bound to the Fire
How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
Kelley Fanto Deetz
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
The concept of “Southern hospitality” began to take form in the late eighteenth century and became especially associated with Virginia’s grand plantations. This state was home to many of our …
Food
July 2, 2018
Where the Wild Coffee Grows
The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Jeff Koelher
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Is life without coffee possible? Before you answer, first admit that you know almost nothing about the plant that you depend on to deliver you conscious into your day. You …
Food
May 22, 2017
Nothing Fancy
Recipes and Recollections of Soul-Satisfying Food
Diana Kennedy
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Diana Kennedy, Nothing Fancy: Recipes and Recollections of Soul-Satisfying Food (University of Texas Press, 2016). Don't be misled by this title. Its author, Diana Kennedy, has written nine cookbooks and …
American Studies
May 14, 2017
We Are As Gods
Back to the Land in the 1970s on a Quest for a New America
Kate Daloz
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Growing up in a geodesic dome is not a claim everyone can make, but author Kate Daloz can. Her book We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the …
Food
May 14, 2017
Food on Foot
A History of Eating on Trails and in the Wild
Demet Guzey
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Napoleon famously stated that an army marches on its stomach. Of no less importance is the food that keeps exploration moving, whether polar, desert, or on pilgrimage. Demet Guzey's Food …
Food
March 31, 2016
Darjeeling
Jeff Koehler
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Darjeeling tea, like other members of its artisanal tribe serrano peppers, Champagne, and grana padano,exists through a combination of intimate understanding of natural forces, intensive labor, and lifelong dedication. The …
German Studies
April 24, 2015
The Bells in Their Silence
Travels through Germany
Michael Gorra
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Despite being Germany's most famous literary lion, in 1786 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had to jump on a mail coach incognito to begin his travels to Italy (of course, he …
Food
February 19, 2015
The Cuban Table
A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History
Ana-Sofia Pelaez
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
If Cuba will soon be a travel destination for Americans, what do we think we know about this neighbor that is so close geographically (93 miles south of Florida) and …
Food
December 26, 2014
French Country Cooking
Authentic Recipes from Every Region
Francois Branget
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
"How do you govern a country that produces 365 kinds of cheese?" What puzzled Charles de Gaulle inspired Francoise Branget, the author of French Country Cooking: Authentic Recipes from Every …
Food
June 13, 2014
Chop Suey
A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
Andrew Coe
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Valerie Saint-Rossy
Through some quirk of fate, the Hobbesian tag "filling, cheap, and familiar" is probably the defining phrase used when Americans think of Chinese food. Yet what could be less accurate …