{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa-taste-of-the-past.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F0ead7474-0ead7474","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 265: A Little Bit Irish","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4b40af/4b40af7b-d2a7-4763-b0a8-1b9312e24d2d/6a2d9489-5202-4552-ab80-93c86790c412/1489684103artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/6a2d9489-5202-4552-ab80-93c86790c412\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 265: A Little Bit Irish\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Everyone is a little bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day, or so the saying goes.  It's a celebration that's been going on in America since the mid 1700's. And except for the soda bread, the food of the day is anything but Irish. Irish-American cookbook author Margaret Johnson joins us to talk about the background of some of these dishes and others that have stayed true to their roots."}