Épisodes

  • Leftovers

    Leftovers
    Apr 2 2025
    In this season’s final episode, we peel back the curtain on the Manitoba Food History Project to talk about memories and highlights as producer Kent Davies interviews co-authors Kimberley Moore and Janis Thiessen about their book, Mmm…Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat.
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    19 min
  • Food Memories

    Food Memories
    Jan 3 2025
    Everywhere you go, everyone has a food story. When the Manitoba Food History Project team were in Baltimore, Maryland for the Oral History Association conference, we interviewed people at the OHA Block Party about their favourite food memories. In one of our last episodes of the first season of Preserves, we share these stories.
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    19 min
  • People Powered

    People Powered
    Jul 4 2024
    The labour of food production isn’t always appreciated or understood. In this episode, VJ’s Drive-Inn owner John Calogeris and Bryanne Mysak reflect on skilled versus unskilled labour, and Emma Dubeski shares the history of the People’s Cooperative Association.
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    30 min
  • In Search of Ashkihk - Indigenous Cooking Vessels

    In Search of Ashkihk - Indigenous Cooking Vessels
    Mar 22 2024
    Clay vessels hold immense importance in Indigenous foodways due to their natural properties, cultural significance, and role in preserving culinary traditions. In this episode, artist and guest producer KC Adams (Ininnew/Anishinaabe/British) reveals the importance of pottery in Indigenous food history, showcasing deep connections between food, culture, and the environment.
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    30 min
  • Holiday Food

    Holiday Food
    Nov 29 2023
    Food is an important part of holiday traditions. Whether you gather with family and friends to celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, the changing of the seasons, or something else, holidays are a time to remember who we are and where we’ve come from. They’re also a time to think about our future and who we want to become.
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    31 min
  • Fish Stories

    Fish Stories
    Oct 26 2023
    ‘Fish stories’ have always been synonymous with far-fetched tales, but sometimes in food history, those fish stories turn out to be true. In this episode, we explore the unlikely story of a small fish with a big culinary impact: goldeye. We also explore the importance of pickled herring in preserving cultural traditions.
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    32 min
  • Farm Fresh

    Farm Fresh
    Sep 27 2023
    Farming in Manitoba has a long and varied history, ranging from the agricultural practices of Indigenous people on this land over the millennia, to immigrant farm techniques, to the more recent (re)discovery of organic farming. Featuring interviews with a farmer-professor and a German Canadian grandma, this episode explores a few of these farm stories.
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    28 min
  • Kernels of Ukraine

    Kernels of Ukraine
    May 15 2023
    What is Kutia? And what does it have to do with the history of Ukraine? In this episode of Preserves, Allie Skwarchuck cooks Kutia with her grandparents, and learns about Ukrainian culture in the process.
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    23 min