How did regular old food become American food? We’ll spend this hour with culinary historian and author Andrew F. Smith, whose new book is “Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine” (Columbia, 2009).

How did regular old food become American food? We’ll spend this hour with culinary historian and author Andrew F. Smith, whose new book is “Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine” (Columbia, 2009).