As We Eat

Whether you roast, mash, boil, or stew them - potatoes are a culinary staple around the world. We start with the basics: potato qualities - starchy, waxy, and all-purpose - and common varieties that we find in our groceries and pantries - Idaho and Burbank Russets, Red Norland, and Yukon Golds. We then trace the origins of our favorite edible tuber 11,000 years into the past. To understand the gra...

When you have the winter doldrums, nothing warms the stomach - or the soul - quite like a casserole. Easy to make and easy to serve, casseroles have brought people to the dinner table for hundreds of years and certainly form the backbone of American “family-style” cuisine since World War II. As We Eat starts our survey of casseroles with the word itself. Casserole (from Old French via Greek and La...

What would you put in a gift basket to help promote community and friendship within your neighborhood? Share with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

We would love to hear from you about your Lenten season traditions. Are there foods that you give up? Do you celebrate New Orleans-style or do you choose the more demure variation of Shrove Tuesday?  Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

We would love to hear from you about your favorite aphrodisiac foods. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

We would love to hear from you about your favorite Super Bowl rituals and foods. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

We would love to hear from you about your favorite curries. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook. Mentioned in this episode: Raghavan Iyer 660 Curries Menus that Made History Currywurst As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, we earn from qualifying purchases.

We would love to hear from you about your favorite grogs & nogs. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

We would love to hear from you about your New Year's traditions. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

Join Kim and Leigh as they discuss the origins of grogs and nogs. From British Navy rations to the farmsteads of the American colonies, these drinks have played an important role in sustaining spirits. We would love to hear from you about your favorite grogs & nogs. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com , on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.

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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about comfort foods? It may surprise you to learn that the phrase comfort food hasn’t always been associated with foods that have a nostalgic implication attached to them. Today we share how the phrase has changed its meaning over the years, discuss comfort food from a psychological perspective, and share some listeners' thoughts on...

In honor of Thanksgiving, we talk pie, from Harry Potter's favorite tart to recipes in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, an American orphan. Kim shares another one of her macabre food facts and Leigh waxes poetic about her favorite Thanksgiving pie. Well, maybe not poetic, but she does share some interesting melon facts.

Food memories are often catalysts to journeys through time. Join us as we explore some fond food memories, share some outrageous food lore, and dish out some very interesting, if not disturbing, information about cinnamon. We would love to hear from you about your favorite food memories. Connect with us at AsWeEat.com, on Instagram @asweeat or join our new As We Eat community on Facebook.      

Join Kim and Leigh as they use food to take a journey that explores our human experience, share fun food facts, and some that are not so fun, food history, and how food connects and defines us. Connect with us: As We Eat Instagram Facebook