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Tastemakers: Georgia Gilmore
Season 4 Episode 73
Georgia Gilmore (1920-1990) sustained a movement through her kitchen in Montgomery, Alabama.
Food has been a unifier for millennia, not just gathering…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: Freda DeKnight
Season 4 Episode 72
Freda DeKnight (1909-1963) celebrated Black American chefs and home cooks as Ebony magazine’s first ever food editor. Her book “A Date With a Dish” w…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: Duchess Quamino
Season 4 Episode 71
Duchess Quamino (c. 1739-1804) was the Pastry Queen of Rhode Island, an enslaved woman whose baking skills paved the way to freedom for her and her c…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: Cleora Butler
Season 4 Episode 70
Cleora Butler (1901-1985) reclaimed what it meant to be an African American cook. Her food and her story embody her belief that cooking was an art fo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: Clara Brown
Season 4 Episode 69
Clara Brown (1800-1885) was known as the “Angel of the Rockies”. As one of the first Black women to settle in Colorado, she helped create a sense of …
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: B. Smith
Season 4 Episode 68
B. Smith (1949-2020) built a food and lifestyle empire. She launched restaurants, wrote cookbooks, had a line of household products, and even hosted …
3 years, 2 months ago
Tastemakers: Abby Fisher
Season 4 Episode 67
Abby Fisher (1831-1913) was one of the first Black American women to publish a cookbook. Her preserves, stews, cakes, and folk remedies offer a glimp…
3 years, 2 months ago
Rebels: Eunice Foote
Season 4 Episode 66
Eunice Foote (1819-1888) was the first person to understand the phenomenon we now know as the greenhouse effect.
You’re probably familiar with rebels …
3 years, 2 months ago
Rebels: Rose Mackenberg
Season 4 Episode 65
Rose Mackenberg (1892-1968) is known as a real-life ghost buster. She partnered with magician Harry Houdini to investigate psychics and mediums acros…
3 years, 2 months ago
Rebels: Susette La Flesche Tibbles
Season 4 Episode 64
Susette La Flesche Tibbles (1854-1903) became known across the country for her advocacy for indigenous rights. When she saw injustice, she helped oth…
3 years, 2 months ago