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The History of American Food

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166 Feeding the Sick and Injured in The Civil War:  Apparently You Can't Run a War Without Women artwork

166 Feeding the Sick and Injured in The Civil War: Apparently You Can't Run a War Without Women

The History of American Food

35:40Apr 15, 2026
165 Is This Enough Food to Feed an Army?  & What Were They Thinking? artwork

165 Is This Enough Food to Feed an Army? & What Were They Thinking?

The History of American Food

30:28Apr 8, 2026
164 Feeding an Army: A History with a Lot of Holes - On Purpose artwork

164 Feeding an Army: A History with a Lot of Holes - On Purpose

The History of American Food

23:40Apr 1, 2026
163 The First Canned Food War artwork

163 The First Canned Food War

The History of American Food

23:32Mar 25, 2026
162 The Army Says Eat Your Vegetables artwork

162 The Army Says Eat Your Vegetables

The History of American Food

21:47Mar 18, 2026
161 Hardtack, Softbread & Meal - Daily Bread in the War of Rebellion artwork

161 Hardtack, Softbread & Meal - Daily Bread in the War of Rebellion

The History of American Food

29:13Mar 11, 2026
160 Season 5 Preview: War Changes Everything Except it Never Does artwork

160 Season 5 Preview: War Changes Everything Except it Never Does

The History of American Food

20:21Mar 4, 2026
Season 5 Promo - War Food... but with Trains artwork

Season 5 Promo - War Food... but with Trains

The History of American Food

2:38Feb 25, 2026
159.5 The Turkey History Episode... Just for Fun artwork

159.5 The Turkey History Episode... Just for Fun

The History of American Food

24:04Nov 27, 2025
159 The Roots of Grocery Store Culture Lie in a Big Country artwork

159 The Roots of Grocery Store Culture Lie in a Big Country

The History of American Food

24:15Nov 26, 2025
158 Are You Rich Enough or Poor Enough to Hunt in the Early 19th Century? artwork

158 Are You Rich Enough or Poor Enough to Hunt in the Early 19th Century?

The History of American Food

25:13Nov 12, 2025
157 More Plates You Say?  Let's Make Dining More Complicated artwork

157 More Plates You Say? Let's Make Dining More Complicated

The History of American Food

19:14Oct 29, 2025
156 The History of Plates artwork

156 The History of Plates

The History of American Food

26:17Oct 15, 2025
155 Whales - They Start to Bring the Kitchen Indoors and Change Dinner Time artwork

155 Whales - They Start to Bring the Kitchen Indoors and Change Dinner Time

The History of American Food

23:07Oct 1, 2025
154 Fashionable Vegetables from Europe & Stealth Ones from America artwork

154 Fashionable Vegetables from Europe & Stealth Ones from America

The History of American Food

33:14Sep 17, 2025
153 Coffee Finds a New Home artwork

153 Coffee Finds a New Home

The History of American Food

34:11Sep 3, 2025
152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable artwork

152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable

The History of American Food

30:45Aug 20, 2025
151 The First Chinese Food in America artwork

151 The First Chinese Food in America

The History of American Food

38:34Aug 6, 2025
150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good artwork

150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good

The History of American Food

23:31Jul 23, 2025
149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture artwork

149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture

The History of American Food

27:00Jul 9, 2025
148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle artwork

148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle

The History of American Food

32:45Jun 25, 2025
147 How to Survive Drinking Milk in the Early 19th Century artwork

147 How to Survive Drinking Milk in the Early 19th Century

The History of American Food

33:38Jun 11, 2025
146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms? artwork

146 What Was Early 19th Century America's Problem with Mushrooms?

The History of American Food

28:14May 28, 2025
145 Mushroom History - Food Edition & What Eactly is a Mushroom Anyway? artwork

145 Mushroom History - Food Edition & What Eactly is a Mushroom Anyway?

The History of American Food

28:55May 14, 2025
144 Early 19th Century Apples - the Fruit of Progress & Propaganda artwork

144 Early 19th Century Apples - the Fruit of Progress & Propaganda

The History of American Food

32:59Apr 30, 2025
143 Oats & Hay - Grass Powers the Early 19th Century World artwork

143 Oats & Hay - Grass Powers the Early 19th Century World

The History of American Food

32:21Apr 16, 2025
142 Are Chickens Alternate Reality Pigs? artwork

142 Are Chickens Alternate Reality Pigs?

The History of American Food

40:51Apr 2, 2025
141 The Forking of America - When We Start to Stop Eating with our Hands artwork

141 The Forking of America - When We Start to Stop Eating with our Hands

The History of American Food

35:43Mar 19, 2025
140 Tasty Preseerved Pork - Early 19th Century Ham & Sausage plus Scrapple artwork

140 Tasty Preseerved Pork - Early 19th Century Ham & Sausage plus Scrapple

The History of American Food

33:18Mar 5, 2025
139 How to Eat Pork in the Early 19th Century artwork

139 How to Eat Pork in the Early 19th Century

The History of American Food

30:55Feb 19, 2025
138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future artwork

138 19th Century Pigs - Greasng the Way to the Future

The History of American Food

26:29Feb 5, 2025
137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or Another Thing? artwork

137 American Crackers – Biscuit by Another Name or Another Thing?

The History of American Food

29:53Jan 22, 2025
136 America is Made of Bread & Steel artwork

136 America is Made of Bread & Steel

The History of American Food

35:00Jan 8, 2025
Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations?  Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover… PART 16 - Is This too Many Locations? Zorro S1E6 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:04:02Dec 27, 2024
135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise artwork

135 Some of the Reasons America is so Weird About Liquor - Lack of Cash, Lack of Refrigeration & Lack of Expertise

The History of American Food

34:28Dec 18, 2024
Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:14:01Dec 13, 2024
134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew artwork

134 Lessons from Early 19th Century American Stew

The History of American Food

39:09Dec 4, 2024
133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure artwork

133.5 BONUS - Unnecessary Romanian Adventure

The History of American Food

40:08Nov 29, 2024
133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before artwork

133 Stew – A History Including Etymology, Techniques, & What it Was Called Before

The History of American Food

26:51Nov 20, 2024
132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships artwork

132.5 Bonus - Danderfunk, Salt Junk, & Scurvy- Cuisine Aboard Ships

The History of American Food

58:10Nov 13, 2024
132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds artwork

132 Baked Beans - Boston and the Other Kinds

The History of American Food

28:56Nov 6, 2024
Crossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela - Now With Twins - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela - Now With Twins - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:16:39Nov 2, 2024
131 The Fruits and Nuts of America - The Natives, Not the Imports artwork

131 The Fruits and Nuts of America - The Natives, Not the Imports

The History of American Food

36:12Oct 23, 2024
Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:09:17Oct 18, 2024
130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and the Vegetable Diet artwork

130 America Goes on a Diet - Part 1: Grahamism and the Vegetable Diet

The History of American Food

40:23Oct 9, 2024
Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:11:00Oct 4, 2024
129 America Goes on a Diet - A History artwork

129 America Goes on a Diet - A History

The History of American Food

24:27Sep 25, 2024
BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily artwork

BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily

The History of American Food

15:41Sep 18, 2024
128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things artwork

128 Blancmange, Jelly and other Jiggly Things

The History of American Food

31:58Sep 11, 2024
Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon Prime artwork

Crossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon Prime

The History of American Food

1:17:28Sep 6, 2024