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.

In 1827, before Delmonico's opened, diners ate at cafes and boarding houses (inns), where the food was simply the food available that day from the farms. Diners had no choice of dishes, but ate the food that was served. Delmonico's changed all of that.

What was a dinner party in New York in the 1870's like? Take a historical culinary trip with Paul Freedman, Professor of History at Yale on a fascinating episode of Taste Matters.

This week on The Main Course, Patrick & Katy are joined by the legendary Ariane Batterberry, founding editor and publisher of Food Arts Magazine. Ariane takes listeners on an interesting journey through culinary history and explains how the American Chef was born.