[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Rooted: Food Cycles

[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Gulf Caught: Shrimping in the RGV

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2040172/open_sms] Shrimpers in Port Isabel discuss the historical and cultural influence of the shrimping industry in the Rio Grande Valley.  Produced by Jeannelle Ramirez with reporting by Kevin Parme.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040172/support] Learn more at TexasFolklife.org This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.

[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Rooted: Food Cycles

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2040172/open_sms] Food scholar Erica Cavanagh discusses the importance of understanding where our food comes from.  Produced by Imgard Khosravi.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040172/support] Learn more at TexasFolklife.org This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.

[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Food on the Border

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2040172/open_sms] Stewed & Chopped is a limited series produced by Texas Folklife, exploring foodways in Texas.  In this episode, food scholar Meredith Abarca (UTEP professor and producer of El Paso Food Voices) and taco expert Mando Rayo (Tacos of Texas podcast) discuss the foodways of the Texas-Mexico border, the influence of matriarchs, and shifting cultural values.  Produced by J.A. Strub.  This episode is supported in part by Humanities Texas. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040172/support] Learn more at TexasFolklife.org This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.

Recuérdame: Roadside Descansos in East Texas

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2040172/open_sms] Join Community Folklife Fellow Blanca Jenkins as she takes you on a journey from Mexico to East Texas while exploring the historic and religious background, purpose, and use of crosses as focal points for roadside memorials.  Mrs. Jenkins’ journey will also explore the changes over time to this tradition that is visible all around Texas and the role of faith to overcome grief and make sense of the loss of a loved one. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040172/support] Learn more at TexasFolklife.org This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.

Good Dirt: The Texas Black Farmer Oral History Project

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2040172/open_sms] Good Dirt is the collection of stories, histories and experiences of Black and Indigenous Farmers in Texas. We discuss the connections of community, spirituality,  ancestral stewardship and foodways, in honor of the land and stories yet untold.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040172/support] Learn more at TexasFolklife.org This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.