I was just 20. They were mostly women my mother's age. They were saying, ‘My mother and my grandmother.' So, I guess most of the recipes would have been from the 19th century.
Thanks to food historians like Claudia Roden, people are still making those recipes today. I speak with her about the joys and difficulties of documenting family food traditions.
These days, corn is harvested with the help of machines. Husking by hand has become a sort of sport in some places. Harvest Public Media delves into that.
It's corn o'clock with Chef Bob Adkins and blogger Amy Jeanroy. We grill, make a sauce for it, and then preserve it.
And, make your own cheese. Robyn Morton shows us how simple it is to whip up some paneer.