A Taste of History (2009)
- Genre: Documentary
- First Air Date: 2009-10-24
- Last Air Date: 2020-09-21
- Total Seasons: 11
- Total Episodes: 140
- Status: Returning Series
- Episode Runtime: 25 min.
- Production Country: United States of America
- Networks: PBS
A Taste of History is a TV cooking series that explores America’s culinary beginnings from the birthplace of American cuisine. This innovative series brings America’s history to life and makes it vibrant as we step back in time and get to know the founders of our country through the food they ate and the recipes they prepared.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Martha Washington Won the War | 2009-10-24 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Early German Settlers | 2009-10-31 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Von Steuben's Secret Weapon | 2009-11-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Washington's Crossing Pepperpot Soup | 2009-11-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Jefferson's Monticello - Jefferson's Estate | 2009-11-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Jefferson's Monticello - The Dependencies | 2009-11-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Jefferson's Monticello - Jefferson's Garden | 2009-12-05 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Jefferson's Monticello - Get to Know James Hemmings | 2009-12-12 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Root Cellars | 2009-12-19 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Hercules: Slave Chef to the Washingtons | 2009-12-26 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | West Indies Influence | 2010-01-02 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Ben Franklin's Genius | 2010-01-09 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Madeira Wine by the Galleons | 2010-01-16 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Charles Thomson -- Witness to History | 2010-06-28 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Powels -- Friends of the Washingtons | 2010-07-05 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Surgery and Soda Pop | 2010-07-12 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Escape to Deshler Morris House | 2010-07-19 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Benedict Arnold's Treacherous Wife | 2010-07-26 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Benjamin Franklin -- Science Superstar | 2010-08-02 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | David Rittenhouses Orrery | 2010-08-09 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Yellow Fever | 2010-08-16 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Betsy Ross Sews a Legend | 2010-08-23 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Breeding 18th Century Animals | 2010-08-30 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Coffee at Colonial Williamsburg | 2010-09-06 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Remembering Lafayette's Sacrifices | 2010-09-13 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Beautiful People of Colonial Williamsburg | 2010-09-20 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Washingtons at Mount Vernon (Part 1) | 2011-07-18 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Washingtons at Mount Vernon (Part 2) | 2011-07-25 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Bartram's Gardens: A Revolution in Gardening | 2011-08-01 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Rye Coffee | 2011-08-08 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Entertaining at the Madison's Montpelier (Part 1) | 2011-08-15 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Entertaining at the Madison's Montpelier (Part 2) | 2011-08-22 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Philadelphia Falls | 2011-08-29 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Continenal Congress & Constitutional Convention | 2011-09-05 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Weekend Warriors | 2011-09-12 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Jamaica -- The Market Basket | 2011-09-19 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Birds of America -- John James Audubon | 2011-09-26 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Nothing Grows on Exuma | 2011-10-03 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Boston's Freedom Trail | 2012-04-23 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Midnight Ride | 2012-04-30 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Remembering John Adams | 2012-05-07 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Antiqua: Harboring British Interests | 2012-05-14 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | St. Lucia: Tropical Delights, Naval Fights | 2012-05-21 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Liquid Gold | 2012-05-28 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | In Search of Catchup | 2012-06-04 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | William Penn's Grand Experiment | 2012-06-11 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Three 18th Century Cookbooks | 2012-06-18 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | James Monroe | 2012-06-25 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Pirates Get Their Due | 2012-07-02 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Blue Mountain Coffee | 2012-07-09 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | The First Five Presidents | 2012-07-16 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Engineering a Revolution | 2013-07-13 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Star Spangled Banner | 2013-07-24 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Let Freedom Ring | 2013-07-31 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | El Camino Real | 2013-08-07 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Chili Peppers: Fruit of New Mexico | 2013-08-14 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | King of Prussia | 2013-08-21 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Battle of Nassau | 2013-08-28 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Trekking South Africa | 2013-09-04 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Original Americans | 2013-09-11 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Under the Vine and Figtree | 2013-09-18 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | A Capital Design | 2013-09-25 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Original Sushi | 2013-10-02 | 25 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Revolutionary Caribbean | 2013-10-09 | 25 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Philadelphia's City Tavern | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Winning the War With Bread | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Artillery by the Book | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Fort Mifflin's River War | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | General Hand, Redcoat Patriot | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Take to the Waters | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Grenada, The Spice Island | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Discovering China's Past | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Benjamin Franklin - at Home in London | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | The Return of L'Hermoine | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Back to the Black Forest | 25 min | |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Roots of Creole Cooking in St. Lucia | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Charles Thomson's Great Seal of the United States | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | George Washington in Barbados | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Dr. Benjamin Rush: Father of American Psychiatry | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | The Water of Life: Cognac | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Boston's Famous Parker House | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | The Moravians of Bethlehem | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | George Washington's Tent | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | When America Spoke French | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Orchids, Herbs and Rum in Jamaica | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Eliza Powel's Sinful Feast | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Pittsburgh: From Frontier to Fortune | 25 min | |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | From Bordeaux to Jefferson's Cellars | 25 min | |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | George Washington's Whiskey | 2017-06-26 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Peace and Autonomy | 2017-07-03 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | German Born, American Made | 2017-07-10 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Creole Cuisine and the War of 1812 | 2017-07-17 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | 300 Years of Service | 2017-07-24 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | Bonaparte in St. Lucia | 2017-07-31 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Alexander Hamilton the Financier | 2017-08-07 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Cajon Cuisine of the Acadians | 2017-08-14 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Yorktown - The Last Battle | 2017-08-21 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | The Mummers: Pistols, Parasols & Parades | 2017-08-28 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Coffee Past, Present & Future | 2017-09-04 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | The Queen of the Caribbean | 2017-09-11 | 25 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | Washington's Character, Charisma & Ambition | 2017-09-18 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Remember Paoli | 2018-06-22 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Settling Jamestown | 2018-06-29 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Jamaica's Spectacular South Coast | 2018-07-06 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | The Bounty of Penn's Pennsylvania | 2018-07-13 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | A Tribute to Mrs. Goodfellow | 2018-07-20 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Recipes in the Rainforest | 2018-07-27 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Pennsbury: The Working Estate | 2018-08-03 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | The Monticello Wine Experiment | 2018-08-10 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | Flavors of the Pinoleros | 2018-08-17 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | Handmade: Crafts of the 18th Century | 2018-08-24 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 11 | Rochambeau's Revolutionary Road | 2018-08-31 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 12 | A Sentimental Journey Through Nicaragua | 2018-09-07 | 25 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 13 | Best of Jamaica | 2018-09-14 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 1 | Jam-Asian Fusion | 2019-06-18 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 2 | Penn's Personal Brewery | 2019-06-25 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 3 | America's First Penitentiary | 2019-07-02 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 4 | Camden & the Controversial Quaker | 2019-07-09 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 5 | Salt Cay: The Island That Time Forgot | 2019-07-16 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 6 | Southern Fare at Rattle & Snap | 2019-07-23 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 7 | The Tex-Mex Republic | 2019-07-30 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 8 | Washington's Winter Headquarters | 2019-08-06 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 9 | Bourbon: The True American Spirit | 2019-08-13 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 10 | Little England in the Caribbean | 2019-08-20 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 11 | From Kitchen Garden to Table | 2019-08-27 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 12 | The Best of St. Lucia | 2019-09-03 | 25 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 13 | A Look Back on Ten Seasons | 2019-09-10 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 1 | The Seed of a City | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 2 | Eat It to Beat It | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 3 | History on a Half Shell | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 4 | Cuisine of the Equator | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 5 | The Santa Fe Trail | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 6 | Return to the Dockyard | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 7 | America's Oldest City | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 8 | Historic Locust Grove | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 9 | Swimming Pigs in Paradise | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 10 | The Experiment in Zoar | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 11 | Coastal ManabĂ Cuisine | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 12 | The Galápagos Islands | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 13 | A Look Back on Ten Seasons | 2020-06-01 | 25 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 1 | Copper Country | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 2 | A Gathering on the Gulf | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 3 | Revolutionary Cattle Drive | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 4 | From Forest to Table | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 5 | The French Castle on the Lake | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 6 | The Great Smoky Mountains | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 7 | Bustling Bent's Fort | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 8 | Maryland Wine | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 9 | Protection on the Prairie | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 10 | Colonial Cuisine & Historic Hospitality | 2022-10-01 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 1 | Applejack - The Original Colonial Elixir | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 2 | Savoring Oaxaca - The Spirit of Mezcal | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 3 | Flavors of the High Country - Boone, North Carolina | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 4 | Paris of the Pacific - New Caledonia | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 5 | Melting Pot Metropolis - New York City | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 6 | Tides of a Revolution - The Battle of Machias Bay | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 7 | Birthplace of Kentucky - Harrodsburg, Kentucky | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 8 | Grilling Down Under - New South Wales, Australia | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 9 | A Multicultural Menu - Victoria, Australia | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 10 | Flavors of the First State - Delaware | 2023-10-07 | 26 min |
