Eat Your Heartland Out

Eat Your Heartland Out

Heritage Radio Network

Episodes 106
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.9 (15)
Since Jun 2020
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
26%
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About This Podcast

Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states. The show aims to weave a tapestry of cultural diversity, immigration history, migration patterns and agricultural variations in each episode. Expect to gain new insights about Midwestern foodways through compelling interviews with historians, authors, chefs and makers; each of whom brings a unique perspective on the Midwest's culinary story.

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Recent Episodes

More Than Maple: Taste Canada Celebrates Excellence in Canadian-Authored Cookbooks

Nov 06, 2025 40m

This week is another special More Than Maple episode focused on food and culture in Canada. Our guest is Karen Baxter, executive director of Taste Canada, a nonprofit organization that celebrates…

The World Needs More Pie: A Conversation with Author and Filmmaker Beth Howard

Oct 30, 2025 52m

This week, I welcome author, filmmaker, and pie baker Beth Howard to the show. Beth has authored four books and has recently released a full-length documentary entitled PIEOWA: A Piece of America. We…

Farmland Preservation Efforts Across North America

Oct 09, 2025 46m

This week, we are talking about farmland preservation efforts across North America. I will be joined by Martin Straathof, Executive Director of Ontario Farmland Trust in Canada. Then, we will revisit…

More Than Maple: We Lend A Hand: The Untold Story of Ontario’s Farmerettes

Oct 02, 2025 49m

This week is another special More Than Maple episode focused on food and culture in Canada. My guests are producer and director Colin Field, along with historic producer Bonnie Sitter of the…

More Than Maple: A Taste of the Maritimes

Jul 30, 2025 43m

We are off to Nova Scotia with another episode in our special series about Canadian foodways, More Than Maple. Alain Bossé, better known as the Kilted Chef, will give us a crash course in Acadian…

More Than Maple: Montreal Food Icons Smoked Meat and Bagels

Jul 22, 2025 38m

This week, we are heading to Montreal as we are back with another episode in our special series More Than Maple, which focuses on Canadian foodways. You will get a taste of two icons steeped in the…

Celebrating The James Beard Awards

Jun 12, 2025 50m

This week, I am revisiting interviews with six James Beard Award nominees and winners I have welcomed to the show over the last five years.  Never would I have thought that I would be among this…

Amplifying Voices of Agriculture: Meet Podcast Hosts Rodger Wasson and Dana DiPrima

May 15, 2025 56m

This week, Eat Your Heartland Out is sharing the show with two podcast hosts who use their microphones to amplify the stories of American agriculture. Join Capri in conversation with Rodger Wasson,…

The Value of Farmland Preservation with American Farmland Trust

May 01, 2025 50m

This week, the show welcomes two guests who capture the power of farmland preservation. Angie Doucette is the Midwest Senior Farmland Program Manager at American Farmland Trust. She is joined by Kyle…

A Journey Through Toronto’s Food Landscape with Len Senater

Apr 10, 2025 44m

Len Senater is the founder of The Depanneur. The Dep, as many call it, is a place and a concept that has evolved over more than a decade. It has had several iterations, including housing a corner…

A Journey Through Toronto’s Food Landscape with Jessica Allen

Apr 10, 2025 33m

Jessica Allen is probably best known as one of the co-hosts of CTV’s popular daytime talk show, The Social. But this St. Thomas, Ontario,  native also has a reputation for being a bit of a foodie.…

Celebrating Innovative Midwestern Culinary Professionals: Cincinnati’s Chef Jose Salazar and Chicago’s Mindy Segal

Apr 03, 2025 48m

This week, we are travelling back to the American Midwest, where I will chat with Cincinnati-based James Beard nominated chef Jose Salazar. And we will revisit my 2024 interview with Chicago-based…

Prairie Food and Canadian Snacks with a Midwest Connection

Mar 20, 2025 50m

We are back with another episode about Canadian food culture in our limited series, More Than Maple. This show brings us out to Manitoba where I meet historians and authors Janis Thiessen and…

Food Justice and Indigenous Flavors in Western Canada

Mar 13, 2025 57m

We are continuing our limited series about Canadian food culture, More Than Maple. This week, I welcome two guests who share their respective lived experiences in food justice and bringing indigenous…

Canadian Food Empowerment from the Maritimes to the Prairies

Mar 06, 2025 56m

We are back with another episode that is part of our limited series about Canadian food culture, More Than Maple. This week we are traveling from the Maritimes to the Prairies to learn about…

Indigenous Voices: Finding Indigenous Identity In Food Chef Tammy Maki and Inez Cook

Feb 27, 2025 1h 1m

This is another episode that is part of our limited series about Canadian food culture. Meet Chef Tammy Maki, pastry chef and founder of Raven Rising Chocolate, and Inez Cook, owner of the Salmon and…

Intro to Canadian Foodways with Kesia Kvill and David Szanto

Feb 20, 2025 55m

We are kicking off a limited series of episodes about Canadian food culture. Much like Midwestern foodways, Canada’s food landscape offers much more than meets the eye…much more than maple! Get an…

Celebrating Festival Culture in the Midwest

Jan 30, 2025 52m

In this episode, we are embracing the culture of fairs and festivals across the Midwest. Meet Haylie Robinson, executive producer and host of the TV series Finding Festivals. Then, we reach back into…

Women Shaping North Dakota's Food and Drink Community

Oct 17, 2024 51m

This week we are saluting two women who have brought their unique talents to North Dakota’s food and drink scene. I will introduce you to Elena Silvestru Martinez, an immigrant from Moldova who has…

North Dakota's Sweet Honey Industry

Oct 10, 2024 52m

This week we are heading out to the prairies of North Dakota to learn about the marvels of honey and many of its sweet uses. Meet John Miller, the man driving his family's migratory beekeeping…

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Eat Your Heartland Out has published 106 episodes since June 2020, covering topics in Arts, History.

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Eat Your Heartland Out is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 50m.

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