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    Good Food

    BBQ Diplomacy

    Rebecca Mead writes for various publications, including the New Yorker.  Last year she reported on Bobby Egan, owner of Cubby's BBQ in Hackensack, NJ and unofficial liaison to North Korean delegates to the U.N.  Bobby still owns and operates Cubby's.  He's also currently working on a book.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Rebecca Mead writes for various publications, including the New Yorker. Last year she reported on Bobby Egan, owner of Cubby's BBQ in Hackensack, NJ and unofficial liaison to North Korean delegates to the U.N.

    Cubby's BBQ Restaurant

    249 South River Street

    Hackensack, NJ 07601

    201-488-9389

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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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      Candace Moyer

      Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

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    The full episode

    2 of 8
    BBQ Diplomacy; American Whisky; Picnic Fix; Peruvian Food in LA
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:51BBQ DiplomacyYou’re reading this
    3. 15:01American Whiskey
    4. 22:04Where's the Beef?
    5. 27:48Fish for Dinner
    6. 36:33Jonathan Gold Finds Peru in L.A.
    7. 43:29C-CAP in Trouble
    8. 50:53Picnic Fix
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