Distributed nationally by American Public Television

Monday, July 6 @ 8pm on BLUE RIDGE ECHO (Over-the-air 15.2, Citizens Cable 82, Cox Cable 107, Comcast/Xfinity 264, Lumos 17 and Shentel 157)
Host Capri Cafaro travels to storied locations of colonial America to trace the food roots of the national palate. In the period leading up to 1776 and continuing through the Revolutionary War, several events led to a drastic change in the foodways, agricultural practices and eating habits of American colonists. The hour-long special highlights the historic foods and drinks colonists were growing, harvesting and producing as they became food independent, a critical factor in their victory over the British.