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    Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books

    Cara Nicoletti is a butcher, former pastry chef and author of the literary recipe blog, Yummy Books . Nicoletti chronicles her lifelong journey as a food-obsessed bookworm, who cooks her way through her 50 favorite recipes from literature in her new book, Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books . Music: "24" by E1SBAR

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    By Evan Kleiman • Sep 25, 2015 • 1 min read

    Cara Nicoletti is a butcher, former pastry chef and author of the literary recipe blog, Yummy Books. Nicoletti chronicles her lifelong journey as a food-obsessed bookworm, who cooks her way through her 50 favorite recipes from literature in her new book, Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books.

    Music: "24" by E1SBAR

    The full episode

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    Eatymology; Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens; Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    1. 0:00Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great BooksYou’re reading this
    2. 9:05Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy
    3. 17:40The Best Low-and-Slow Meat in the City of Orange
    4. 23:47Jonathan Gold Goes Bananas for Cream Pie
    5. 27:47Market Report
    6. 35:00Einkorn is Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    7. 35:48From Vacant Lots to Urban Bounty
    8. 44:48The Renovated Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    1 of 8
    Eatymology; Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens; Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    1. 0:00Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great BooksYou’re reading this
    2. 9:05Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy
    3. 17:40The Best Low-and-Slow Meat in the City of Orange
    4. 23:47Jonathan Gold Goes Bananas for Cream Pie
    5. 27:47Market Report
    6. 35:00Einkorn is Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    7. 35:48From Vacant Lots to Urban Bounty
    8. 44:48The Renovated Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
    Back to Good Food