Eat Your Heartland Out

Series produced by Heritage Radio Network

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Highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest.

Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states.

The show aims to weave a tapestry of cultural diversity, immigration history, migration patterns and agricultural variations in each episode. Expect to gain new insights about Midwestern foodways through compelling interviews with historians, authors, chefs and makers; each of whom brings a unique perspective on the Midwest's culinary story.


65 Pieces

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Get to know two women with a connection to the Midwest who are both are blazing a trail in their own unique way. Mary Pellettieri, founder of Top N...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:03
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This show highlights some unique agricultural and food education programs based in the Midwest. Learn about the work of the Iowa Dairy Center, wher...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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This show is the second and final episode in our series about unique agricultural and food education programs based in the Midwest. We will return ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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Meet Kim Laing, the Indiana woman behind the blog and podcast More Than Corn, as well as Staci Perry Mergenthal, creator of the Funeral Potatoes an...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
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This episode features two guests who are journalists by trade, that forged a path as stewards of Midwestern storytelling. Meet James Norton, the ed...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:01