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    Prison Food

    We're going to the joint today.   Good Food Producer Thea Chaloner heard about the Eastern Oregon Correctional Facility, a medium security prison, that has hired a trained chef to cook with its inmates. Most of the inmates here are convicted pedophiles or committed crimes related to drugs.

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

    We're going to the joint today. Good Food Producer Thea Chaloner heard about the Eastern Oregon Correctional Facility, a medium security prison, that has hired a trained chef to cook with its inmates.

    Most of the inmates here are convicted pedophiles or committed crimes related to drugs. The food program is a unique form of rehabilitation and she decided to go to Oregon to check it out.

    The full episode

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    Oktoberfest, Prison Food & Museum Tamal
    1. 1:00Market Report
    2. 9:00Oktoberfest
    3. 17:00Jonathan Gold Serves Up BLD
    4. 23:00Prison FoodYou’re reading this
    5. 37:00Myspace for Food Geeks
    6. 45:00Hot Water Cornbread and Other Southern Foods
    7. 54:00Tamale Museum
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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 7
    Oktoberfest, Prison Food & Museum Tamal
    1. 1:00Market Report
    2. 9:00Oktoberfest
    3. 17:00Jonathan Gold Serves Up BLD
    4. 23:00Prison FoodYou’re reading this
    5. 37:00Myspace for Food Geeks
    6. 45:00Hot Water Cornbread and Other Southern Foods
    7. 54:00Tamale Museum
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