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First Aired - 02/13/2012 05:30PM
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Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slesinger are joined by author Paul Kindstedt, who's latest book "Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its place in Western Civilization", explores the 11,000 year old history of cheese! Tune in to learn about everything from maritime trade, ancient pottery and religion as they relate to cheese on an especially historical episode of the best Cheese radio show in the world! This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"If cheese can help us understand the origin of civilization, it can help us learn who we are as a species. To think that cheese can help inform that process is extraordinary."
--Author Paul Kindstedt on Cutting the Curd
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Cutting the Curd: Paul Kindstedt (45:28)
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Cheese And Culture, Paul Kinstedt, Paul Kindstedt, Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its place in Western Civilization, artisan farmstead cheese, cheese technology, UVM, cheese science and technology, shipping containers, maritime trade, pottery, organic residue, milk fat, Sumerian culture, anthropology, religion, history, ruling elite, Middle Ages, Christianity, monasteries,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/28/2011 12:00PM
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Did you know that Central Park was once Seneca Village? Tune in to a historical episode of The Naturalist to learn about the African American community that existed in New York City from 1825-1857. Find out about the history of this village and how the artifacts have been preserved. Later in the show, Bernie & Carol discuss some of the latest exhibits in the Natural History Museum. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.
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The Naturalist: Seneca Village (23:40)
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The Naturalist, Carol Butler, Seneca Village, New York Historical Society, John and Elizabeth Whitehead, slavery, African American community, Irish immigrants, Ireland, potatoes, one crop economy, Central Park Conservancy, Stoneware bottles, ceramics, pottery,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/30/2010 12:00PM
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This week on A Taste of the Past Linda talks salt, pepper, and spice: currency, commodity, and culinary aid. Author and culinary historian Michael Krondl breaks down the roles that specific spices played in their respective empires; the English and Dutch colonies that were built to trade it, Venice as a spice-stuffed world financial hub, and how many peppercorns made a nickel. Plus Krondl reveals that the cinnamon in your cupboard is an impostor. This episode was sponsored by Fairway: like no other market.
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A Taste of the Past Introduction: Some Spicy History (20:15)
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A Taste of the Past, Heritage Radio Network, Linda Pelaccio, Fairway Market, Michael Krondl, spices, preserving meat, The Taste of Conquest, salt, most imported spices were grown in India or Indonesia, from Arab middlemen to Europeans who marked them up, something $1 per pound in India eventually became up to $22, peppergrower's plantation, saving pepper for a rainy day, nutmeg trade, pepper trade, spice trade with China from India, porcelain, blue and white pottery, originally Chinese, in, England,More on the History of Spice Michael Krondl (17:16)
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religion, Portuguese fought for Christianity and fought out infidels, trade ships with priests on board, Dutch West India Company, Sri Lanka, East India Company, clothes and pepper, some of the largest wholesalers of spices are still in Holland, spice route map, changed over the centuries, peppercorns, pepper was used as currency, it became a middle class thing, the thing we call cinnamon is not actually cinnamon it's cassia, Cannella is true cinnamon, the price of spices has risen, people are more aware of where spices come from, more spice is being used in food by industry, medicinal spice, don't chew peppercorn for medical purposes!, we take every day spices for granted, it's hard to imagine cooking without spice, nutmeg,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
