A Brief History of Food

By Karen Miller

What's A Brief History of Food about?

A Brief History of Food is a collection of essays, stories, and recipes of America’s culinary classics, written and told by Karen Miller.

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A Brief History of Food episodes:

05.05.2015
A Brief History of Fried Chicken
Forty years ago every housewife in America knew how to cook fried chicken. Remember Florence Henderson frying up chicken with “Wesson-ality” back in the 70s and 80s? In those days, homemade fried chicken was one of the most mouth-watering and...
04.28.2015
A Brief History of Hummingbird Cake
When I moved to the South twenty years ago, the first thing I did was to order a subscription to Southern Living Magazine. I had been told that it was the Bible for all proper Southern ladies, and I desperately...
04.07.2015
A Brief History of Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is considered the ultimate comfort food throughout the United States. Like many classic American dishes, our mac and cheese is of English origin, brought to America by our English colonists. But, it is said that macaroni, a...
03.31.2015
A Brief History of Zucchini Cake
Florida is a great place to live because I can grow vegetables all year long. I’ve got beautiful tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, and herbs available at my fingertips, yet for some reason, I cannot grow zucchini. But, when I lived up...
03.24.2015
A Brief History of Red Flannel Hash
St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone — and what are you doing with all that leftover corned beef? Well, at my house, we’re cooking up a big batch of Red Flannel Hash. You can make regular hash with just about...
03.17.2015
A Brief History of Pierogi
Some of my favorite recipes are ones that have been handed down throughout the years, from various family members. One in particular is for Polish pierogi, given to me by my Auntie Irene. Pierogi (sometimes pronounced “per-o-gi”) are dumplings of...
03.10.2015
A Brief History of Spam
When my husband and I got hitched, we lived on Spam luncheon meat for the first couple of years of our marriage, along with some other questionable foodstuffs like Vienna Sausages, and potted meat. Compared to those items, Spam, made...
03.04.2015
A Brief History of the Western Sandwich
When I was sixteen years old I got my first “big” job working at a place called the Simsbury Pharmacy in Simsbury, Connecticut. It was one of those old fashioned drug stores with a lunch counter and a soda fountain....
02.17.2015
A Brief History of Chicken Soup
My former husband Byard and I have disagreed about a multitude of things over the past thirty something years we have known each other, but none so vehemently as the proper way to prepare chicken soup. My mother’s recipe required...
02.10.2015
A Brief History of Chocolate
The first time I received chocolates for Valentine’s Day was when I was 7 years old. A boy in my class presented me with a tiny, heart-shaped box of Russell Stover chocolates, bought from the local drug store. I was...

What's A Brief History of Food about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

A Brief History of Food episodes:

A Brief History of Fried Chicken

A Brief History of Hummingbird Cake

A Brief History of Macaroni and Cheese

A Brief History of Zucchini Cake

A Brief History of Red Flannel Hash

A Brief History of Pierogi

A Brief History of Spam

A Brief History of the Western Sandwich

A Brief History of Chicken Soup

A Brief History of Chocolate