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    Good Food

    Grist & Toll

    The industrialized production of wheat has stripped so many breads, pastries, cookies and cakes of taste and nutritional value. Enter baker Nan Kohler. In Pasadena, California, she is trying to give wheat back its good name at her flour mill Grist & Toll . Find a recipe for her whole grain berry shortcake on the Good Food blog .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 22, 2016 • 1 min read

    The industrialized production of wheat has stripped so many breads, pastries, cookies and cakes of taste and nutritional value. Enter baker Nan Kohler. In Pasadena, California, she is trying to give wheat back its good name at her flour mill Grist & Toll. Find a recipe for her whole grain berry shortcake on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "They Say" (Instrumental) by Common

    The full episode

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    Hive heists, artisanal food, local grains & bulgogi, Gangnam-style
    1. 0:30Finding the flavors we lost
    2. 15:24Hive heists and stolen honeybees
    3. 23:12The art of picking the perfect watermelon
    4. 30:37The New Bread Basket
    5. 41:36Grist & TollYou’re reading this
    6. 52:07Bulgogi, Gangnam-style
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    Hive heists, artisanal food, local grains & bulgogi, Gangnam-style
    1. 0:30Finding the flavors we lost
    2. 15:24Hive heists and stolen honeybees
    3. 23:12The art of picking the perfect watermelon
    4. 30:37The New Bread Basket
    5. 41:36Grist & TollYou’re reading this
    6. 52:07Bulgogi, Gangnam-style
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