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    Good Food

    Irish Pubs; Obama Foodorama; Clam Invasion; Animal Dudes;

    There are clams invading Lake Tahoe. This is bad news.  Why it's so damaging and how the clams got there. Where to eat in Ventura and Santa Barbara.  A restaurant in LA called Animal. Guess what they serve?  It's nearly St Patrick's Day. Time to drink some beer and find out why pubs are disappearing in Ireland.  Food fraud -- it's part of our history. Plus, a vanilla taste test. And, the foodorama that is Obama.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 14, 2009 • 1h 0m Listen

    Writer Bill Barich laments the disappearing pubs in Ireland. Bee Wilson finds food fraud all throughout our history. Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook own Animal restaurant and sing the praises of pig trotters. Nancy Ransohoff lets us in on her favorite Santa Barbara restaurants. And Jack Bishop from Cook's Illustrated weighs the merits of real vanilla extract, versus the imitation variety. Asian clams invade Lake Tahoe says Steve Chilton. Eddie Gehman Kohan blogs about the food world of Obama. Plus Laura Avery takes us through the Santa Monica Farmers Market.

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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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