Posts tagged David Shields
Slow Food, Slow Drinks
Slow Food, Slow Drinks

The Slow Food movement sprang to life 40 years ago, when the first McDonald's in Italy was set to open at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome. Founder Carlo Petrini was so horrified by this fast food invasion that he began Slow Food to combat the effects of homogenization and to preserve and celebrate the flavors of regional cuisine. This week, we speak with people who are working to further Slow Food's mission to educate, inspire, and mobilize people toward good, clean, fair food.

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Alchohol, Book, Cocktail Book, Cocktails, Cookbooks, Dining, Drink, Farming, Food, ForagingPoppy TookerPoppy Tooker, Louisiana Eats, Slow Food, Slow Food International, Slow Food USA, Carlo Petrini, Danny Childs, Slow Drinks, The Ark of Taste, The Ark of Taste: Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define the United States, David Shields, Giselle Kennedy Lord, Anna Mule, Sarah Lohman, Endangered Eating, Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing FoodsComment
Dishes (And Drinks) That Define Us
Dishes (And Drinks) That Define Us

The origins of our food and foodways are usually not well known and can sometimes be hard to track down. After all, how do you figure out the origins of something that’s been around for centuries? On this week’s show, we learn the history behind dishes that define our American cuisine and the traditions surrounding them.

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Book, Cookbooks, Dining, DrinkPoppy TookerPoppy tooker, Louisiana Eats, Louisiana Eats!, David Shields, The Culinarians, Fred Minnick, Gabrielle Langholtz, America: The Cookbook, Yong Chen, Chop Suey USAComment
Culinary Historians
Culinary Historians

The origins of food and spirits are usually not well known and can sometimes be hard to track down. After all, how do you figure out where something that’s been around for centuries originated? On this week’s show we’ll speak with several culinary historians about the history of some fabulous foods, and some spirits too.

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Book, Distillery, Drink, Education, HistoryPoppy TookerSarah Lohman, 8 Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, Edward Albius, David Shields, The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining, Madame Begue, Fred Minnick, Jack Daniels, Rien FertelComment