How do you indigenize a food? What are the hummus wars? Tune in to a food identity themed episode of A Taste of the Past as Linda Pelaccio chats with Ari Ariel, Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU. Tune in to learn how cuisine is shared and sometimes protected in different countries and cultures. Learn what makes a dish "authentic" and how hummus has caused such a fuss between nations. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"Migration provokes changes in foodways."

"I think in America we all understand that nothing is truly authentic."

"The word hummus is just the Arab word for chick pea, it has nothing to do with preparation."

--Ari Ariel, Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU on A Taste of the Past

This week on A Taste of the Past Linda sits down with multiple James Beard award winner and author of over a dozen cookbooks Rozanne Gold. They discussed Rozanne's new book "Radically Simple", a cookbook that focuses on clean, neat, healthy, and simple recipes, some of them approaching revolutionary in their simple treatment of some classic dishes. Tune in to learn how to make a perfect roast chicken with only one ingredient (chicken). This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919.

How can Erica Wides afford two places to live? She doesn't drink bottled water, or any other bottled beverages for that matter. Let's Get Real is here to pull you out of that rabbit hole of foodiness, or in this case, drinkiness, that has been perpetuated by beverages that claim to make you smarter, faster, or are 'enhanced' with electrolytes and exotic flavors like 'dragonfruit'. All of this, says Wides, is BS. Tune in for a debunking of drinks such as Gatorade, Neuro, Arizona Green Tea and bottled water like Dasani (it's actually just tap water from Atlanta!), all of which waste your body's resources as well as the environment's. So before reach for that next Vitamin Water at the gas station fridge, listen up and get real about hydration. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.