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Pasta Design; 'Freshman 15' Debunked; Slow Food Under Fire

An architect deconstructs pasta shapes with mathematics. The Freshman 15 could happen to those who don’t go to college, and is Slow Food USA losing its base?

By Evan Kleiman • Feb 11, 2012 • 56m Listen

Could losing weight cause you to increase your wealth? Jay Zagorsky thinks so. Poppy Tooker believes Slow Food USA has lost its way, but President Josh Viertel defends the organization. Colman Andrews shares his picks for America's most powerful people in food this year. Amy Scattergood details her adventures with kids making pasta from scratch, and architect George Legendere takes a more in-depth look at pasta through the lens of mathematics. Plus, Jonathan Gold discovers a restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley with a beautiful menu and the best fried rice in town.

Evan Kleiman
host 'Good Food'
Gillian Ferguson
Supervising Producer, Good Food
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Senior Director, Good Food
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Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

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Pasta Design; 'Freshman 15' Debunked; Slow Food Under Fire

An architect deconstructs pasta shapes with mathematics. The Freshman 15 could happen to those who don’t go to college, and is Slow Food USA losing its base?

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Pasta Design; 'Freshman 15' Debunked; Slow Food Under Fire

An architect deconstructs pasta shapes with mathematics. The Freshman 15 could happen to those who don’t go to college, and is Slow Food USA losing its base?

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