{"podcast":{"title":"The History of American Food","slug":"the-history-of-american-food-3626516","podcast_index_feed_id":3626516,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4817628/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/74a90afba383d7627223ab6dc9a2a1e2.jpg","author":"Margaret Hardin","episode_count":217,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:19:06.946560+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516"},"episode":{"title":"159 The Roots of Grocery Store Culture Lie in a Big Country","slug":"159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country","published_at":"2025-11-26T11:00:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country--68748588","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68748588/ep_159_the_root_of_the_grocery_store_11_25_25_3_12_pm.mp3","summary":"It's the last Episode of Season 4! And I think I've finally answered one of my opening questions - why did America make our grocery stores the way we did? As soon as Americans could, we ignored the food on the ground (unless it was familiar like deer or duck or pigeon) and instead brought our own provisions. But when you do that, and don't develop local talent - the selection end up terribly limited. So now in modern America - we seem to be attempting to make up for lost time... by making our grocery store selection even larger. Check out this last episode before I go study the terrible food of war. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood & some other socials... @THoAFood","meta_description":"It's the last Episode of Season 4! And I think I've finally answered one of my opening questions - why did America make our grocery stores the way we did?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/episodes/159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/159-the-roots-of-grocery-store-culture-lie-in-a-big-country.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}