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    Date Festival

    Deep End Diner  and Good Food Contributor Eddie Lin was a the Riverside County Fair where he stopped by the  National Date Festival  in Indio (ends February 27).  As well as sampling over twenty varieties of dates, Eddie also went to the ostrich and camel races.  He also tried the world famous date shake.

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

    Deep End Diner and Good Food Contributor

    Eddie Lin was a the Riverside County Fair where he stopped by the

    National Date Festival in Indio (ends February 27). As well as sampling over twenty varieties of dates, Eddie also went to the ostrich and camel races. He also tried the world famous date shake. The recipe for Shield's famous date shake is

    here. Martha Stewart's date shake recipe is

    here.

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    The full episode

    8 of 8
    Food in Egypt; Sang Yoon's Lukshon; Carrot Fennel Soup
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:25Irvine Farmers Market
    3. 13:13Food in Egypt
    4. 18:39Obesity in the Developing World
    5. 26:21Jonathan Gold on Sang Yoon's Lukshon
    6. 33:20Thai Laotian Restaurant
    7. 41:40Black History Month
    8. 50:20Date FestivalYou’re reading this
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