Title: Burt Wolf-- what we eat
Description: Four episodes from a 13-part series that explores the changes in the way people ate when Christopher Columbus made his voyages and opened up the exchange of plants and animals between the Old World and the New.

Pt. 1 looks at how cheese is made and the role women played in the industry's development. Pt. II looks at the discovery of coffee, its ability to control the economy of major nations and its role in the American and French  Revolutions. Pt. III looks at the history of the foods of the Mediterranean and how they affected people in Europe and the Americas. Pt. IV looks at the importation of winemaking skills to America by the Spanish colonists.
Subjects: Cheesemaking, Cheese industry, Coffee industry, Coffee, Processing, Mediterranean Cooking, Olive industry and trade, Wine industry, Wine, Religious aspects, Food, History
Places: California