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First Aired - 06/14/2012 01:00PM
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On this episode of A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio is joined in the studio by Rebecca Federman of the Culinary Collections at the New York Public Library. Today, they are discussing the NYPL's old menu collection and the new What's on the Menu? program. Hear about old menus from the inauguration of President McKinley to the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. Help out the NYPL by helping to digitize some of these menus to create a searchable database! Tune in to learn about some of the more obscure NYC menu items, as well as the role of midday lunch in building the restaurant business in the city. This episode has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.
"There are the everyday menus that I find very graphically beautiful and interesting. Or there are children's menus that I find really adorable." -- Rebecca Federman on her favorite menus, A Taste of the Past
Restaurants are such a huge part of our social history, that to not have these documents is such a loss." -- Rebecca Federman on A Taste of the Past
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Menus from the early 1900s (13:23)
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menu, New York Public Library, library collection, Rebecca Federman, The Astor House, hotel menus, Delmonico, What's on the Menu? Program, database, digitize old menus, dishes, NYPL, transcribing menus, turtle soup, data set, New York, Statue of Liberty, inauguration, Prohibition, beer, malts, holiday menus, Art Nouveau,Everyone's Transcribing! (15:41)
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transcribing, historians, chefs, graphic designers, library, novelists, alligator pear, language, avocado, service, cocktails, menu layout, roasts, joints, farinaceous, farm, description, Wikipedia, Lunch Hour NYC, Laura Shapiro, lunch in New York, automat, lunch at home, school lunch, power lunch, The Four Seasons, dinner menu, lunch menu, quick lunch, cafeteria, working women, Schrafft's, The Explorer's Club,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/14/2013 12:00PM
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From New York City to Missouri, Patrick Martins is covering it all on this week's installment of The Main Course. Patrick Martins invites Christy Robb of St. John's Bread & Life into the studio to talk about her experiences growing up in New York City. Learn about Christy's schooling throughout Manhattan, and how different institutions inspired her radical political leanings. How did Christy become involved in public health, and what problems did the city face in the 80s and 90s? Later, Patrick calls up Philip Burger, the Vice President at Burgers' Smokehouse to talk about smoking meats in California, Missouri. Learn about the regional differences between country hams, and some of the innovations at Burgers' Smokehouse, including the infamous water knife! This program has been sponsored by Tabard Inn. Thanks to The California Honeydrops for today's music!
"In the wintertime, you would butcher your hogs, and you would begin the process of curing... You did it because that was how you preserved food; there was no refrigeration." [34:15]
-- Philip Burger on The Main Course
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Grinding Meat (5:50)
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New York City, ground beef, grinding meat, nose to tail, Farm 255, Moonshine Meats Farm, Farm Burger, ribeye, NY Strip, tenderloin, farms, Slow Food,Christy Robb on New York City (26:35)
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St. John's Bread & Life, Christy Robb, Bloomingdale's, perverts, Lee Remick, Otto Preminger, Mad Men, Midnight Cowboy, Trash, Andy Warhol, Gremlins, Sacred Heart, Caroline Kennedy, Central Park, punk, The New York Dolls, gay, Angela Davis, Elizabeth Irwin, radical, Arthur Miller, artist, progressive, curriculum, police, pepper spray, mosh pit, Supreme Court, Dead Kennedys, social services, Rock Against Reagan, heroin, public health, AIDS, methadone, social justice, Hell's Kitchen, automat, professional cooking, soup, donations, Heritage Foods USA,Smoking Hams (18:17)
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Momofuku Ssam Bar, Philip Burger, Burgers' Smokehouse, curing, preservation, Black Forest Ham, country ham, diversified farm, Ham House, Sam Edwards, Nancy Newsom, regional, whiskey, aging, bag curing, salt, water knife, spoilage, grease, July sweat, hickory, applewood, Modern Marvels, Museum of Food & Drink, foodie,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/01/2009 01:30PM
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On this week's Main Course: Part Q Bernardo Palombo of El Taller Latino stops by to talk about water, language & music. Also, Jack & Nat stop by from behind the booth.
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The Main Course Part Q: Introduction (10:00)
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language, grammar, Pele, guitar, Dan Zanes, Mexico, Spanish, Neuva York, Grover, Spongebob Squarepants, should learning be fun?, Yiddish, El Taller Latino, Bernardo Palombo, Sesame Street,Bernardo Palombo of El Taller Latino (10:00)
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El Taller Latino, Bernardo Palombo, terracotta, automat, Grand Central Station, Lexington & 42nd, industrialization of food supply, meat and iceburg lettuce, Argentina, visa, illegal immigrant, 1969, legal alien, green card, Montreal, travel, passports, Europe, Italy,Bernardo Talks About Making His Building Green (10:00)
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green buildings, green roof, infrastructure, huge windows, solar energy, handicapped access, two architects and one engineer designed a pulley system for the handicapped, community, cultural center, language school, utopic city, www.tallerlatino.org, language classes, Cuida El Agua,Finding Clean Water (15:00)
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The Milk Building, West 15th Street, water, clean water, some countries in Africa have terrible water situations, water will be the next big issue in the global economy, economically minded philosophy, desalination, reverse osmosis membranes, Dow Chemical, developing countries, South America, The Battle For Water, Bush Administration, Paraguay, Avil Morales, bottled water is banned in California, The New Yorker, old technologies, The Incas, the old cultures had good irrigation systems, Peru, green movement, aquifer,More With Bernardo (6:40)
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Earth Day, teaching language, music and art, cultural relations, globalization of culture, only business has been globalized so far, President Obama, Bernardo's shoold does not depend on funding or grants, Koyaanisqatsi, Phillip Glass, Argentina, McDonalds, soy, ethanol, Buenos Aires, Lower East Side, Obama administration,Jack Inslee & Nat Weiner: State Of The Union (10:00)
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Jack Inslee, Wreck Tech, Catch It Cook It Eat It, Ben Sargent, http://www.brooklynchowdersurfer.com, Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor, Why We Cook, Whole Foods, Fairway Market, Full Service, Raev Of The Dead 2, www.knifeshowmusic.com, www.fancyrestaurantrecords.com, Josh Ozersky, The Mr. Cutlets Show,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
