Full-flavored cheeses are hitting the market and revving up the palates of U.S. foodies.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/09/30/a-taste-of-the-old-world-old-amsterdam-gouda-and-goat-cheeses/

Get ready for the upcoming holidays with these German cookie recipes.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/02/22/german-sweets-for-the-holidays-and-beyond/

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me. Take a road trip to celebrate all things--history, nature, destinations, events, and parades--during International Talk Like a Pirate Day. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/09/16/ahoy-maties-september-19-is-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/

Not far north of Phoenix and just off of I-17, the Rock Springs Cafe is a step back into Arizona's past. Once a hotel, diner, and hardware store supplying miners in the nearby mountains with gear, Rock Springs Cafe offers up tasty old-time cooking and are famed for their pies. For a taste of the Old West, stop by.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/08/10/rock-springs-cafe-a-taste-of-the-old-urban-west/

Road food should be great food. Bpoke highlights some great culinary stops.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/09/01/best-destinations-for-traveling-gourmets/

Join the chefs in Cancun for the First Annual Food + Drink Experience. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/09/05/blue-diamond-resorts-is-hosting-the-first-annual-food-drink-experience-this-september-in-cancun/

Take the Cajun Bayou Food Trail and explore the backroads of this culinary destination. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/08/19/5406/

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook is a gorgeous step back in time, telling us what our ancestors ate--particularly the aristocracy of each century--is this wonderfully written book by Anne Willan and her husband Mark Cherniavsky with Kyri Clafin. The power cooking duo are also cultivated historians with an immense cookbook collection.

Anne Willan, founder of La Varenne Cooking School, is the author of many cookbooks including the James Beard Award winner, The Country Cooking of France. Mark Cherniavsky has collected antiquarian cookbooks for more than fifty years. Kyri Claflin is coeditor of Writing Food History: A Global Perspective.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/08/31/odd-antique-meals-and-the-strong-stomachs-of-our-ancestors/

On the banks of the Galien River and a short distance from the shores of Lake Michigan, Goldberry Woods is the ultimate woodland retreat with a state-of-the-art microfarm, heritage crops, an orchard brimming with fresh fruit, and cuisine made from food sourced so locally it's outside your front door.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janeammeson.blog/2021/09/04/in-goldberry-woods-an-inn-and-farm-far-off-the-beaten-path-but-close-to-everything/