221 The Culinary Adventures of Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin's World
English - January 15, 2019 06:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education ushistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Can food help us better understand the people and events of the past? Can we better understand a person like Benjamin Franklin and who he was by the foods he ate?
Rae Katherine Eighmey, an award-winning food historian, author, and cook, joins us to explore the culinary tastes and habits of Benjamin Franklin and colonial British Americans with details from her book Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father’s Culinary Adventures.
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