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    Harold McGee Answers Your Food Questions

    Harold McGee writes about food and science. His seminal work, On Food & Cooking , is a must for any home cook's library. He also writes the Curious Cook column for the New York Times. Today on the show he answers listeners' food science questions.

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

    Harold McGee

    writes about food and science. His seminal work,

    On Food & Cooking, is a must for any home cook's library. He also writes the

    Curious Cook column for the New York Times. Today on the show he answers listeners' food science questions.

    The full episode

    8 of 8
    Horse Meat Scandal; Canal House Cooks; History of the A&P
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:24The Apotheosis of Toast and Jam
    3. 13:00Roots, Tubers, Rhizomes and Corms
    4. 20:20Canal House Cooks Every Day
    5. 29:04The Horse Meat Scandal in the UK
    6. 38:07A History of the A&P
    7. 48:14Tacos al Vapor
    8. 52:58Harold McGee Answers Your Food QuestionsYou’re reading this
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    8 of 8
    Horse Meat Scandal; Canal House Cooks; History of the A&P
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:24The Apotheosis of Toast and Jam
    3. 13:00Roots, Tubers, Rhizomes and Corms
    4. 20:20Canal House Cooks Every Day
    5. 29:04The Horse Meat Scandal in the UK
    6. 38:07A History of the A&P
    7. 48:14Tacos al Vapor
    8. 52:58Harold McGee Answers Your Food QuestionsYou’re reading this
    Back to Good Food