Good Food
Fat Profits; Wheat Economy; The Cheese Lady; Corn Dog
We tally the fat profits of fast-food, the sky-rocketing price of wheat and learn how the Farm Bill punishes small organic farmers. Plus, we get a brief history of the American stomach, continue our cooking-lesson series, sculpt cheese and chow down on some high-end corn dogs.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJournalist Joe Keohane tallies fast-food’s fat profits and Robert Reich explains the impact of sky-rocketing wheat prices on the economy. Jack Hedin discusses how the US Farm Bill punishes small organic farmers trying to grow for farmers markets. Frederick Kaufman provides a brief history of the American stomach, Evan Kleiman continues her cooking lessons with producer Bob Carlson and sculptor Sarah Kaufmann creates magic with cheese. Plus, chef Suzanne Tracht dishes up some high-end corn dogs and Laura Avery checks in with the season’s best in the Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Santa Monica Farmers' Market Manager Laura Avery chats with Barbara Spencer of Windrose Farm , a certified organic farm in Paso Robles. The certified organic farm has young spring onions (Italian Heirloom onions) and green garlic, both are sweeter in spring. Barbara also has radish greens, baby heads of lettuce, chard, radicchio and endive,…
Read the story7 minFat Profits
Journalist Joe Keohane has investigated the fast-food industry's promotion of high-calorie, high-fat, higher-priced burgers – and its resulting fat profits. To learn more, read his recent Condé Nast Portfolio article on the industry's celebration of gluttony. Music break: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon by The Harlem Experiment
Read the story7 minWheat Prices
Robert Reich traces the rising cost of wheat and food, and its impact on the global economy. A former US Secretary of Labor, Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He's also a regular commentator on public radio's Marketplace. Music break: Birth of the Budd by Roy Budd
Read the story7 minForbidden Fruits and Vegetables
Jack Hedin fears that the pending US Farm Bill will punish small farmers who raise organic produce for farmers' markets, slowing the expansion of the local food movement. Hedin owns Featherstone Farm in Minnesota, where he grows organic fruits and vegetable. He expands on his concerns in a recent New York Times op-ed article .
Read the story7 minAmerican Stomach
Frederick Kaufman traces US history, from the Puritans to the present, through the extremes of American eating in his book, A Short History of the American Stomach . A professor at City University of New York, Kaufman also writes a blog about American food culture. Music break: Blue Moon by The Fresh and Noble Orchestra of Japan
Read the story7 minCooking with Bob Carlson: Lesson Two
Good Food host Evan Kleiman is conducting an on-air cooking class with producer Bob Carlson, a seriously inexperienced cook. Here's home movies of Bob working his way through Evan's last assignment, preparing asparagus. Evan Kleiman continues her kitchen therapy with producer Bob Carlson.
Read the story7 minThe Cheese Lady
Artist Sarah Kaufmann is affectionately known as The Cheese Lady . A commercial artist by trade, she makes magic with blocks of cheese, turning them into whimsical sculptures. Kaufmann explains why she chose her medium, the challenge of working with different cheeses and, of course, her favorite cheese to eat.
Read the story7 minCorndogs
There's a national day for just about anything and meat-on-a-stick is no exception. Today, March 22, marks National Corndog Day . Suzanne Tracht, chef-owner of Jar and Tracht's , suggests a gourmet twist: the lobster corndog!
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