# The History of American Food

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Official site: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/
Author: Margaret Hardin
Episodes: 217

## Resource

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: @THoAFood

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## Episodes
- [175 New American Sugar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/175-new-american-sugar) — 2026-07-01T10:00:03+00:00
- [174 Foreign Salt, Local Salt, Industrial Salt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/174-foreign-salt-local-salt-industrial-salt) — 2026-06-24T10:00:03+00:00
- [173.5 BONUS Interview - The Pickled City](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/173-5-bonus-interview-the-pickled-city) — 2026-06-17T22:20:09+00:00
- [173 Potatoes for Frontier & Factory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/173-potatoes-for-frontier-factory) — 2026-06-10T10:00:03+00:00
- [172 The Potato - A History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/172-the-potato-a-history) — 2026-06-03T13:50:32+00:00
- [171 Iron Has New Jobs in Food](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/171-iron-has-new-jobs-in-food) — 2026-05-27T10:00:03+00:00
- [Season 6 Preview - I Wanna Go Fast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/season-6-preview-i-wanna-go-fast) — 2026-05-20T10:00:03+00:00
- [170 Prisoner of War Food for - Wait How Many Guys? The Long Tail of War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/170-prisoner-of-war-food-for-wait-how-many-guys-the-long-tail-of-war) — 2026-05-13T10:00:03+00:00
- [169 Not Enough Railroads Will Make You Salty in the Bad Way](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/169-not-enough-railroads-will-make-you-salty-in-the-bad-way) — 2026-05-06T10:00:02+00:00
- [168 If Music Be the Food of Love, Are Drugs the Food of War?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/168-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-are-drugs-the-food-of-war) — 2026-04-29T14:00:22+00:00
- [167 The American Civil War, Thanksgiving & Eating Our Feelings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/167-the-american-civil-war-thanksgiving-eating-our-feelings) — 2026-04-24T03:59:43+00:00
- [166 Feeding the Sick and Injured in The Civil War:  Apparently You Can't Run a War Without Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/166-feeding-the-sick-and-injured-in-the-civil-war-apparently-you-can-t-run-a-war-without-women) — 2026-04-15T22:45:42+00:00
- [165 Is This Enough Food to Feed an Army?  & What Were They Thinking?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/165-is-this-enough-food-to-feed-an-army-what-were-they-thinking) — 2026-04-08T10:00:02+00:00
- [164 Feeding an Army: A History with a Lot of Holes - On Purpose](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/164-feeding-an-army-a-history-with-a-lot-of-holes-on-purpose) — 2026-04-01T10:00:02+00:00
- [163 The First Canned Food War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/163-the-first-canned-food-war) — 2026-03-25T10:00:05+00:00
- [162 The Army Says Eat Your Vegetables](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/162-the-army-says-eat-your-vegetables) — 2026-03-18T10:00:02+00:00
- [161 Hardtack, Softbread & Meal - Daily Bread in the War of Rebellion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/161-hardtack-softbread-meal-daily-bread-in-the-war-of-rebellion) — 2026-03-11T10:00:03+00:00
- [160 Season 5 Preview: War Changes Everything Except it Never Does](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/160-season-5-preview-war-changes-everything-except-it-never-does) — 2026-03-04T11:00:02+00:00
- [Season 5 Promo - War Food... but with Trains](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/season-5-promo-war-food-but-with-trains) — 2026-02-25T11:00:02+00:00
- [159.5 The Turkey History Episode... Just for Fun](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/159-5-the-turkey-history-episode-just-for-fun) — 2025-11-27T11:00:07+00:00
- [159 The Roots of Grocery Store Culture Lie in a Big Country](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country) — 2025-11-26T11:00:07+00:00
- [158 Are You Rich Enough or Poor Enough to Hunt in the Early 19th Century?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/158-are-you-rich-enough-or-poor-enough-to-hunt-in-the-early-19th-century) — 2025-11-12T11:00:10+00:00
- [157 More Plates You Say?  Let's Make Dining More Complicated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/157-more-plates-you-say-let-s-make-dining-more-complicated) — 2025-10-29T10:00:08+00:00
- [156 The History of Plates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/156-the-history-of-plates) — 2025-10-15T10:00:08+00:00
- [155 Whales - They Start to Bring the Kitchen Indoors and Change Dinner Time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/155-whales-they-start-to-bring-the-kitchen-indoors-and-change-dinner-time) — 2025-10-01T10:00:08+00:00
- [154 Fashionable Vegetables from Europe & Stealth Ones from America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/154-fashionable-vegetables-from-europe-stealth-ones-from-america) — 2025-09-17T10:00:09+00:00
- [153 Coffee Finds a New Home](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/153-coffee-finds-a-new-home) — 2025-09-03T10:00:09+00:00
- [152 Early 19th Century Tea - Still Extremely Fashionable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/152-early-19th-century-tea-still-extremely-fashionable) — 2025-08-20T10:00:08+00:00
- [151 The First Chinese Food in America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america) — 2025-08-06T10:00:08+00:00
- [150 Lobster - From Poor Man's Chicken to Fancy Canned Good](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/150-lobster-from-poor-man-s-chicken-to-fancy-canned-good) — 2025-07-23T10:00:08+00:00
- [149 Trains & Buying Stuff in the Early 19th Century - The Birth of American Consumer Culture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/149-trains-buying-stuff-in-the-early-19th-century-the-birth-of-american-consumer-culture) — 2025-07-09T10:00:09+00:00
- [148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/148-making-beef-for-dinner-increases-in-early-19th-century-cattle) — 2025-06-25T10:00:08+00:00

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