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    Good Food

    Medicinal Marijuana Edibles and the Flavor of Cannabis

    Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson was intrigued by the wide variety and creativity of the edibles in the medicinal marijuana community. She visits The Farmacy on Abbot Kinney in Venice, where they sell everything from cannabis-laced peppermint patties to bottles of "medicated" strawberry lemonade.

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

    Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson was intrigued by the wide variety and creativity of the edibles in the medicinal marijuana community. She visits The Farmacy on Abbot Kinney in Venice, where they sell everything from cannabis-laced peppermint patties to bottles of "medicated" strawberry lemonade. She also visits with Joey, the baker behind Big Sexy's Sinful Sweets and attends a Chinese herb and weed dinner hosted by Starry Kitchen where the flavor of cannabis is the star of the meal.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Harriet Ells

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Gin; California's Foie Gras Ban; The Flavor of Cannabis
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:28 Italy's Parmesan Industry Devastated after Earthquakes
    3. 12:45The Future of Foie
    4. 22:52Medicinal Marijuana Edibles and the Flavor of CannabisYou’re reading this
    5. 36:44The Flower of the Yucatan
    6. 41:27The Mathematics of Obesity
    7. 51:04Gin: A Global History
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