A Taste of the Past
Culinary historian Linda Pelaccio takes a journey through the history of food. Take a dive into food cultures through history, from ancient Mesopotamia and imperial China to the grazing tables and deli counters of today. Tune in as Linda, along with a guest list of culinary chroniclers and enthusiasts, explores the lively links between food cultures of the present and past.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 409
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Episode 90: Fabio Parasecoli
From food culture in 800BCE to the present day, this week’s episode of A Taste of the Past will take you there. With the help of New School professor of food studies, Fabio Parasecoli, host Linda Pel…
00:30:31 |
Thu 16 Feb 2012
Episode 89: Monica Bhide
This week on A Taste of the Past host Linda Pelaccio talks with food writer and interviewer Monica Bhide who has written on a variety of subjects from Indian cooking to her latest venture into the wo…
00:32:01 |
Thu 26 Jan 2012
Episode 88: Rick Ellis
This week on A Taste of the Past get ready to dive in to the re-emerging world of “table-scaping” –ie. how to set and visually design a dinner table setting– with host Linda Pelaccio. Joined by estee…
00:31:20 |
Thu 19 Jan 2012
Episode 87: Dining Out in Early Gotham
How did restaurants become such a staple in American culture? Tune in for a lively discussion with historian and professor Cindy Lobel on this week’s episode of A Taste of the Past. Linda and Cindy c…
00:30:57 |
Thu 05 Jan 2012
Episode 86: Benedictine Liqueur
This week on A Taste of the Past we take a trip to the Abbey of Fecamp in Normandy where the Benedictine monk Dom Bernardo Vincelli created the liqueur Benedictine in the 16th century. With the help …
00:26:40 |
Thu 22 Dec 2011
Episode 85: The History of the Christmas Feast
Get ready to loosen up your belt a notch or two because A Taste of The Past is having a Christmas feast. Host Linda Pelaccio is joined accomplished food historian Clifford Wright who explains history…
00:33:22 |
Thu 15 Dec 2011
Episode 84: The Lost Art of Real Cooking
This week on A Taste of The Past it’s time to rediscover The Lost Art of Real Cooking with Ken Albala who has written a book on just that. Learn how our liberation from the kitchen in the ’70s has le…
00:33:36 |
Thu 08 Dec 2011
Episode 83: Feeding Gotham: History of Urban Provisioning
This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio explores the history of public markets and meat supplies in New York City with Gergely Baics, Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies at Barn…
00:36:26 |
Thu 01 Dec 2011
Episode 82: Heritage Foods USA
When it comes to food, what exactly does Heritage mean? How did Slow Food’s Ark of Taste help launch Heritage Foods USA and bring pasture raised pork and Heritage breed turkeys and chickens to the di…
00:30:01 |
Thu 17 Nov 2011
Episode 81: Liquid Gold: The Impact of Olive Oil on Western Civilization
Three million tonnes of liquid gold have been produced this year and no we’re not talking about bullion, we’re talking about olive oil. From it’s first sightings on ancient Egyptian pyramids to the m…
00:38:26 |
Thu 10 Nov 2011
Episode 80: Julia Child and the Rise of Food TV
This week A Taste of The Past investigates the rise in popularity and power of TV cooking shows. Host Linda Pelaccio looks into the origins that have resulted in today’s obsession with food TV, with …
00:32:21 |
Thu 03 Nov 2011
Episode 79: The Silver Spoon
This week A Taste of the Past recreates a classic master cookbook of the Italian vintage “The Silver Spoon” with the help of the editor Emilia Terragni of Phaidon Press. Emilia expounds on the challe…
00:33:04 |
Thu 27 Oct 2011
Episode 78: History of American Wine
We all know and love French and Italian wines, and of course California is known for it’s interesting varietals and grapes but what about wine in other parts of America? Did you know Virginia used to…
00:34:50 |
Thu 20 Oct 2011
Episode 76: Jacques Pepin
This week On A Taste of the Past, Linda is joined by a very special guest who is not only a chef who has cooked for Charles de Gaulle and has 11 cookbooksbut who is also an Emmy Winner, a recipient o…
00:31:08 |
Thu 29 Sep 2011
Episode 75: The Art of Eating with Ed Behr
This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda is joined by Ed Behr, the man behind The Art of Eating, an in-depth periodical about the best food and wine. Linda and Ed discuss everything from subjective ta…
00:31:53 |
Thu 22 Sep 2011
Episode 74: A Southerly Course
This week on A Taste of The Past goes south to Mississippi with James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Martha Hall Foose who was also the food stylist for the critically acclaimed move ‘The Help’,…
00:33:18 |
Thu 15 Sep 2011
Episode 73: Barry Estabrook & Tomatoland
This week A Taste of the Past has a serious talk about tomatoes with James Beard award recipient Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring F…
00:39:13 |
Thu 08 Sep 2011
Episode 72: Hot Dogs
This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda explores the history of the hot dog with Bruce Kraig, Ph.D, author of “Hot Dog, A Global History”. Bruce has traveled the world tasting hot dogs and shares som…
00:35:11 |
Thu 01 Sep 2011
Episode 71: Eat Your Words: A Culinary History of the English Language
What do beat, bean, and leek all have in common with each other? Find out on this week’s episode A Taste of The Past where Linda goes into the history of food and culinary etymology with Ina Lipkowit…
00:32:55 |
Thu 18 Aug 2011
Episode 70: The Great American Debate: No National Dish
This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda is joined by author and teacher Megan Elias, author of the forthcoming book “Taste of the Nation: American Cookbooks and Culture”. Linda and Megan explore the …
00:34:06 |
Thu 04 Aug 2011
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