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    Good Food

    How to Please Your Waiter

    Steve Dublanica, also known as Waiter X, writes the blog Waiter Rant .  His most recent book, W aiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter , is now in paperback.

    Music Break: The Dragon by Jimmy Giuffre

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

    Steve Dublanica, also known as Waiter X, writes the blog Waiter Rant. His most recent book, Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter, is now in paperback.

    Music Break: The Dragon by Jimmy Giuffre

    The full episode

    6 of 9
    RIP Gourmet Magazine; Backyard Farms; Top Chef; Tomato Leaves
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:07The Passing of Gourmet
    3. 14:33The State of Food Journalism
    4. 20:15Food 52
    5. 27:17Top Chef
    6. 36:07How to Please Your WaiterYou’re reading this
    7. 42:48Toxic Tomato Leaves?
    8. 48:07Edible Backyards
    9. 52:56Food and Flowers Freedom Act
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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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      Candace Moyer

      Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    6 of 9
    RIP Gourmet Magazine; Backyard Farms; Top Chef; Tomato Leaves
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:07The Passing of Gourmet
    3. 14:33The State of Food Journalism
    4. 20:15Food 52
    5. 27:17Top Chef
    6. 36:07How to Please Your WaiterYou’re reading this
    7. 42:48Toxic Tomato Leaves?
    8. 48:07Edible Backyards
    9. 52:56Food and Flowers Freedom Act
    Back to Good Food