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Pasta Design; 'Freshman 15' Debunked; Slow Food Under Fire
An architect deconstructs pasta shapes with mathematics. The Freshman 15 could happen to those who don’t go to college, and is Slow Food USA losing its base?
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenCould losing weight cause you to increase your wealth? Jay Zagorsky thinks so. Poppy Tooker believes Slow Food USA has lost its way, but President Josh Viertel defends the organization. Colman Andrews shares his picks for America's most powerful people in food this year. Amy Scattergood details her adventures with kids making pasta from scratch, and architect George Legendere takes a more in-depth look at pasta through the lens of mathematics. Plus, Jonathan Gold discovers a restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley with a beautiful menu and the best fried rice in town.
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7 storiesMarket Report
John Jackson sells blueberries for Whitney Ranch , a blueberry farm in Carpinteria, California. They grow eight varieties of blueberries and right now at the market he sells the Emerald, Star and Jewel varieties. The Emeralds are large and tart while the other varieties tend to be sweeter. Elliot Rubin is the co-owner of The Curious Palate .
Read the story7 minA Beautiful Menu and the Best Fried Rice
Jonathan Gold visits Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village in the San Gabriel Valley. He says this is the most interesting restaurant to open in the SGV in years and gushes about the exquisite menu which is the size of "the September issue of Vogue."
Read the story10 min50 Most Powerful People in Food
Colman Andrews is the Editorial Director at The Daily Meal . He's also a prolific author. His latest cookbook is The Country Cooking of Italy . You can see his complete list of America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food for 2012 here .
Read the story8 minSlow Food Under Fire
Josh Viertel is the President of Slow Food USA . His organization recently came under fire from a group of prominent long time members because of their political agenda.
Read the story11 minHomemade Pasta with Kids
Amy Scattergood is a writer and the editor of LA Weekly's food blog, Squid Ink . She has two daughters who have become very adept in the kitchen. She says that homemade pasta's "forgiving nature" makes it a great way to get children involved in the kitchen. Scattergood is currently writing a cookbook about cooking with kids.
Read the story6 minPasta by Design
George Legendere is an architect by trade and the author of Pasta by Design . The book uses math to catalogue 90 shapes of pasta. Each pasta shape is paired with a mathematical formula and an architectural drawing.
Read the story8 minIs the 'Freshman 15' a Myth?
Jay Zagorsky is a research scientist at Ohio State University. He co-authored a study that found that the Freshman 15 is a myth.
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