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The Science Of Overeating; Vodka; Blueberries; Las Vegas' Water Shortage
Want a recipe to get fat? Add equal parts of sugar, salt and fat. There is actual science behind overeating. How Las Vegas is trying to conserve water for its thirsty population. A group of friends infiltrate straight bars and turn them gay for a day. Plus the intriguing story of Smirnoff vodka and its role in Russian life.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenDr. David Kessler, former head of the FDA knows what it takes to make us all obese -- sugar, salt and fat. Jonathan Gold gives us his latest favorite restaurant to try. And if you know the password you can get into some LA area speakeasies says Lesley Balla. Connie Alvarez takes us along with a group of friends who infiltrate straight bars and turn them gay for a night. Vodka has taken hold of the US and the Smirnovs have something to do with it according to author Linda Himelstein. When there's a drought in Las Vegas Patricia Mulroy, manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, has to figure out how to conserve. And Leah DiBernardo is putting gardening into the ciriculum in Temecula Valley schools. Plus Laura Avery celebrates the arrival of stone fruit -- peaches, apricots and nectarines.
