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    Good Food

    Getting to the Heart of All-American Cheddar

    Gordon Edgar is the cheese buyer for Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. His new book, Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese , takes a sharp look at our culture and food systems through the lens of the all-American cheddar. Music: "Comin' Home Baby" by Booker T  and "Mons Gateau" by Intended Immigration

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    Gordon Edgar is the cheese buyer for Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. His new book, Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese, takes a sharp look at our culture and food systems through the lens of the all-American cheddar.

    Music: "Comin' Home Baby" by Booker T and "Mons Gateau" by Intended Immigration

    The full episode

    1 of 7
    Trois Familia, Mission Chinese Food, the Air We...Eat?
    1. 0:00Getting to the Heart of All-American CheddarYou’re reading this
    2. 9:33Jonathan Gold Reviews Trois Familia
    3. 16:50The Air We...Eat?
    4. 25:44Mission Chinese Food: "Americanized Oriental Food"
    5. 38:11Lucky Peach's Deliciously Inauthentic Asian Food
    6. 47:15Market Report: Pomegranates
    7. 53:15Voices of the Food Chain
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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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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 7
    Trois Familia, Mission Chinese Food, the Air We...Eat?
    1. 0:00Getting to the Heart of All-American CheddarYou’re reading this
    2. 9:33Jonathan Gold Reviews Trois Familia
    3. 16:50The Air We...Eat?
    4. 25:44Mission Chinese Food: "Americanized Oriental Food"
    5. 38:11Lucky Peach's Deliciously Inauthentic Asian Food
    6. 47:15Market Report: Pomegranates
    7. 53:15Voices of the Food Chain
    Back to Good Food