A Taste of History

A Taste of History (2009)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2009-10-24
  • Last Air Date: 2020-09-21
  • Total Seasons: 11
  • Total Episodes: 140
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 25 min.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: PBS

Summary

A Taste of History is a TV cooking series that explores America’s culinary beginnings from the birthplace of American cuisine. This innovative series brings America’s history to life and makes it vibrant as we step back in time and get to know the founders of our country through the food they ate and the recipes they prepared.

  • Keywords: food
  • Where to Watch A Taste of History Online

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    A Taste of History Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2009-10-24
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2010-06-28
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2011-07-18
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2012-04-23
    12 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2013-07-13
    13 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date:
    12 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2017-06-26
    13 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2018-06-22
    13 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2019-06-18
    13 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2020-07-01
    12 Episodes

    A Taste of History Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Martha Washington Won the War25 min
    Season 1Episode 2Early German Settlers25 min
    Season 1Episode 3Von Steuben's Secret Weapon25 min
    Season 1Episode 4Washington's Crossing Pepperpot Soup25 min
    Season 1Episode 5Jefferson's Monticello - Jefferson's Estate25 min
    Season 1Episode 6Jefferson's Monticello - The Dependencies25 min
    Season 1Episode 7Jefferson's Monticello - Jefferson's Garden25 min
    Season 1Episode 8Jefferson's Monticello - Get to Know James Hemmings25 min
    Season 1Episode 9Root Cellars25 min
    Season 1Episode 10Hercules: Slave Chef to the Washingtons25 min
    Season 1Episode 11West Indies Influence25 min
    Season 1Episode 12Ben Franklin's Genius25 min
    Season 1Episode 13Madeira Wine by the Galleons25 min
    Season 2Episode 1Charles Thomson -- Witness to History25 min
    Season 2Episode 2The Powels -- Friends of the Washingtons25 min
    Season 2Episode 3Surgery and Soda Pop25 min
    Season 2Episode 4Escape to Deshler Morris House25 min
    Season 2Episode 5Benedict Arnold's Treacherous Wife25 min
    Season 2Episode 6Benjamin Franklin -- Science Superstar25 min
    Season 2Episode 7David Rittenhouses Orrery25 min
    Season 2Episode 8Yellow Fever25 min
    Season 2Episode 9Betsy Ross Sews a Legend25 min
    Season 2Episode 10Breeding 18th Century Animals25 min
    Season 2Episode 11Coffee at Colonial Williamsburg25 min
    Season 2Episode 12Remembering Lafayette's Sacrifices25 min
    Season 2Episode 13The Beautiful People of Colonial Williamsburg25 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Washingtons at Mount Vernon (Part 1)25 min
    Season 3Episode 2The Washingtons at Mount Vernon (Part 2)25 min
    Season 3Episode 3Bartram's Gardens: A Revolution in Gardening25 min
    Season 3Episode 4Rye Coffee25 min
    Season 3Episode 5Entertaining at the Madison's Montpelier (Part 1)25 min
    Season 3Episode 6Entertaining at the Madison's Montpelier (Part 2)25 min
    Season 3Episode 7Philadelphia Falls25 min
    Season 3Episode 8Continenal Congress & Constitutional Convention25 min
    Season 3Episode 9Weekend Warriors25 min
    Season 3Episode 10Jamaica -- The Market Basket25 min
    Season 3Episode 11Birds of America -- John James Audubon25 min
    Season 3Episode 12Nothing Grows on Exuma25 min
    Season 4Episode 1Boston's Freedom Trail25 min
    Season 4Episode 2The Midnight Ride25 min
    Season 4Episode 3Remembering John Adams25 min
    Season 4Episode 4Antiqua: Harboring British Interests25 min
    Season 4Episode 5St. Lucia: Tropical Delights, Naval Fights25 min
    Season 4Episode 6Liquid Gold25 min
    Season 4Episode 7In Search of Catchup25 min
    Season 4Episode 8William Penn's Grand Experiment25 min
    Season 4Episode 9Three 18th Century Cookbooks25 min
    Season 4Episode 10James Monroe25 min
    Season 4Episode 11Pirates Get Their Due25 min
    Season 4Episode 12Blue Mountain Coffee25 min
    Season 4Episode 13The First Five Presidents25 min
    Season 5Episode 1Engineering a Revolution25 min
    Season 5Episode 2Star Spangled Banner25 min
    Season 5Episode 3Let Freedom Ring25 min
    Season 5Episode 4El Camino Real25 min
    Season 5Episode 5Chili Peppers: Fruit of New Mexico25 min
    Season 5Episode 6King of Prussia25 min
    Season 5Episode 7Battle of Nassau25 min
    Season 5Episode 8Trekking South Africa25 min
    Season 5Episode 9Original Americans25 min
    Season 5Episode 10Under the Vine and Figtree25 min
    Season 5Episode 11A Capital Design25 min
    Season 5Episode 12Original Sushi25 min
    Season 5Episode 13Revolutionary Caribbean25 min
    Season 6Episode 1Philadelphia's City Tavern25 min
    Season 6Episode 2Winning the War With Bread25 min
    Season 6Episode 3Artillery by the Book25 min
    Season 6Episode 4Fort Mifflin's River War25 min
    Season 6Episode 5General Hand, Redcoat Patriot25 min
