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Travel with Rick Steves

735 American Thanksgiving; Feeding the World; Tom Miller; German Sausages

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A culinary historian tells us what's traditionally been on the Thanksgiving table over the years. The head of the World Food Program USA updates us on the work that goes into feeding the world's most impoverished communities. Also, we remember Tucson-based travel writer Tom Miller. And we get a taste of the variety of sausages people enjoy year-round in Germany.

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We've been celebrating the abundance we enjoy in America ever since

0:04.2

1621. Sarah Lohman tells us what's been served for Thanksgiving dinner over the

0:09.2

centuries in America.

0:11.2

Boister soup, boiled fresh cod with egg sauce, roast goose, old-fashioned loaf cake, pound cake,

0:17.6

black cake, white perfection cake, ribbon cake almond, layer cake.

0:23.0

The last few years have put a dent into the gains that were being made to eradicate the

0:27.0

causes of hunger and food shortages in the developing world.

0:30.0

Baron Seeger, from the UN's World Food Program, updates us on what they're facing.

0:35.0

I am confident that the numbers of hunger are going to decline again. I just don't know when.

0:40.0

And we remember Tom Miller, who defines what it is to be a travel writer.

0:44.4

You observe what goes on when nobody's looking. That's probably the best way to put it.

0:48.6

What's going on when nobody's looking? That's travel writing. Come with us for the hour ahead. It's Travel with Rick Steves.

0:57.0

His organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 shortly after Baron Seeger joined them to head the American branch of the World Food Program.

1:09.0

He updates us today on Travel with Rick Steeves on their efforts to combat global hunger during an unusually

1:15.2

challenging time in the world.

1:17.7

And we pay tribute to the life and work of journalist and writer Tom Miller who spent his

1:22.1

days chronicling life in Latin America, the U.S.

1:25.3

Southwest, and along the Mexican border.

1:28.7

Ever since 1621, Americans have been celebrating their gratitude for their prosperity by inviting the neighbors

1:35.1

over for a big Thanksgiving meal.

1:38.0

It became a national holiday back in the 19th century.

1:41.6

Food historian Sarah Lohman joins us now for a closer look at what

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