Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejón
iHeart Podcast Network
Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejon are back to take an even bigger bite out of the most delicious food and its history. This season features more of what you love: family stories from Eva and Maite, fascinating facts on the yummiest ingredients from their culture, interviews with food enthusiasts, chefs, and historians plus on-location episodes that bring you closer to the hidden history of your favorite foods. Oh, and lots more taste testing, drink making, and recipes for you to try at home.
Listen to Hungry for History every Thursday and learn more about the dishes and drinks you grew up enjoying while discovering the origins of new favs too.
Location:
United States
Networks:
iHeart Podcast Network
Description:
Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejon are back to take an even bigger bite out of the most delicious food and its history. This season features more of what you love: family stories from Eva and Maite, fascinating facts on the yummiest ingredients from their culture, interviews with food enthusiasts, chefs, and historians plus on-location episodes that bring you closer to the hidden history of your favorite foods. Oh, and lots more taste testing, drink making, and recipes for you to try at home. Listen to Hungry for History every Thursday and learn more about the dishes and drinks you grew up enjoying while discovering the origins of new favs too.
Language:
English
Episodes
BONUS: Pan de Muerto
11/1/2024
Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is one of the most celebrated holidays in Mexico. Here's a short clip on Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead), a pastry made for this special day.
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Duration:00:05:55
Vampiros and Witch Trials
10/31/2024
To celebrate Halloween Maite and Eva sip Vampiros, a blood red Mexican cocktail, while exploring vampire-like characters in Mesoamerican mythology. The ladies dive into history and uncover the connection between chocolate and witchcraft in colonial Latin America. Plus, host of Susto and South Texas native, Ayden Castellanos joins the show to share scary stories from the Texas/Mexico border!
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Duration:00:24:28
Garlicky Goodness
10/24/2024
Garlic lovers, Eva and Maite take us back in time to unravel the mysteries of Garlic, a vegetable with medicinal properties used mostly to flavor food. Eva attempts to convert non egg eater, Maite, into a fan by making a garlicky egg dish from her cookbook, Huevos con Jocoque!
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Duration:00:22:33
Cookbooks - The Printing Press Meets the Recipe!
10/17/2024
To celebrate the launch of Eva’s new cookbook, Eva and Maite talk about how can cookbooks can serve as windows into cultures and histories. They discuss the first published cookbooks (one of which involves a plagiarizing scandal!), cookbook history in Mexico, and how recipes can serve as a form of activism.
Books discussed in this episode include:
Libro de cocina de Fray Geronimo de San Pelayo, 18th century
Libro de cocina Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 17th century
UTSA’s Mexican Cookbook
Recetario para la memoria
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Duration:00:23:52
A Carne Crawl Through History
10/10/2024
As South Texans, Eva and Maite have carne asada flowing through their veins! Join them as they talk about the history of grilling meat, cowboy culture, and how Mexican barbacoa paved the way for American barbecue.
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Duration:00:28:32
From Sopita de Fideo to Mac and Cheese!
10/3/2024
When and where was invented pasta? How did sopita de fideo and mac and cheese become classic comfort foods in Mexico and the United States? Eva and Maite explore these questions and more as they trace the history of our favorite comfort foods and head to the kitchen to cook Tacos de Fideo from Eva’s new cookbook.
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Duration:00:24:55
Hot Dogs!
9/26/2024
Eva and Maite head to the kitchen to prepare a deconstructed bacon wrapped hot dog recipe from Eva’s new cookbook. And they share lots of history of course! From the earliest references to sausages in antiquity, to how said sausage found two warm pieces of bread to snuggle into, how immigrants transformed it into our favorite baseball food and how the humble sausage found bacon and chiles in Mexico. This episode is all about creativity!
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Duration:00:28:28
BONUS: Arriba, Abajo, Al Centro, Pa’ Dentro!
9/20/2024
Eva and Maite celebrate the new season by making their favorite cocktail, the Paloma!
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Duration:00:05:12
The World's Most Popular Cocktails
9/19/2024
Eva and Maite kick off season 2 exploring the history of some of their favorite Latin American cocktails, classic bartender’s manuals, Prohibition and more! Maite chats with Marlene Olarra, the beverage director at Nativo in Highland Park, who prepares classic American cocktails with a Latino twist. Salúd!