    Season 6Episode 6Take to the Waters25 min
    Season 6Episode 7Grenada, The Spice Island25 min
    Season 6Episode 8Discovering China's Past25 min
    Season 6Episode 9Benjamin Franklin - at Home in London25 min
    Season 6Episode 10The Return of L'Hermoine25 min
    Season 6Episode 11Back to the Black Forest25 min
    Season 6Episode 12Roots of Creole Cooking in St. Lucia25 min
    Season 7Episode 1Charles Thomson's Great Seal of the United States25 min
    Season 7Episode 2George Washington in Barbados25 min
    Season 7Episode 3Dr. Benjamin Rush: Father of American Psychiatry25 min
    Season 7Episode 4The Water of Life: Cognac25 min
    Season 7Episode 5Boston's Famous Parker House25 min
    Season 7Episode 6The Moravians of Bethlehem25 min
    Season 7Episode 7James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President25 min
    Season 7Episode 8George Washington's Tent25 min
    Season 7Episode 9When America Spoke French25 min
    Season 7Episode 10Orchids, Herbs and Rum in Jamaica25 min
    Season 7Episode 11Eliza Powel's Sinful Feast25 min
    Season 7Episode 12Pittsburgh: From Frontier to Fortune25 min
    Season 7Episode 13From Bordeaux to Jefferson's Cellars25 min
    Season 8Episode 1George Washington's Whiskey25 min
    Season 8Episode 2Peace and Autonomy25 min
    Season 8Episode 3German Born, American Made25 min
    Season 8Episode 4Creole Cuisine and the War of 181225 min
    Season 8Episode 5300 Years of Service25 min
    Season 8Episode 6Bonaparte in St. Lucia25 min
    Season 8Episode 7Alexander Hamilton the Financier25 min
    Season 8Episode 8Cajon Cuisine of the Acadians25 min
    Season 8Episode 9Yorktown - The Last Battle25 min
    Season 8Episode 10The Mummers: Pistols, Parasols & Parades25 min
    Season 8Episode 11Coffee Past, Present & Future25 min
    Season 8Episode 12The Queen of the Caribbean25 min
    Season 8Episode 13Washington's Character, Charisma & Ambition25 min
    Season 9Episode 1Remember Paoli25 min
    Season 9Episode 2Settling Jamestown25 min
    Season 9Episode 3Jamaica's Spectacular South Coast25 min
    Season 9Episode 4The Bounty of Penn's Pennsylvania25 min
    Season 9Episode 5A Tribute to Mrs. Goodfellow25 min
    Season 9Episode 6Recipes in the Rainforest25 min
    Season 9Episode 7Pennsbury: The Working Estate25 min
    Season 9Episode 8The Monticello Wine Experiment25 min
    Season 9Episode 9Flavors of the Pinoleros25 min
    Season 9Episode 10Handmade: Crafts of the 18th Century25 min
    Season 9Episode 11Rochambeau's Revolutionary Road25 min
    Season 9Episode 12A Sentimental Journey Through Nicaragua25 min
    Season 9Episode 13Best of Jamaica25 min
    Season 10Episode 1Jam-Asian Fusion25 min
    Season 10Episode 2Penn's Personal Brewery25 min
    Season 10Episode 3America's First Penitentiary25 min
    Season 10Episode 4Camden & the Controversial Quaker25 min
    Season 10Episode 5Salt Cay: The Island That Time Forgot25 min
    Season 10Episode 6Southern Fare at Rattle & Snap25 min
    Season 10Episode 7The Tex-Mex Republic25 min
    Season 10Episode 8Washington's Winter Headquarters25 min
    Season 10Episode 9Bourbon: The True American Spirit25 min
    Season 10Episode 10Little England in the Caribbean25 min
    Season 10Episode 11From Kitchen Garden to Table25 min
    Season 10Episode 12The Best of St. Lucia25 min
    Season 10Episode 13A Look Back on Ten Seasons25 min
    Season 11Episode 1The Seed of a City25 min
    Season 11Episode 2Eat It to Beat It25 min
    Season 11Episode 3History on a Half Shell25 min
    Season 11Episode 4Cuisine of the Equator25 min
    Season 11Episode 5The Santa Fe Trail25 min
    Season 11Episode 6Return to the Dockyard25 min
    Season 11Episode 7America's Oldest City25 min
    Season 11Episode 8Historic Locust Grove25 min
    Season 11Episode 9Swimming Pigs in Paradise25 min
    Season 11Episode 10The Experiment in Zoar25 min
    Season 11Episode 11Coastal ManabĂ­ Cuisine25 min
    Season 11Episode 12The Galápagos Islands25 min
    Season 11Episode 13A Look Back on Ten Seasons25 min
    Season 12Episode 1Copper Country26 min
    Season 12Episode 2A Gathering on the Gulf26 min
    Season 12Episode 3Revolutionary Cattle Drive26 min
    Season 12Episode 4From Forest to Table26 min
    Season 12Episode 5The French Castle on the Lake26 min
    Season 12Episode 6The Great Smoky Mountains26 min
    Season 12Episode 7Bustling Bent's Fort26 min
    Season 12Episode 8Maryland Wine26 min
    Season 12Episode 9Protection on the Prairie26 min
    Season 12Episode 10Colonial Cuisine & Historic Hospitality26 min
    Season 13Episode 1Applejack - The Original Colonial Elixir26 min
    Season 13Episode 2Savoring Oaxaca - The Spirit of Mezcal26 min
    Season 13Episode 3Flavors of the High Country - Boone, North Carolina26 min
    Season 13Episode 4Paris of the Pacific - New Caledonia26 min
    Season 13Episode 5Melting Pot Metropolis - New York City26 min
    Season 13Episode 6Tides of a Revolution - The Battle of Machias Bay26 min
    Season 13Episode 7Birthplace of Kentucky - Harrodsburg, Kentucky26 min
    Season 13Episode 8Grilling Down Under - New South Wales, Australia26 min
    Season 13Episode 9A Multicultural Menu - Victoria, Australia26 min
    Season 13Episode 10Flavors of the First State - Delaware26 min
    • Walter Staib

      as Chef

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