A cast member at Plimoth Plantation bakes bread in the village oven

The Pilgrim Chef

From: Katherine Perry
Length: 05:32

For most home cooks, pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving feast is a tough job. An even tougher job? Replicating a meal fit for a Pilgrim in a kitchen fit for a Pilgrim. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, birthplace of Thanksgiving, that’s what one chef is up against every day. Katherine Perry visited Plimoth Plantation, where it’s one woman’s job to bring culinary history to life. Read the full description.

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From: Katherine Perry

Plimoth_plantation_small For most home cooks, pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving feast is a tough job. An even tougher job? Replicating a meal fit for a Pilgrim in a kitchen fit for a Pilgrim. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, birthplace of Thanksgiving, that’s what one chef is up against every day. Katherine Perry visited Plimoth Plantation, where it’s one woman’s job to bring culinary history to life.

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Broadcast History

Aired on WATD-FM Marshfield, MA on Nov. 24, 2011. Has not aired nationally.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Most home cooks will agree: cooking a Thanksgiving feast is exhausting. Even with all the gadgets and gizmos in a modern kitchen, and with all the ingredients just a trip to the grocery away, it’s a tough job. An even tougher job? Replicating a meal fit for a Pilgrim in a kitchen fit for a Pilgrim--every day. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, birthplace of Thanksgiving, that’s what one chef is up against.

Katherine Perry visited Plimoth Plantation, where it’s one woman’s job to bring culinary history to life.

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