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About Valerie Saint-Rossy

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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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

Hosted by 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 …