In our premiere episode, co-hosts Anna Van Valin and Lia Ballentine tell us why “Food stories are people stories.” Lia explores the food holiday that sparked her obsession: National Doughnut Day, created to celebrate the phenomenal Donut Lassies of World War I. In our first Deep Dish segment, Anna takes us down a quarantine-inspired rabbit hole into the world of survival food—and something called the US Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Cracker. Welcome to Every Day is a Food Day!
Mentioned in this episode:
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“Don’t Forget the Salvation Army” – song on YouTube and sheet music from the Library of Congress
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“Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter” – US National Archives
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“Duck and Cover” – US National Archives
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“The Doomsday Diet” – by Garrett M. Graff, Eater
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“At Cold War Nuclear Fallout Shelters, These Foods Were Stocked for Survival” – by Sarah Pruitt, History