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    Good Food

    Kudzu Starch and Cocktail Pies

    Alex Brown and Evan George are a cheesemonger and a KCRW news producer, respectively. But when they step into the kitchen, they're the Hot Knives . Brown and George spoke with Evan about modelling pies off of cocktails and using kudzu starch as a thickener.

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

    Alex Brown and

    Evan George

    are a cheesemonger and a KCRW news producer, respectively. But when they step into the kitchen, they're the

    Hot Knives

    . Brown and George spoke with Evan about modelling pies off of cocktails and using kudzu starch as a thickener. Find recipes for vegan pie fillings from the Hot Knives' book,

    Lust for Leaf

    on the

    Good Food

    .

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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