In a new episode of the Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast, Dean Klinkenberg and I discuss life on shantyboats back in the day. We also touch on my new book coming out in the spring with an added peek into my next project. To listen, click on the link below:
From Colonial Kitchens to Concretes: Two Centuries of St. Louis Food with Suzanne Corbett – The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we dig into St. Louis culinary history with food historian Suzanne Corbett. We look back at the foodways of indigenous cultures and early French settlers, which leads us to a discussion about portable soup. We talk about truck gardens and Corbett’s experience growing up on one. We then tour the various styles of food in St. Louis today, including the Italian specialties in the neighborhood known as The Hill. We touch on a few St. Louis specialties, including St. Louis-style pizza and provel cheese, gooey butter cake, the St. Paul sandwich, and the Gerber sandwich. We end with a short discussion of three local landmarks: Crown Candy Kitchen, Al’s Restaurant, and Ted Drewes Frozen Custard. This is a fun conversation about feeding our curiosity, literally and figurately, and discovering how food connects us with the past and present and tells us something about who we are.
- From Colonial Kitchens to Concretes: Two Centuries of St. Louis Food with Suzanne Corbett
- The Riverboat Gambler: Myth, Reality, and the Making of an American Icon with Thomas Ruys Smith
- The First People of the Mississippi Valley, Part 2: A Big Bang and First Contact
- The First People of the Mississippi Valley, Part 1: Creation, Mounds, and the Path of Souls
- The American Bottom In Focus, with Photographer Jennifer Colten
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