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    Good Food

    The Quest for the Perfect Chocolate

    New Yorker magazine writer Bill Buford traveled throughout Brazil's cacao country with Frederick Schilling in the chocolate connoisseur's quest for the perfect bean. Schilling is the founder of Dagoba , an organic chocolate company.

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

    New Yorker magazine writer Bill Buford traveled throughout Brazil's cacao country with Frederick Schilling in the chocolate connoisseur's quest for the perfect bean. Schilling is the founder of Dagoba, an organic chocolate company. Buford's latest book is Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany.

    Music break: Wise Guy Cha Cha by West One UK Library

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    Nigella Lawson; Guanni Chocolates; Fluoridated Water
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00The Gold Standard: My Taco
    3. 13:00Nigella Express
    4. 20:00Turkey Leftovers
    5. 27:00Fluoridated Water
    6. 34:00Olive Oil's Health Benefits
    7. 41:00Guanni Chocolates
    8. 48:00The Quest for the Perfect ChocolateYou’re reading this
    9. 55:00The Tenth Muse
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

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    The full episode

    8 of 9
    Nigella Lawson; Guanni Chocolates; Fluoridated Water
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00The Gold Standard: My Taco
    3. 13:00Nigella Express
    4. 20:00Turkey Leftovers
    5. 27:00Fluoridated Water
    6. 34:00Olive Oil's Health Benefits
    7. 41:00Guanni Chocolates
    8. 48:00The Quest for the Perfect ChocolateYou’re reading this
    9. 55:00The Tenth Muse
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