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    Good Food

    Halloween Treats

    Baker Clare Crespo's favorite day of the year is Halloween. Some ghoulishly tasty treats are eyeball, brain and bleeding heart cupcakes, as well as monster head potatoes and hand punch. She is the author of Hey There, Cupcake! and The Secret Life of Food .

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

    Baker Clare Crespo's favorite day of the year is Halloween. Some ghoulishly tasty treats are eyeball, brain and bleeding heart cupcakes, as well as monster head potatoes and hand punch. She is the author of Hey There, Cupcake! and The Secret Life of Food. She's also one of the "brains" behind Treat Street, a roving secret bakery that sets up shop on the streets of Silver Lake. To sign up for the Treat Street newsletter, email TreatStreet@gmail.com

    Monster Head Potatoes and Hand Punch photos from The Secret Life of Food

    Eyeball, Brain and Bleeding Heart Cupcakes from Hey There, Cupcake!

    Music break: Gimmi More by Carlos Fendiera

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    Maggot Therapy; Top Chefs' Final Meals; Mexican Delicacies
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00The Gold Standard: Ludo Bites at Breadbar
    3. 15:00My Last Supper
    4. 22:00Where Flavor Was Born and New Scandinavian Cooking
    5. 29:00Mexican Delicacies
    6. 36:00The Year of Eating Dangerously
    7. 43:00Halloween TreatsYou’re reading this
    8. 50:00Maggot Therapy
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Maggot Therapy; Top Chefs' Final Meals; Mexican Delicacies
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00The Gold Standard: Ludo Bites at Breadbar
    3. 15:00My Last Supper
    4. 22:00Where Flavor Was Born and New Scandinavian Cooking
    5. 29:00Mexican Delicacies
    6. 36:00The Year of Eating Dangerously
    7. 43:00Halloween TreatsYou’re reading this
    8. 50:00Maggot Therapy
    Back to Good Food