{"podcast":{"title":"Family Tree Food Stories","slug":"family-tree-food-stories-7049295","podcast_index_feed_id":7049295,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/family-tree-food-stories/","website_url":"https://podcast.familytreefoodstories.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9372cab4-056f-402d-a829-faa310a8d9c1/FTFS-LOGO-Podcast-8-25-26-compressed.png","author":"Nancy May & Sylvia France","episode_count":103,"summary":"Family Tree, Food & Stories podcast will take you on a mouthwatering journey through generations of flavor! We're digging up and sharing the juiciest family secrets, hilarious dinner table disasters, and the heartwarming moments that make your favorite foods, meals, and relationships unforgettable. From Great-Grandma's legendary cheese crust apple pie to that questionable casserole your Uncle Bob swears by. With Family Tree, Food, and Stories, we're serving a feast of laughter, tears, and everything in between. So, are you ready to uncover and share those unforgettable stories behind every bite and create some new memories along the way? Join our growing family of food enthusiasts and storytellers as we Eat, laugh, relive the past, and learn how to create new memories together because. . . every recipe has a story, and every story is a feast.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T16:18:38.349730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295"},"episode":{"title":"America Was Built on Beer, Bread, and Stolen Coffee: Food of the American Revolution (Part #2)","slug":"america-was-built-on-beer-bread-and-stolen-coffee-food-of-the-american-revolution-part-2","published_at":"2026-07-09T08:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/america-was-built-on-beer-bread-and-stolen-coffee-food-of-the-american-revolution-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295","url":"https://family-tree-food-stories.captivate.fm/episode/food-of-the-am-revolution-250-years-ago-part-2-regular-folks","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2a3af9a3-b3af-4923-a622-7d29b7b7d977.mp3","summary":"How did ordinary families feed a revolution when tea was suspicious, water was risky, and coffee was worth stealing? From liberty tea and eight-pound bread to women-led food riots, this is the everyday kitchen rebellion that fed America’s fight for independence. In this episode of Family Tree Food & Stories , Nancy May and Sylvia France continue their America 250 Revolutionary food series by stepping into the everyday kitchens that helped feed our new nation. After the Boston Tea Party , British tea became more than a drink. It became a political statement. So colonial families brewed “liberty tea” from mint, raspberry leaf, sassafras, goldenrod, and other homegrown herbs. That's only the beginning, though. From New England’s eight-pound rye-and-corn bread to Southern cornmeal mush, Brunswick stew, Hoppin’ John, cider, small beer, oysters, eels, and even pigeon pie, this episode shares what common, or average Americans actually ate during the American Revolution. Nancy and Sylvia also dig into the home-front food rebellion, which most of us have rarely been taught. Women were real activists of the time. They led food riots, hoarded coffee, pushed salt shortages, used preservation tricks, and did the hard math to make sure their families didn't go hungry. They were the bargain hunters of the time. In this episode, Nancy and Sylvia also share the names of the nearly forgotten American cooks and chefs, as well as those who made sure everyone could have the recipe in the first American kitchen cookbook. This is part #2 of the Family Tree Food & Stories series about the food history of Revolutionary America from the people who lived it daily: the families who stretched scraps, boiled herbs, preserved meat, shared cups, fed voters, and built a national cuisine one pl…","meta_description":"How did ordinary families feed a revolution when tea was suspicious, water was risky, and coffee was worth stealing? From liberty tea and eight-pound brea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1838,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/episodes/america-was-built-on-beer-bread-and-stolen-coffee-food-of-the-american-revolution-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/america-was-built-on-beer-bread-and-stolen-coffee-food-of-the-american-revolution-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}