JAMIE: It’s good to be back in the UPR studios here in Logan Utah with Tammy Proctor and Jeannie Sur for season two of Eating the Past. This season we are trying something a little different: each episode will focus on the food histories and traditions of one of the 50 United States, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Tammy came up with this idea, in a dream I think, so maybe she can tell us a little about how this occurred to her?
TAMMY: It was a combination of procrastination, since I was supposed to be working on my syllabus, and jet lag, since I had just returned from six weeks in the UK.
I think the idea of looking at different parts of the US is an intriguing one partly because of the variations of food and the strong opinions about certain preparations that we encountered in our first year doing the radio show. I’m thinking…
