French Women Don-t Get Fat; Wine for Women; The Cookbook that United Italy

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Mireille Guiliano, author of the best-selling non-diet diet book French Women Don-t Get Fat, explains just how they do that. A cookbook in the late 1800-s actually helped unite Italy. Professor, poet and translator Luigi Ballerini tells us about this amazing work. Callie Crassley is part of Divas Uncorked, a group that demystifies wine for African American women. King Arthur Flour has been selling flour in this country since 1790. We talk with Robin Seargant about this centuries old ingredient. And omnivore Jonathan Gold takes us to Peruvian food in Gardena.
Resources for this week's Good Food To help resolve the wild mushrooms ban at Farmers' Markets, where they have been sold for the past ten years, please call Environmental Health Specialist for the Department of Health Terrance Powell at 626-430-5320.

Mireille Guiliano is the author of French Women Don-t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure, published by Knopf.

Luigi Ballerini is a professor of Italian at UCLA. He is also the translator for Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well by Pellegrino Artusi and The Art of Cooking: The First Modern Cookery Book by Maestro Martino of Como.

Callie Crassley is a member of Divas Uncorked, a wine education group for African American women.

King Arthur Flour is the oldest flour company in the nation.

Jonathan Gold is a food writer for the LA Weekly and Gourmet magazine. He spoke about the Peruvian restaurant El Rocoto at 1356 West Artesia Boulevard in Gardena. Recommended dishes include jaleya, a mountain of battered, fried fish and seafood.

Credits

Host:

Evan Kleiman

Producers:

Marina McLeod, Bob Carlson, Jennifer Ferro