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    McDonalds Takes Asia

    James Watson is a professor at Harvard.  He's written a book on the explosion of fast food culture in Asia, It's Golden Arches East : McDonalds in East Asia . Music Break: My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

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

    James Watson is a professor at Harvard. He's written a book on the explosion of fast food culture in Asia, It's Golden Arches East : McDonalds in East Asia.

    Music Break: My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    City Bans; Meat Glue; Absinthe
    1. 1:00Market Report- Carrots, Walnuts
    2. 7:00Gin Please!
    3. 14:00Absinthe
    4. 21:00McDonalds Takes AsiaYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00Meat glue?
    6. 36:00Bread - Crust and Crumb
    7. 45:00Banning Trans Fats
    8. 52:00Grill Outside, Break the Law
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Marina McLeod

      Producer, Good Food

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    City Bans; Meat Glue; Absinthe
    1. 1:00Market Report- Carrots, Walnuts
    2. 7:00Gin Please!
    3. 14:00Absinthe
    4. 21:00McDonalds Takes AsiaYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00Meat glue?
    6. 36:00Bread - Crust and Crumb
    7. 45:00Banning Trans Fats
    8. 52:00Grill Outside, Break the Law
    Back to Good Food