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    Peanut Butter Recall; Secret Supper Clubs; Cupcake Art

    Can cupcakes make great art? You don't even have to eat one to get enlightened. Modern life used to exist without chocolate and tobacco. It's true. Plus the dying art of the perfect consommé, and a map to some of the secret restaurants that are cropping up all over.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 14, 2009 • 1h 0m Listen

    Is peanut butter the new silent killer? Marion Nestle weighs in. Jonathan Gold tells us what his love food is for Valentine's Day. Cupcakes make perfect public art, says artist Jessie Oleson. Historian Marcy Norton talks of a time when tobacco and chocolate were unknown. And a lesson on making the perfect consommé by chef Vitaly Paley. Secret restaurants are everywhere according to Diep Tran. And couple Diane Cu and Todd Porter share stories of their cross cultural food romance. Plus Laura Avery checks in with the market report.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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