Eat Your Heartland Out

This episode of Eat Your Heartland Out is a special one for host Capri Cafaro. As an Italian-American from the Midwest, Capri shares her own personal experiences about growing up as an Italian-American in a multi-ethnic part of Northeast Ohio. She is also joined by two guests. Ann Beck , author of Sweet Greeks, who provides insights into Greek immigrants' impact on Midwestern foodways and Pat O'Bo...

Host Capri Cafaro is joined by Donna Pierce , writer of the syndicated column "Black America Cooks" & author of a forthcoming book on Freda DeKnight, Ebony Magazine's first food editor. Cafaro also interviews Bruce Kraig , professor emeritus at Roosevelt University. Kraig speaks about Appalachian migration and its impact on Midwestern food. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly sh...

Host Capri Cafaro interviews by Steve Nolt , professor of history and Anabaptist studies at Elizabethtown College, and Karen Johnson-Weiner , Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology Emerita at SUNY Potsdam and author of The Lives of Amish Women from Johns Hopkins University Press. Both provide insights to Amish and Mennonite food traditions and their influence on Midwestern flavors.    In...

Today we explore the impact of Indigenous ingredients, cooking, flavors and food sovereignty in defining Midwestern foodways. Featuring Sean Sherman and Maggie Rousu.  Sean Sherman  https://www.natifs.org/  https://sioux-chef.com/ Maggie Rousu  https://nativeharvest.com/ Eat Your Heartland Out is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...

Part II: What Makes it Difficult to Define Midwestern Food? We talk with Sarah Wassberg Johnson, Megan Elias & Amy Thielen about Midwestern food as depicted in food writing and cookbooks.  Sarah Wassberg Johnson https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/about.html Megan Elias  https://meganjelias.com/about/ https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15628.html Amy Thielen http://www.amythielen.com/ Eat Your...

Part I: Setting the stage…People, Places and Products of the Midwest that inform the region’s foodways. Featuring:  Mark Anthony Arceno  https://anthropology.osu.edu/people/arceno.1 ; Cynthia Clampitt http://www.worldplate.com https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/44dks8mf9780252038914.html  Lucy Long  https://foodandculture.org/  https://www.academia.edu/5933358/Green_Bean_Casserole_The_L...

Coming soon, from Heritage Radio Network. Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states.   The show aims to weave a tapestry of cultural diversity, immigration history, migration patterns and...