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First Aired - 08/18/2011 12:00PM
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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 Lipkowitz teacher of English literature and Biblical Studies at MIT and author of Words to Eat By. Discover the semantic shift in the word meat, the influence of the ancient Romans on plant breeds, and how much religious symbolism is based off food. Listen and become aware about how much food words have an impact on us. This episode is sponsored by The Hearst Ranch.
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Episode 91: Food Word Pyramid (19:13)
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bean, A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio, Ina Lipkowitz, Hearst Ranch, the power of language, culinary history, MIT, Words to Eat By, food words, words of food, foodie, comparative literature, Biblical studies, Au bon pain, Panera, Charles Lamb, pick pickins, semantic, Surgeon General, food pyramid, old English words, apple, leek, meat, milk, ancient Mediterranean world, ancient Romans, hybridized, vegetables, beat,Apples of Insanity (12:51)
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allium family, Julia Child, Wales, euphemisms, Cornish game hen, flesh balls, semantic shifts, Frank Bruni, culinary historians, French words, aubergine, pineapple, pinecone, pomme, earth apple, pomme de terre, eggplants, melazana, pommodoro, nightshade, apple of insanity,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/27/2011 12:00PM
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This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda is joined by Moroccan born author and cooking instructor, Kitty Morse. Kitty's latest book, "A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today's Table", is as much a history book as it is a cookbook. Tune in and learn more about how and what people ate in Biblical times, the origins of fish sauce, and what makes real Ezekiel bread. This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse. For more information visit www.thebarterhouse.com
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A Taste of the Past Introduction: Kitty Morse (22:56)
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Linda Pelaccio, A Taste of the Past, Kitty Morse, born in Casablanca in Morocco, food writer and cooking teacher, gourmet tour organizer, A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today's Table, part history lesson part cookbook, the Bible gives modern readers a window into the past, Leonardo DaVinci's table, The Last Supper, more likely a low round table or on the floor in Morocco and North Africa, eating with fingers, using bread to retrieve food from the communal dish, in the Bible there are no recipes, there were no tomatoes or citrus in Biblical times, barley, wild honey, bread dipped in olive oil, olives, stews, tamarisk,A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today's Table (15:04)
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salt in the diet, Ancient Romans, garum, liquamen, fermented fish sauce, sea salt, mined salt, the foods of the common people, women made the bread, making bread every day takes a long time!, Ezekiel bread, black cumin, St. Peters fish, www.kittymorse.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/18/2010 03:30PM
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Carmen & Alice talk about an important, yet overlooked, element of the garden that can reshape everything: containers!
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We Dig Plants Introduction: (14:10)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Krieg, Hearst Ranch, Heritage Radio Network, small private space, gadens, profound effect on a total stranger, inspired by the beauty of a garden, most urban developers don't have the luxury of outdoor space, water garden, the right container mixed with tright plant materials can create balance, choose materials that you love, fewer larger more dramatic pieces are better than lots of little pots, plants rarely make a container look bad,History Of Container Gardens (24:04)
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container gardens, ancient Romans, easy way to fill borders, important factor in container gardens is drainage, compost, Brooklyn Botanic Garden shop, Brooklyn Flea Market, plant choices, systematic approach to planting, glazed pots, moisture loving plants, herb garden, Wave Hill, Bronx, Alpine Garden, baskets, dates back to early gardening days, window boxes, look best when they relate to the architecture of the building, hanging baskets, window box construction, water gardens, organic pest control, shrubs and perennials, red twig dogwood, think about form and function for success,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
