Until the mid-19th Century, it was not acceptable--and in some cases not allowed--for women to out and about unescorted. They would not be served even at elite restaurants. But in 1868, a journalist named Jane Cunningham Croly pushed open the doors of restaurants to women with an historic luncheon at...

Restaurants in America are as diverse as our population, and they speak volumes about our society according to Professor Paul Freedman, Author of "Ten Restaurants That Changed America." From Delmonico's to Howard Johnson's Freedman discusses the ten restaurants he profiles and tells how they had a sociological as well as...

This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda welcomes Cindy Lobel to the program. Cindy is an assistant professor of history at Lehman College, a cultural historian with interests in urban development and consumer culture as well as the history of New York. Today she and Linda discuss her...

This week on A Taste of the Past, the subject is New York City food. Linda speaks with Andrew Smith, author of New York City: A Food Biography, about the history of food in New York City. Andrew brings us back thousands of years, and describes what the food culture...

Acclaimed essayist and writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker joins Mitchell Davis on an especially taste-themed episode of Taste Matters. They have conversations about how taste is so deeply rooted in morality in this country and how our palates are so closely linked to our culture and experiences. Hear...

How did restaurants become such a staple in American culture? Tune in for a lively discussion with historian and professor Cindy Lobel on this week's episode of A Taste of the Past. Linda and Cindy chat about the history of restaurants in New York, and explain how our foodways were...