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    The air we … eat?

    Terroir, in wine jargon, is everything. It provides clues as to the particular soil, climate and locale where a grape or bottle of wine was produced. The same can be said for merroir when it comes to oysters. But can air have its own place-based atmospheric flavor?

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 27, 2016 • 1 min read

    Terroir, in wine jargon, is everything. It provides clues as to the particular soil, climate and locale where a grape or bottle of wine was produced. The same can be said for merroir when it comes to oysters. But can air have its own place-based atmospheric flavor? Nicola Twilley is author of the blog Edible Geography, co-host of the award-winning podcast Gastropod and a contributing writer for the New Yorker. She believes every location has its own aeroir.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Consolidation in biotech, aeroir, smoked beets, beer cocktails
    1. 0:17Bayer's $62 billion bid for Monsanto
    2. 10:24The air we … eat?You’re reading this
    3. 18:34You can't stop the beet
    4. 26:31A tour de force chop at Salt's Cure
    5. 34:06Make that cold one a beer cocktail
    6. 42:37Let them eat cake
    7. 51:07Peddling candy in South LA with Grace of the Sea
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