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The History of American Food

The History of American Food

By: Margaret Hardin
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Starting with the first English settlements in the 17th Century, this podcasts traces how we went from barrels of salted meat & peas to Korean bbq tacos and the largest grocery store selections ever seen anywhere in the world. We'll go everywhere - and it is full of surprises.

Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com
Internets: @THoAFoodCopyright Margaret Hardin Art Cooking Food & Wine Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • 175 New American Sugar

    175 New American Sugar
    Jul 1 2026
    Sugar can reasonably be called "The White Stuff"

    It makes us happy - and yet people are willing to abuse it, and commit crimes to make it happen.

    The late 19th century is when America goes from eating a similar amount of sugar as the rest of the up and coming mechanical world - to becoming the greediest of all.
    The combination of extending sugar plantations out into Cuba, Puerto Rico and now Hawai'i along with the rise of maufactured foods - expecially sweet treats is going to place America at the front of the Suger Consumer Pack. And we'll stay there.

    To get into the nitty gritty of Sugar vs. The World - Check out Sidney Mintz Sweetness and Power
    To dig deep into what American Corruption looked like at the start of the 20th Century check out The Teapot Dome Scandal by Laton McCartney

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    29 mins
  • 174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt

    174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt
    Jun 24 2026
    This week is the start of a few shows on the bad mic. And it is all my fault.
    But "A" mic is still better than no show at all.
    Let’s talk salt in late 19th century America. It used to be all about food but isn’t any longer. Listen along as we look out how the Industrial Revolution - especially around food - runs on salt. And how the living away from the farm and shopping in the stores needs salt to happen at all.

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    32 mins
  • 173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City

    173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City
    Jun 17 2026
    This week I talk to

    Designers, Authors and Storytellers Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder about their book
    The Pickled CIty Availible in Bookstores now!

    We dive into the history, culture and importance of place of pickles. I also learn a few things about why pickles are that way. So listen in to this extra long bonus episode on Pickles, Salt and History

    Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle
    Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
    Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com
    Threads: @THoAFood
    Instagram: @THoAFood
    & some other socials... @THoAFood
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    49 mins
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