Today Zarela and Aarón welcome Andy Coe, author and scholar of culinary history, to discuss cacao and chocolate. They start with the history; how it was first consumed as a drink, and then made its way around the world after the Columbian Exchange.

The journey through the Midwest's rich ethnic flavors continues as host Capri S. Cafaro is joined by two guests who share their own personal experiences of bringing different Middle Eastern food traditions to America's Heartland.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “comfort food” is “food that comforts or affords solace;" It is the food people turn to in a crisis or time of uncertainty. And the current coronavirus pandemic has people eating those foods that evoke a psychologically comfortable state.

This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito and Alice Marcus Krieg are getting into the spirit of Halloween with Sheryl Humphrey, author of The Haunted Garden: Death and Transfiguration in the Folklore of Plants.

Expand your child's palate with a treat that they love- chocolate! This week on Feeding the Future, Orianne Cosentino is talking flavor! Find out how introducing your child to a variety of flavors at a young age can prepare them to appreciate all kinds of foods.

What is authentic Irish food? Find out on a special St. Patrick's Day special as Eddie Shumard and Erin Fairbanks chat with Margaret Jeffares and Maurice Keller of Good Food Ireland.