A Taste of History

Chef Walter Staib is a third-generation restaurateur with more than four decades of culinary experience. In this series, Staib explores America's culinary history, re-creating dishes dating back as far as the nation's birth in the 18th century. The show is taped at historic locations across America, including Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's estate), the historic RittenhouseTown district of Philadelphia and the site where George Washington crossed the Delaware River. Staib discusses the origin of each recipe and its ingredients in order to reveal the history surrounding the dish.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 9/12 at 6:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Coastal Manabí Cuisine

Sampling seafood and diverse native cuisine in the Manabí province of Ecuador; making viche at an indigenous archaeological site.

Sat, 9/19 at 6:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

The Galápagos Islands

Exploring the vast wildlife of the Galápagos Islands; coffee made from volcanic soil; local ceviche made from an endemic species of the islands.

Sat, 9/26 at 6:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Copper Country

Michigan's Upper Peninsula was once the center of the mining world during the copper boom of the late 1800s; discovering the roots of a "Yooper"; regional recipes include planked-style Lake Superior whitefish.