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“Cooking came to me a little bit later in life. Holidays in my family were always a really big deal, especially around the meals. The meals were the most important part of the holiday gathering. And I was pretty much the least useful person in the kitchen. It wasn’t until–even into my mid twenties, at Thanksgiving time, my mom would be like, ‘Mark, you can take the premade Parkerhouse rolls out of the freezer and put them in the oven. That’s all we trust you to do’” 

This week on the show we join a mother and son in a family tradition that has kept them connected across the miles. Mark Chilla and his mother, Gae, tell the story and share the recipe for an Italian, stuffed, savory pie to celebrate the end of lent in the Catholic Faith.

Learn all about it in this week's episode, and try the recipe (below).

Music on this Episode

The Earth Eats theme music is composed by Erin Tobey and performed by Erin and Matt Tobey.

Additional music on this episode from Universal Production Music.

Credits:

The Earth Eats’ team includes: Eoban Binder, Alexis Carvajal, Alex Chambers, Toby Foster, Luann Johnson, Leo Paes, Daniella Richardson, Samantha Shemenaur, Payton Whaley and Harvest Public Media.

Earth Eats is produced, engineered and edited by Kayte Young. Our executive producer is Eric Bolstridge.

“I’ve been mushroom hunting before and you'll kind of squat down and look in between all of the low plants, and then you move to the other side and you look on the other side and all of a sudden you see like four, and they’re right there.”

This week it’s the third installment of our special series, Earth Eats Eats Wild– a nine-part seasonal special all about foraging for wild food. We couldn’t wrap up our spring season without a morel hunt–where we share secrets that might help YOU spot a few this year. 

And we talk with The Forager Chef, Alan Bergo, about  what it’s like to eat a pine tree, and we walk through the steps of making spruce tip ice cream. 

“When the phorid arrive, the ants release a pheromone that tells their nest mates, all the other ants that are in the vicinity, their sisters that are in the vicinity, tells them ‘Careful! The phorid are here! You better go back to your nest or get paralyzed.’”

This week on the show, we get to nerd out on insects with Ivette Perfecto who studies biodiversity and agroecology. She’s got some wild stories to tell about bugs on coffee plants and the importance of understanding the delicate balance between species.

Local ice cream shop puts the focus on community with Food Truck Fridays.

A visit to a cooking session at the IU Food Institute where an IU language professor shares traditional Indian foods.

Frances Moore Lappé continues the work she began more than 50 years ago with Diet for a Small Planet. Now she’s challenging us to save our Democracy.

Everybody eats, including animals at the zoo. Producer Toby Foster talks with the curator of nutrition at the Cincinnati Zoo.

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

A conversation with dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight.

A new little bagel shop with a big personality brings an East Coast vibe to Bloomington.

Producer Toby Foster gets in the weeds about home pizza making with Pete Giordano.

Listen to our conversation with the owner and chef of Small Favors, and his recipe for rich and savory cream puffs.

The farm bill isn’t just about farming. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

“A community is not resilient unless those benefits that we have from natural resources, like urban trees, are distributed in a way that all people are benefiting from them. And we do know that we have areas of the city that have lower canopy cover and some of those are associated also with lower income communities and marginalized communities.  And arguably those are the people [who] would be most benefited  by ecosystem services and the benefits of trees.”

This week on the show, a conversation with Sarah Mincey and Hannah Gregory of Canopy Bloomington, an organization dedicated to community engagement with the urban forest.  

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.

A conversation with Elizabeth Cullen Dunn about our food system’s dependence on the labor of forced migrants.

The creators of How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies talk with Earth Eats about their book.

Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

A conversation with Korie Griggs of the Color of Coffee Collective.

A conversation with geographer Jen Watkins on her experience as a server and her research on the industry.

A conversation with Dr. Ike Leslie, questioning the traditions and assumptions around the role of family in farming.

What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap food production?

When your grandmother tells you it’s time to open a cake business, maybe you should listen.

Goods for Cooks owners Sam Eibling and George Huntington are siblings who make a good team. Hear the story of their independent store–filled with cooking equipment, tableware and specialty food items.

“Studying food is a way to study how we are connected to the world of life around us. Whatever we think about humans being so cerebral, so intellectual–it really breaks down because we are a part of everything else around us.” 

This week on the show we talk with the author of The Book of Yerba Mate, Christine Folch about how one plant can tell us so much about ourselves, and the world around us. 

Heather Craig crafts nourishing menus at the Community Kitchen.

A winter holiday special with chestnuts roasting, cookies baking and coffee outside.

The owners of a new pop-up talk about Filipino cuisine and their plans for the future.

Stories of ordinary people assisting those fleeing Ukraine at the start of the war earlier this year.

A conversation with chef and anthropologist, Nafsika Papacharalampous about changes in high-end dining in Greece, sparked by the financial crisis.

The future of farming must be inclusive, and the NYFC is intentionally moving agriculture towards racial diversity.

Hear the story of a public health professor with a passion for popcorn.

The Monroe County History Center shares the stories of bygone diners and dives.

Maria Carlassare’s business is called Piccoli Dolci, which is Italian for little sweets. These days she’s making plenty of savory Italian specialties too, from distinct regions in Italy.

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

“[It’s] the same old narrative that we hear, that it only happens to white folks and white women. And I argue that eating disorders not only don’t discriminate, but they target marginalized communities such as women of color.” 

This week on the show, a conversation with Gloria Lucas, the founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride We’ll be talking about her organization’s social justice approach to eating disorders that centers the specific needs of Black Indigenous and communities of color and she’ll share details about her new eating disorders harm reduction program.

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

Treatment for eating disorders is often inaccessible and ineffective, especially in communities of color. The founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride has a program that aims to meet people where they are.

Liz Carlisle’s new book explores the origins of the farming practices we need today–in order to reduce the devastating effects of agriculture on our planet’s climate.

Listen to our conversation with the owner and chef of Small Favors, and his recipe for rich and savory cream puffs.

What is the world's hottest pepper and what does it feel like in your mouth? Two public radio hosts are about to find out.

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.

An Earth Eats anniversary show featuring the farm-to-tap journey of a special beer, baking challah for Rosh Hashanah, and a favorite story from Annie Corrigan about a community gathering around a generous tree.

If you love the taste of homegrown midwest tomatoes, now is your chance to learn how to capture that goodness to enjoy all winter long.

Planting trees and building soil doesn’t always reap instant rewards–and maybe that’s the point.

Take a peek inside the fruit fly kitchen on the Indiana University campus.

“Filipino food is not really known like that, especially in Indiana, so we wanted to bring something new.”

This week on the show, we visit with the owners of Pinoy Garden Cafe. They talk about what it means to them to bring authentic Filipino cuisine to Bloomington, Indiana and they share a recipe for vegetarian lumpia, a Filipino style spring roll that locals can’t seem to get enough of. Plus a story from Harvest Public Media about complications for farmers interested in growing hemp.

A conversation with Elizebeth Cullen Dunn on the elements of our food system that most of us prefer to keep hidden from view.

Farm life still manages to attract young people, but they often come to the land with unrealistic expectations.

Hear stories about Black farmers in Ohio, and Indigenous wild rice cultivation in Minnesota lakes.