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An Original Culinary Travel and History Series Exploring the Vibrant, Untold Food Stories Hidden in Rural and Small-town America

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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CHICAGO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Take the ultimate 13-week road trip through the nation's backcountry to explore the regional tasty traditions and rich food heritage of our country with America the Bountiful, airing on public television stations/PBS affiliates nationwide starting April 1, 2024 (check local listings). Presented by Chicago PBS station WTTW and distributed by American Public Television, this original series – hosted, created, and produced by TV personality Capri Cafaro – takes viewers through personal chronicles of farmers, artisans, restaurateurs, and home cooks by way of the food that they grow, produce, and eat.

Key Points: 
  • America has always been and continues to be a cultural culinary melting pot of Old World heritage enriched by immigrants who introduce their own food traditions.
  • America the Bountiful highlights the vibrant yet widely untold food stories of the farmers, chefs, and artisans that help to shape what Americans eat and make this country bountiful.
  • Wild Rice in Minnesota (Episode 101) - The most sacred food of the Anishinaabe people has become a prized ingredient in the upper Midwest and beyond.
  • Pears in Oregon (Episode 102) - Pears got their start in Oregon back in 1847 but wasn't named the state fruit until 2005.