Food Preservation / Mormon Pioneer Foodways

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published July 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM MDT

The growing season is just ramping up, which means that many people will soon be enjoying the bounty of summer's harvest. Friday, we’re discussing a solution to that problem: food preservation. We’ll be talking about the joys, traditions, and methods of putting food by when produce crops are heaviest. We’ll also explore Mormon pioneer foodways and uncover the culinary challenges and delights of settling the Great Salt Lake Basin.

GUESTS

Carly Gillespie is an urban farmer and the co-owner of BUG Farms.
Alison Einerson is a certified canner and food preserver.
Brock Cheney is the author of Plain but Wholesome: Foodways of the Mormon Pioneers.

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Doug Fabrizio

Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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