Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin

Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin

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Great Recession Scars, Khmer Rouge Survivors Speak, Benjamin Franklin Cookbook

Episode: Great Recession Scars, Khmer Rouge Survivors Speak, Benjamin Franklin Cookbook

  • Mar 20, 2018 11:00 pm
  • 18:11 mins

Guest: Rae Katherine Eighmey, Author, “Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures” You may know Founding Father Benjamin Franklin as the American ambassador who wore a fur cap to the French court, or as the inventor who played around with kites in lightning storms. But he also took his curiosity into the kitchen. Cookbook author and food historian Rae Katherine Eighmey has just published a cookbook and biography of Benjamin Franklin’s life that opens up a window into his world.