The Joe Feed Yourself Podcast

Joe Barbito

Welcome to the Joe Feed Yourself Podcast! Host Joe Barbito chats with guests about their stories, cultures, families and embarrassing moments in life all through the lens of food and the meals they enjoy.

  1. 12/09/2022

    Calabrese Food: Peppers, Tomatoes and Il Cenone with Rosetta Costantino

    The episode begins with some backstory as to how Rosetta transition from a lucrative career as a chemical engineer in Silicon Valley to the author of My Calabria. She discusses what her family's immigration to the US was like in 1974 and how they brought sourdough starters, seeds, gardening tools and more with them to start a new life while holding on to the food of the old world. Rosetta describes the key ingredients in Calabrese cooking - peppers and tomatoes - and how she's almost developed Oakland heirloom versions of her favorite Calabrese vegetables. She discusses her culinary tours of southern Italy as well as her cooking classes. Joe and Rosetta talk about Calabrese pasta - notoriously made with just flour and water - and how for years she had to fight back against students in her classes who wanted to know "Where's the egg?". Rosetta describes Il Cenone, the traditional Christmas Eve thirteen-course meal, and its differences from the Italian-American Feast of the Seven Fishes. The show ends with a discussion of what makes Calabrese food unique. Rosetta Costantino is the author of My Calabria and Southern Italian Desserts. She teaches cooking classes out of her home in Oakland, CA and leads culinary tours to Calabria, Sicily and Puglia. You can learn more at her website: https://www.cookingwithrosetta.com/ and follow her on Instagram @rosettacostantino Make sure to subscribe to Joe Feed Yourself on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and follow on Instagram @joefeedyourself

    58 min
  2. 11/25/2022

    Gingerbread Men: Frederick III, A Polish City and Lebkuchen

    This week's episode airs on Black Friday, the day where we pretend Christmas trees haven't been up in department stores since September and start indulging in our favorite end of year treats. Given the short week due to Thanksgiving and poor planning, this episode is only 6 minutes long and is just Joe explaining the history of gingerbread with a lot of fun facts thrown in. Joe explains how Frederick III was likely the first person to fashion gingerbread cookies into the shape of a man (himself) and the history of the famous Pierniki Torunski. Joe describes the battle between Nuremberg and Torun, Poland for gingerbread supremacy, as well as the legally protected status of Nuremberg gingerbread by the EU today. The episode ends with a rapid fire pile of fun facts about gingerbread. Have a safe and happy weekend everyone! Sources: Max Miller, Tasting History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNIvtkADcCA Gingerbread World: https://gingerbread-world.com/blogs/news/germany-travelogue-nuremberg-famous-for-lebkuchen Martha Stewart, Gingerbread History: https://www.marthastewart.com/1523540/gingerbread-holiday-history UK Gov Protected Geographical Indication: https://www.gov.uk/protected-food-drink-names/nurnberger-lebkuchen Torun Gingerbread, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%C5%84_gingerbread Gingerbread, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingerbread Lebkuchen, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen Ianyan Mag, Gregory of Nicopolis: http://www.ianyanmag.com/how-an-armenian-monk-brought-gingerbread-to-the-west/ McKinsey, Virginia HQ2: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/how-state-and-local-governments-win-at-attracting-companies Nurnberger Lebkuchen, Pfeffer & Frost: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/how-state-and-local-governments-win-at-attracting-companies Nat Geo, Gingerbread History: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/gingerbread-historic-treat-of-spice-and-structure Age of Revolution: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/ages-of-revolution-how-old-1776

    6 min

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Welcome to the Joe Feed Yourself Podcast! Host Joe Barbito chats with guests about their stories, cultures, families and embarrassing moments in life all through the lens of food and the meals they enjoy.