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    Good Food

    Literature and Food

    We see what happens when literature and food are stirred together: Novelist Isabel Allende shares how food stimulated her passion for life after the death of her daughter; George Lang survived World War II labor camps to become the world's chairman of the hospitality industry; wine columnist Dan Berger explains why wine is so cheap these days. Plus, the tongue-twisting process that goes into naming the food you buy at the grocery store, and our food scientist answers whether spicy food really does kill bacteria. As always, we take you right to the Farmers Market for what's fresh this week.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 18, 1998 • 1 min read

    We see what happens when literature and food are stirred together: Novelist Isabel Allende shares how food stimulated her passion for life after the death of her daughter; George Lang survived World War II labor camps to become the world's chairman of the hospitality industry; wine columnist Dan Berger explains why wine is so cheap these days. Plus, the tongue-twisting process that goes into naming the food you buy at the grocery store, and our food scientist answers whether spicy food really does kill bacteria. As always, we take you right to the Farmers Market for what's fresh this week.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Marina McLeod

      Producer, Good Food

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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