VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

An Introduction to Vernacular Foodways

Episode Summary

Episode 14 is out and our hosts have a conversation about foodways! Roger and Chris talk about what foodways means in a general sense and then reminiscence over their experiences with different cultures, their food, and how it connects to music. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review!

Episode Notes

Intro - 0:00

Part I, Irish Soda Bread & Memories  - 01:02

• Making Irish Soda Bread - 11:26
• Amazingly Easy Irish Soda Bread

Part II, Mofongo & Community- 12:15

• Mofongo - 13:21
• Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe 

Part III, African, Indigenous, & Southern Connections

• Food of the Enslaved: Barbecue, featuring Michael Twitty - 23:26
• Epicurious review of Michael Twitty’s The Cooking Gene
• Michael Twitty Blog

Part IV, Gumbo, Cajun Country, & Accordion - 23:59

• Marc Savoy “One Step de Chameaux” - 28:05
• Gumbo Recipe

Part V, NOLA Crawfish - 30:33

• How to Eat a Crawfish - Always for Pleasure - 34:33

Part VI, Mallorca & Music - 35:53

• Sóller - 42:23

Part VII,  Garlic Fills Us All - 43:43

• Alice Waters on Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers - 44:46

Part VIII, Yum Yum Yum - 45:38

• Yum Yum Yum! (1990) - 46:02

Part IX, Back to NOLA - 48:05

• Band Appétit: Homemade w/ Kermit Ruffins #JAMINTHEVAN - 50:35

Part X, Kansas City, MO Barbeque - 51:10

• Netflix: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Outro - 56:17

Full Playlist for EP 14

VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist

Voices from the Vernacular Music Center