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    Good Food

    Summer Travel; Homemade Ice Cream; Blenheim Apricots

    We're hitting the road for Independence Day weekend. Eat with us in Bogota, Vietnam, Rome and more.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 2, 2011 • 1h 0m Listen

    In honor of July 4 weekend, we're hitting the road. Lisa Napoli takes us to the kingdom of Bhutan for some extra spicy food. We'll go on a road trip to Bakersfield with Jonathan Gold. Good Food Producer Harriet Ells takes us to Bogota, Colombia where she tasted fruits from the amazon. We'll find out about the Chinese taste for wine from journalist Pauline Loh. Kim Faytakes us to Vietnam. Evan Kleiman's friend Elizabeth Minchilli tells us what Romans really eat. Naomi Duguid shares stories of eating in the Great Sub-Continent. Plus, Amelia Saltsman has a recipe for homemade ice cream using farmers market ingredients. And Mike Cironi is back with his Blenheim apricots.

    In this episode

    8 stories
    1. 0:00

      Market Report

      p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} span.s1 {font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #cc00cc} span.s2 {color: #3334cc} Amelia Saltsman is the author of  The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook .  She is using farmers market produce to make homemade ice…

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      8 min
    2. 8:24

      Bogota, Colombia

      Good Food producer Harriet Ells recently traveled to Bogota, Colombia.  Read about what she ate and see pictures here .

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      7 min
    3. 15:33

      Rome, Italy

      Elizabeth Minchilli is an author living in Rome.  Her latests book is Italian Rustic .  Her recipe for Carciofi alla Giudea is here .

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      5 min
    4. 20:06

      Vietnam

      Kim Fay's book is Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam .  Her sister took the photographs.

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      8 min
    5. 27:42

      China

      Pauline Loh is a food and wine journalist for China Daily .  Chinese wine is traditionally made from grain and potato.  However, the country have a growing taste for Western-style wines.  They are growing Bordeaux and other varieties in regions throughout China.  Shandong accounts for about 35 percent of national production.

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      6 min
    6. 33:34

      Bhutan

      Lisa Napoli, formerly of Public Radio's Marketplace, has been traveling to the Kingdom of Bhutan for last three years.  She has been working to start a radio station in the tiny landlocked country.

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      7 min
    7. 40:50

      Bakersfield, CA

      This week, Jonathan Gold takes us on a road trip to Bakersfield .  Jonathan is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly .

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      10 min
    8. 51:12

      The Great Subcontinent

      Naomi Duguid is the author of Mangoes and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent , with Jeffrey Alford.

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      7 min
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    In this episode

    8 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      Market Report

    2. 8:247 min

      Bogota, Colombia

    3. 15:335 min

      Rome, Italy

    4. 20:068 min

      Vietnam

    5. 27:426 min

      China

    6. 33:347 min

      Bhutan

    7. 40:5010 min

      Bakersfield, CA

    8. 51:127 min

      The Great Subcontinent

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