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Author:

Taste of history (Television program). Season 2.

Title:

A taste of history. The second season / executive producers, Ariel Schwartz, James W. Davey ; Multi Media Productions.

Publisher:

Multi Media Productions,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

4 videodisc (5 hr., 52 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Cooking--History--18th century.
Cooking, American--History--18th century.
United States--Social life and customs--18th century.
United States--History--18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Social life and customs.
Television cooking shows.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Other Authors:

Schwartz, Ariel, television producer.
Davey, James W. television producer.
Staib, Walter. host.
Sorensen, Leni, host.
Brady, Eileen (Actress), narrator.
Staib, Walter. City Tavern cookbook.
Multi-Media Productions. production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), film distributor.

Notes:

Hosts, Chef Walter Staib, Dr. Leni Sorensen ; narration, Eileen Brady. Originally broadcast as thirteen episodes of A taste of history television program in 2010 on PBS. Recipes included are from the City Tavern cookbook.

Contents:

Beautiful people of colonial Williamsburg. The Powels, friends to the Washingtons -- Surgery and soda pop -- Escape to Deshler Morris House -- Betsy Ross sews a legend -- Benjamin Franklin, science superstar -- David Rittenhouse's Orrery -- Yellow fever -- Benedict Arnold's treacherous wife -- Breeding 18th century animals -- Coffee at colonial Williamsburg -- Remembering Lafayette's sacrifices -- Beautiful people of colonial Williamsburg.

Summary:

Best known as the acclaimed chef and proprietor of Philadelphia's City Tavern, Walter Staib brings American history to life. From Colonial Williamsburg to the historic Harriton House, he explores America's culinary beginnings and gets to know such notables as Charles Thomson, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Betsy Ross, General Lafayette and more through the food they ate and the recipes they prepared.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)694519307

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)