“Family Treats” is a 2025 limited digital series from Panhandle PBS. Local interviews on family food heritage featuring Serbian, Turkish, Paraguayan, and North American recipes and stories were shared in spring 2025 on air, online, and as a YouTube playlist. A compilation of the interviews was also broadcast on Panhandle PBS on April 15, 2025.
"Family Treats" was inspired by “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,” which airs on Panhandle PBS and helps expand America’s sense of self, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom and compassion. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and a team of genealogy specialists explore the ancestry of influential people, taking viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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What recipe reminds you of your childhood? What flavors remind you of home? "Family Treats" explores the connection food creates between generations, transcending time and distance.
In this installment of "Family Treats," Elizabeth Pakravan introduces us to some traditional Paraguayan breakfast dishes from her childhood, including cocido and mbeju.
In this installment of "Family Treats," Elizabeth Pakravan discusses her Persian and Paraguayan roots and cooking in her childhood.
In this installment of "Family Treats," Zivorad Filipovic talks about his Serbian roots and how cooking, coffee and food were constants in his childhood.
In this installment of "Family Treats," Gloria Neal Roberts talks about her African-American roots and how her family's dishes don't come with specific recipes.
In this installment of "Family Treats," Allison Roberts talks about her love for trying new things in the kitchen and how her ancestors influence her.
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members; and by public television viewers.
