In conjunction with foodways demonstrations set up by the VFC for festivals around the state, the archive includes a collection of interviews with cooks which explore the interrelationship of food, heritage, and identity. These interviews also…
March 1986 compilation of oral histories of Italian families who moved to WRJ between 1890-1940 with details on pasta-making, raising pigs and making blood sausage, fried bread, eels, Falzarano, DePalo, Filosa families, gardening, tomatoes, canning,…
Vermont History, Jan 1960: general info on Italian immigration to Vermont with food/beverage details on planting chicory, grape vines for homemade wine, grappa, mushrooming, polenta, Italian bakeries in Barre
Two women who grew up in different Vermont towns with different religions share memories of Easter and Passover foods and rituals, including home-grown horseradish.