Exploring food history, one bite at a time with host Sarah Wassberg, The Food Historian. Sarah has an MA in Public History and writes academically, works for museums, and collects and cooks from way too many vintage cookbooks.
In part two of "Full of Pep" we examine the history of orange juice, vitamins, WWII nutrition, and Adelle Davis and Linus Pauling in the United States.
Part one of two, this episode of History Bites describes early 20th century health food, diet fads, and nutrition science, including the discovery of vitamins, radium water, and California health fads.
Exploring the history of apples in America, including the life of John Chapman (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed), apple genetics, hard cider, heirlooms, recipes, and more.