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North Korean Barbecue Diplomacy
New Yorker magazine writer Rebecca Mead explains how an ordinary roofing contractor became and unofficial ambassador for North Korea.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readNew Yorker magazine writer Rebecca Mead explains how an ordinary roofing contractor became and unofficial ambassador for North Korea. Robert Egan, who owns Cubby's BBQ in Hackensack, New Jersey, became involved in international diplomacy in the 1990's when Vietnamese officials recommended Egan to North Korean officials looking to build better relations with the United States. Mead's written at length about Egan's "barbeque diplomacy" for the New Yorker.
Cubby's BBQ Restaurant
249 South River Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-488-9389
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- 8:00Bye-Bye Bananas?
- 15:00North Korean Barbecue DiplomacyYou’re reading this
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- 29:00Silken Tofu
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The full episode
3 of 8Padma Lakshmi; Bye-Bye Bananas?; Barbecue Diplomacy; Tofu- 1:00Market Report
- 8:00Bye-Bye Bananas?
- 15:00North Korean Barbecue DiplomacyYou’re reading this
- 22:00Padma Lakshmi
- 29:00Silken Tofu
- 36:00How to Love Vegetables
- 43:00The United States of Arugula
- 50:00Moveable Feasts