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Plated Earth is an investigatory podcast that examines food through culture, history, taste, culinary application, political dynamics, and more. Episodes alternate between Plated Earth's Food Buzz and Food Fables segments. The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide fut…

Plated Earth


    • Mar 8, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 118 EPISODES


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    Episode 118 – Food Fable: Red Bananas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares a legend from Malaysia that tells how red bananas came to be, and why some cultures choose not to eat these sacred fruits. Craving more? Go back to Episode 76 for the Food Fable on yellow bananas!

    Episode 117 – Food Buzz: History of Red Bananas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares an original fiction story, creating an origin for folklore that claims eating a passion fruit will cause one to fall in love with the next person they lay eyes on.

    Episode 116 – Food Fable: Passionfruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares an original fiction story, creating an origin for folklore that claims eating a passion fruit will cause one to fall in love with the next person they lay eyes on.

    Episode 115 – Food Buzz: History of Passionfruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 114 – Food Fable: Peppermint

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares a legend of how peppermint candy canes were invented by a German choirmaster who needed to keep his choir kids quiet during a Christmas ceremony.

    Episode 113 – Food Buzz: History of Peppermint

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 112 – Food Fable: Sweet Potato

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares an African folktale that is based off of Aesop’s Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

    Episode 111 – Food Buzz: History of Sweet Potato

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 110 – Food Fable: Amaranth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares the history of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), as well as a story inspired by the yearly celebration.

    Episode 109 – Food Buzz: History of Amaranth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 108 – Food Fable: Kale

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a story from ancient Greek and Roman mythology about how cabbage (and subsequently kale) came to be, and why kale is traditionally eaten before and after a night of carousing.

    Episode 107 – Food Buzz: History of Kale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 106 – Food Fable: Snake Fruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable ties together the meaning behind Snake Fruit’s nickname, Fruit of Memory, and its proper name, Salak, which it shares with a legendary haunted mountain in West Java: Mount Salak.

    Episode 105 – Food Buzz: History of Snake Fruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 104 – Food Fable: Mangosteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend of Queen Victoria and the fabled extent of her desire for fresh mangosteen.

    Episode 103 – Food Buzz: History of Mangosteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 102 – Food Fable: Apricots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable explores the apricot’s cultural importance around the world, and also tells a story from Greek mythology about the hero, Hercules, and his mission to steal the golden fruit of Hesperides.

    Episode 101 – Food Buzz: History of Apricots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 100 – Food Fable: Century Plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend from Aztec mythology about how the agave plant came to be.

    Episode 99 – Food Buzz: History of Century Plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 98 – Food Fable: Kiwi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of the kiwi bird from Maori tradition, and shows how the bird came to share its name with the kiwi fruit.

    Episode 97 – Food Buzz: History of Kiwi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 96 – Food Fable: Rhubarb

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of an ancient Persian creation myth about how humans were born from a rhubarb plant.

    Episode 95 – Food Buzz: History of Rhubarb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 94 – Food Fable: Papaya

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a tale from Filipino folklore of how the papaya tree came to be.

    Episode 93 – Food Buzz: History of Papaya

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 92 – Food Fable: Mint

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend from Greek mythology about how mint got its name and signature smell.

    Episode 91 – Food Buzz: History of Mint

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 90 – Food Fable: Beets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells a legend from Norse mythology about how the beetroot got its blood-red color.

    Episode 89 – Food Buzz: History of Beets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 88 – Food Fable: Dates

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable shares several examples of the date’s significance in Middle Eastern culture, and tells a legend from North Africa about one of the most popular date varieties, the Deglet Noor, which translates from Arabic as the “Date of Light”.

    Episode 87 – Food Buzz: History of Dates

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 86 – Food Fable: Cauliflower

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of cauliflower’s transformation over history as it evolved from the wild cabbage plant.

    Episode 85 – Food Buzz: History of Cauliflower

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 84 – Food Fable: Lychee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Plated Earth Food Fables are short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the legendary love story of Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei from the Tang Dynasty of ancient China, and shows how Yang’s love for lychee fruit may have led to the Emperor’s own downfall.

    Episode 83 – Food Buzz: History of Lychee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2019


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 82 – Food Fable: Oranges

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of Saint Nicholas, before he became known as Santa Claus, and how his generosity sparked the tradition of leaving oranges in stockings on Christmas Eve.

    Episode 81 – Food Buzz: History of Oranges

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 80 – Food Fable: Basil

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells of many myths of basil from around the world, notably the legend in Christian tradition of Saint Helena, who was led to an epic discovery on her pilgrimage in Jerusalem thanks to basil plants.

    Episode 79 – Food Buzz: History of Basil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 78 – Food Fable: Potatoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is a retelling of a legend from Bolivia about how potatoes came to be.

    Episode 77 – Food Buzz: History of Potatoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 76 – Food Fable: Bananas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is a retelling of a myth from the Philippines that explains how the banana tree came to be. It also highlights several other folk tales and superstitions associated with the fruit from around the world.

    Episode 75 – Food Buzz: History of Bananas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 74 – Food Fable: Mushrooms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells of a few legends surrounding mushrooms and their sometimes curious, circular growth pattern, known in many myths as a fairy ring.

    Episode 73 – Food Buzz: History of Mushrooms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 72 – Food Fable: Medlar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is about a young boy, teasingly nicknamed “Willy Rotten” by his peers, whose father comforts him by telling the story of how giants once roamed the earth, thanks to the medlar fruit. The giants’ origin story is inspired by the works of 16th century author, François Rabelais, which chronicle the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel.

    Episode 71 – Food Buzz: History of Medlar

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 70 – Food Fable: Pears

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is a retelling of a tale from China about a greedy pear farmer who encounters a monk with a magical pear tree.

    Episode 69 – Food Buzz: History of Pears

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018


    The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

    Episode 68 – Food Fable: Elderberries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2018


    Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is an adaptation from an 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Little Elder Tree Mother”, and it tells the tale of a little boy who discovers the magical powers of the elderberry tree.

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