Elizabeth Dougherty

Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food Nation Radio has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and on stations around the country.

Destination Unknown – Graceland

Tour Date:  10/24/2020 Destination Unknown – Graceland Tour Guide: Elizabeth Dougherty Destination Unknown – Graceland – Elizabeth takes us to the second most-visited home in America, Graceland!   A young Elvis Presley purchased the 17,552 sq ft mansion for his parents in 1957.  Gladys Presley died in 1958 and two years …

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Destination Unknown – Eisenhower Presidential Museum

Tour Date:  10/10/2020 Tour Guide: Elizabeth Dougherty Elizabeth takes us to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas.  In 1958, President Eisenhower signed the bill that created NASA, but why?  What did Ike know that prompted the hasty creation of an entire agency dedicated to space exploration and …

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Destination Unknown – Tybee Island, Georgia

 Tour Date:  09/26/2020 Tour Guide: Elizabeth Dougherty Elizabeth takes us to Tybee Island off the coast of Savannah, Georgia.  The island is the destination for vacationers but also holds a mid-20th century secret/mystery.  On February 5, 1958, a mid air collision between two air force jets caused the ejection …

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Destination Unknown – Hard Luck Mine Castle

Tour Date:  09/19/2020 Tour Guide: Elizabeth Dougherty Elizabeth takes us 35 miles south of Goldfield, Nevada to the Hard Luck Mine Castle.   A former gold mine, (1897-1945) the site is now the home of Randy Johnson who built a 4 story, self-contained, off-the-grid fortress in the Nevada desert.  There’s also …

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