Food

America the Bountiful

America the Bountiful takes viewers on a weekly journey into America’s heartland to learn about culture and find inspiration in the personal, emotionally moving chronicles of farmers, artisans, restauranteurs, and home cooks through the fare that they grow, produce, and eat. Host Capri Cafaro meets guests who share culturally diverse and untold food stories and traditions.

Wheat in Kansas

26m 46s

Capri explores regional traditions surrounding wheat in Kansas. She learns how wheat was harvested 150 years ago and how it's harvested today; learns how to mill flour and make sourdough bread; and learns about a new perennial wheatgrass named Kernza that’s being used like wheat in products like pasta and beer.

Episodes

  • Wheat in Kansas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Wheat in Kansas

    S2 E204 - 26m 46s

    Capri explores regional traditions surrounding wheat in Kansas. She learns how wheat was harvested 150 years ago and how it's harvested today; learns how to mill flour and make sourdough bread; and learns about a new perennial wheatgrass named Kernza that’s being used like wheat in products like pasta and beer.

  • Walleye in Ohio: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Walleye in Ohio

    S2 E203 - 26m 46s

    Capri explores regional traditions surrounding walleye and perch in Ohio. She catches walleye in Lake Erie; cooks walleye fillets, cheeks, and “wings” on Kelleys Island; discovers how academics are innovating raising perch with aquaculture; and visits James Beard-awarded Larder in Cleveland to sample gefilte fish.

  • Mushrooms in Pennsylvania: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mushrooms in Pennsylvania

    S2 E202 - 26m 46s

    Capri discovers why the area surrounding Kennett Square, PA is considered the “Mushroom Capital of the World.” She visits a mushroom farm; samples mushroom ice cream; learns how to forage wild mushrooms; and cooks a mushroom feast al fresco.

  • Crawfish in Louisiana: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Crawfish in Louisiana

    S2 E201 - 26m 46s

    Capri explores regional traditions surrounding crawfish in Lousiana. She visits the longest running crawfish festival in the state; travels deep into the bayou with a true Cajun, and boils up a feast; sees how crawfish are farmed; and learns how to make a Creole crawfish bisque.

Schedule

  • America the Bountiful: TVSS: Iconic

    America the Bountiful

    Crawfish in Louisiana

    Thursday
    May 1

    30 Minutes

    Regional traditions surrounding crawfish in Louisiana; the longest running crawfish festival in Louisiana; farming crawfish; making a Creole crawfish bisque.
  • America the Bountiful: TVSS: Iconic

    America the Bountiful

    Crawfish in Louisiana

    Thursday
    May 8

    30 Minutes

    Regional traditions surrounding crawfish in Louisiana; the longest running crawfish festival in Louisiana; farming crawfish; making a Creole crawfish bisque.

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