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Duration:00:32:04
Introducing: Hungry for History Season 2
9/12/2024
Hungry for History is back! Welcome to season two, ya'll. - Eva and Maite
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Duration:00:00:52
The Perception of Mexican Food in the United States
5/4/2023
Eva and Maite reflect on the highlights from the season and discuss the changing perceptions of Mexican food in the United States. Plus, award-winning Chef Ray Garcia, formerly of Broken Spanish and BS Taqueria, now of asterid in Downtown Los Angeles - shares his experiences as a Mexican-American breaking ground in the culinary world.
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Duration:00:24:35
Tacos and the History of Street Vending
4/27/2023
Eva and Maite dive into the history of street vending and explore the backstory of the taco. Rudy Espinoza, executive director of Inclusive Action for the City, joins the show to share how his organization helps street vendors in Los Angeles. Plus, Hungry For History visits the Piñata District in Downtown LA to talk to Merced Sanchez, an activist and entrepreneur.
Want to learn more about Inclusive Action for the City? Click here.
Books discussed in this episode:
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Duration:00:33:26
The History Behind the Mighty Potato
4/20/2023
On this episode, Eva and Maite explore the history of the mighty potato which was first cultivated in Peru by the Inca people thousands of years ago.
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Duration:00:25:31
The Spicy History of Chiles
4/13/2023
Did you know most chiles found around the world originated in Mexico? On this episode, Eva and Maite explore the vast history of chiles and even do a taste test along the way! Plus, friend of the show Ivan Vasquez, owner of Madre Restaurants in Los Angeles, returns to share his thoughts on how important chiles are in Oaxacan cuisine and as part of his culture as a whole.
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Duration:00:27:07
The Exploitation of Farm Workers Then and Now
4/6/2023
In this episode of Hungry For History, we explore how the past has contributed to today's exploitation of farm workers. From the Spanish Conquest in Mesoamerica to the Bracero Program, the establishment of the United Farm Workers of America, and the aftermath of NAFTA - Eva and Maite analyze the dynamics that affect the people who feed us.
Want to watch Eva's documentary Food Chains? Learn how here!
Follow Narsiso Martinez's work here.
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Duration:00:24:57
The Rich History of Ice Cream
3/30/2023
What started off as a treat only enjoyed by the elite soon took over as a yummy bite that all could enjoy. Eva and Maite dive into the origins of nieve (ice cream) and also explore how this dessert was elevated when sugar was added. Plus - chef/owner Fany Gerson, of La Newyorkina (a frozen treats and baked goods shop in New York) joins the show to talk about why she decided to open up a company dedicated to the sweetness of Mexico.
Maite's Recipes:
Tequila Ice Cream (Yummy with Mezcal, too!)
Acocado Coconut Sorbet
Hibiscus Lime Granita
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Duration:00:25:09
The Unknown Story of the Tomato
3/23/2023
Eva and Maite explore the backstory of this delicious vegetable that was first cultivated in Mesoamerica. From seeds to salsa, marinara to ketchup, to its bad reputation when it arrived to Europe - the history of the tomato is a unique one. Also on this episode, chef/owner of Holbox Restaurant in Los Angeles, Gilberto Cetina, joins us to talk about how the tomato is a jack of all trades.
Maite's Gazpacho Recipe
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Duration:00:25:52
Beer's Fascinating History
3/16/2023
Here’s a little-known fact you might not have known... The beer industry might be dominated by men today but women were the original brewers and played a vital role in beer’s popularity! In this episode, Eva and Maite explore beer’s fascinating history. Plus - Carmen Velasco Favela, owner and founder of Mujeres Brew House, an all-female run / Latina-owned craft beer company in San Diego, CA joins the show.
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Duration:00:26:28
The History of the Mexican Torta
3/9/2023
The Mexican torta is a sandwich stuffed with some of the most delicious ingredients Mexico has to offer including beans, avocado, queso, jalapeños, and of course meat. Although the history of its origin is debated, the result of its influence is clear. In this episode, Eva and Maite dive into the history of this Mexican staple. Also, Chef Bryan Ford whose new podcast, The Flaky Biscuit, launches on April 11th sends us his thoughts on the luscious torta!
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Duration:00:21:48
Kicking off Women's History Month
3/2/2023
Eva and Maite celebrate Women's History Month by diving into the past to explore two Latinas from California who revolutionized cookbooks - Encarnación Pinedo and Elena Zelayeta. Plus, Chef Claudette Zepeda of Top Chef fame sends us a message!
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Duration:00:22:26