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    Beyond stirring and stitching: The women behind home economics

    Florence Falk was just one “radio homemaker” who broadcast recipes, household tips, and stories of life on the farm to a hungry audience. Photo courtesy of Iowa Women’s Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Aug 6, 2021 • 9m Listen

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    2 of 6
    Home economics, nonstick pans, Middle Eastern dishes, and fish butchery
    1. 0:00Lifting the flavors of Middle Eastern cuisine in the Bavel cookbook
    2. 11:42Beyond stirring and stitching: The women behind home economicsYou’re reading this
    3. 21:31Sticking around: The evolution of nonstick cookware
    4. 29:56Scaling down the catch: Josh Niland on using every part of a fish
    5. 40:16Ripening off the vine: melons are at the market
    6. 48:49Heading to Anaheim with Bill Addison for Yemeni cuisine
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Home economics, nonstick pans, Middle Eastern dishes, and fish butchery
    1. 0:00Lifting the flavors of Middle Eastern cuisine in the Bavel cookbook
    2. 11:42Beyond stirring and stitching: The women behind home economicsYou’re reading this
    3. 21:31Sticking around: The evolution of nonstick cookware
    4. 29:56Scaling down the catch: Josh Niland on using every part of a fish
    5. 40:16Ripening off the vine: melons are at the market
    6. 48:49Heading to Anaheim with Bill Addison for Yemeni cuisine
    Back to Good Food