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Episode 258: What Menus Tell Us

Episode 258: What Menus Tell Us

FromA Taste of the Past


Episode 258: What Menus Tell Us

FromA Taste of the Past

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Menus hold a vast amount of historic information on America's culture, social history, economy, and everyday life. Food and culture historian and menu collector Henry Voigt shares some of the stories old menus have to tell about 19th century America.
Released:
Dec 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Linda Pelaccio, a culinary historian, takes a weekly journey through the history of food on A Taste of the Past. Tune in for interviews with authors, scholars and culinary chroniclers who discuss food culture from ancient Mesopotamia and Rome to the grazing tables and deli counters of today. Each week Linda explores the lively link between food cultures of the present and past.