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    Classic Cookbooks

    Russ Parsons is the Food Editor for the LA Times where he writes The California Cook column. His article about cookbooks that bring comfort inspired this segment. His favorite sources for acquiring first edition and signed books are used bookstores and alibris.com .

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

    Russ Parsons is the Food Editor for the LA Times where he writes The California Cook column. His article about cookbooks that bring comfort inspired this segment. His favorite sources for acquiring first edition and signed books are used bookstores and alibris.com.

    Russ Parsons' cookbook collection

    Music: "I Forget It's There" by Lay low

    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Cookbook Ghostwriters; Classic Menus; Linguistics of Food
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:36All about Roasting Vegetables
    3. 14:33Classic CookbooksYou’re reading this
    4. 21:49The Secret Life of a Cookbook Ghostwriter
    5. 31:28The New York Public Library's Menu Collection
    6. 39:36Soda, Pop or Coke? The Linguistics of Food
    7. 50:30Slurping Dumplings through a Boba Straw
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Harriet Ells

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    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Cookbook Ghostwriters; Classic Menus; Linguistics of Food
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:36All about Roasting Vegetables
    3. 14:33Classic CookbooksYou’re reading this
    4. 21:49The Secret Life of a Cookbook Ghostwriter
    5. 31:28The New York Public Library's Menu Collection
    6. 39:36Soda, Pop or Coke? The Linguistics of Food
    7. 50:30Slurping Dumplings through a Boba Straw
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