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The Roving Bakery; College Drinking; Wine Additives
Sang Yoon sheds light on the strange and obscure additives used to process wines; Clare Crespo hits the streets with her secret, roving bakery that operates guerilla-style in L.A.’s neighborhoods; Randy Haveson brings solutions to the problem of binge drinking among college students; Tom Perini hitches up his chuck wagon for some cowboy cooking; Bunny Crumpacker looks at the history of cannibalism; Aimee Liu chronicles her battle with anorexia; Nathan Hall gets a taste of southern cooking in Los Angeles; and Laura Avery travels to the farmers market to talk about gardening in containers.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenSang Yoon sheds light on the strange and obscure additives used to process wines;Clare Crespo hits the streets with her secret, roving bakery that operates guerilla-style in L.A.’s neighborhoods; Randy Haveson brings solutions to the problem of binge drinking among college students; Tom Perini hitches up his chuck wagon for some cowboy cooking; Bunny Crumpacker looks at the history of cannibalism; Aimee Liu chronicles her battle with anorexia; Nathan Hall gets a taste of southern cooking in Los Angeles; and Laura Avery travels to the farmers market to talk about gardening in containers.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Laura Avery joins cookbook author Cliff Wright, who shares his knowledge about delicious pea soup; and Windrose Farms give tips about tomato seedlings and how to plant basil and strawberries in containers. English Pea Soup Serves 4 2 lbs.
Read the story7 minWine Additives
Wineries often project a quixotic view of winemaking – that the grapes, soil conditions, weather, time and skill all come together in a magical process to create this celebrated drink. In reality, there is so much money riding on this fickle technology, that many wineries use additives to force the hand of nature in creating the perfect bottle…
Read the story7 minTreat Street
Clare Crespo has a knack for clever, bold and irreverent recipes – creating flowerpot cakes, Jell-O aquariums and trompe l’oeil cupcakes that look as good as they taste. Her desire to share her creations (without the hassle of starting a business) led to a guerilla-style, roving bakery called Treat Street . Clare talks about her passion for…
Read the story7 minCollege Drinking
Heavy drinking and partying has been a part of college culture for almost as long as the institutions have existed. In recent years, exposure of widespread problems associated with college-age drinking have come to light – deaths, injuries, sexual abuse, academic problems, health issues, drunk driving and property damage have all been tied to…
Read the story7 minHome on the Range
Tom Perini is as cowboy as cowboy gets with his Southern charm and down-home ranch cooking. Perini began his career as a cowboy cook on his family's ranch in Buffalo Gap, Texas, combining two passions: ranch life and cooking.
Read the story7 minCannibalism
Evidence shows that cannibalism goes far back in world history -- Egyptions, Chinese, Maoris, Iroquois, Aztec, European, French, English, and Americans have practiced cannibalism at one time or another, most commonly as "enemy eating" in times of war. Our culture is both repulsed and fascinated by cannibalism, which can be an act of both love…
Read the story7 minRecovering From Anorexia
Recovery from anorexia is a lifelong process – and winning the battle doesn’t mean an anorexic isn’t susceptible to future relapse. Aimee Liu was first treated for anorexia when she was 15-years old, and in 1979 she wrote Solitaire, the first anorexic memoir ever to be published. At 40, she again found herself in recovery for the eating…
Read the story7 minSouthern Food in Los Angeles
Nathan Hall is a cook who believes in preparing food in the traditional ways passed down to him by his grandfather, a former house slave in Louisiana. He is the author of Simple to Sublime: A Collage of Southern Cooking . Nathan share his favorite Southern food, how to make it and where to find it in Los Angeles.
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