Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejón

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Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejón

Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejon are back to take an even bigger bite out of the most delicious food and its history. This season features more of what you love: family stories from Eva and Maite, fascinating facts on the yummiest ingredients from their culture, interviews with food enthusiasts, chefs, and historians plus on-location episodes that bring you closer to the hidden history of your favorite foods. Oh, and lots more taste testing, drink making, and recipes for you to try at home. Listen to Hungry for History every Thursday and learn more about the dishes and drinks you grew up enjoying while discovering the origins of new favs too.

  1. 4 HR. AGO

    Hunting for History: El Mercado

    With the holidays upon us, this time of year is one of the busiest for markets. On this episode, Eva and Maite go back in time to explore how early communities centered around one thing - mercados! The soul of every community, mercados provided people with gossip, entertainment and, of course, food! Plus, Chef Bryan Ford joins the show to talk about his new book, Pan y Dulce: The Latin American Baking Book. The cookbook is filled with the yummiest recipes from Latin America and explores breads and ingredients that would have been sold in pre-Hispanic markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    27 min

  2. NOV 14

    The Power of Food

    Beyond a source of nourishment, for centuries food has been used as a form of protest and activism around the world. From cookbook writing during the American Civil War to Mexican revolutionaries who helped empower women through the kitchen, Jose Andres’s World Central Kitchen and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan’s kitchen with a mission, Flavors from Afar, in this special episode Eva and Maite discuss the different forms of food for good.   Links from today's episode:   https://wck.org/  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25631/25631-h/25631-h.htm https://www.flavorsfromafar.co/  https://www.tiyya.org/      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    23 min

  3. NOV 7

    All That Glitters is Milanesa and Chicken Fried Steak

    In this episode, Eva and Maite explore the histories of the Milanesa and Chicken Fried Steaks of their childhoods. They uncover legends and early recipes including where the term “golden brown” may have come from. Plus - Maite welcomes a very special guest, her mom (!), to the podcast and together they travel through time and make the Milanesa she grew up with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    23 min

  4. NOV 1 · BONUS

    Pan de Muerto

    Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is one of the most celebrated holidays in Mexico. Here's a short clip on Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead), a pastry made for this special day.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    6 min

  5. OCT 31

    Vampiros and Witch Trials

    To celebrate Halloween Maite and Eva sip Vampiros, a blood red Mexican cocktail, while exploring vampire-like characters in Mesoamerican mythology. The ladies dive into history and uncover the connection between chocolate and witchcraft in colonial Latin America. Plus, host of Susto and South Texas native, Ayden Castellanos joins the show to share scary stories from the Texas/Mexico border! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 min

  6. OCT 24

    Garlicky Goodness

    Garlic lovers, Eva and Maite take us back in time to unravel the mysteries of Garlic, a vegetable with medicinal properties used mostly to flavor food. Eva attempts to convert non egg eater, Maite, into a fan by making a garlicky egg dish from her cookbook, Huevos con Jocoque!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    23 min

  7. OCT 17

    Cookbooks - The Printing Press Meets the Recipe!

    To celebrate the launch of Eva’s new cookbook, Eva and Maite talk about how cookbooks can serve as windows into cultures and histories. They discuss the first published cookbooks (one of which involves a plagiarizing scandal!), cookbook history in Mexico, and how recipes can serve as a form of activism.   Books discussed in this episode include: Libro de cocina de Fray Geronimo de San Pelayo, 18th century Libro de cocina Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 17th century UTSA’s Mexican Cookbook  Recetario para la memoria See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 min

  8. OCT 10

    A Carne Crawl Through History

    As South Texans, Eva and Maite have carne asada flowing through their veins! Join them as they talk about the history of grilling meat, cowboy culture, and how Mexican barbacoa paved the way for American barbecue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    29 min
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Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejon are back to take an even bigger bite out of the most delicious food and its history. This season features more of what you love: family stories from Eva and Maite, fascinating facts on the yummiest ingredients from their culture, interviews with food enthusiasts, chefs, and historians plus on-location episodes that bring you closer to the hidden history of your favorite foods. Oh, and lots more taste testing, drink making, and recipes for you to try at home. Listen to Hungry for History every Thursday and learn more about the dishes and drinks you grew up enjoying while discovering the origins of new favs too.

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  • Channel
    My Cultura Network
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    My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
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