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    Good Food

    Wicked Plants

    Deadly Nightshade Amy Stewart  is the author of  Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities .  Her book was part of an exhibit at the  Brooklyn Botanic Gardens  earlier this summer.

    Music Break:  Whole Lotta Love by CCS

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

    Deadly Nightshade

    Amy Stewart is the author of Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. Her book was part of an exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens earlier this summer.

    Music Break: Whole Lotta Love by CCS

    The full episode

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    The Best of 2009; Pie; Smoked Fish; Vegan Before Six
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 4:00The Man Who Couldn't Eat
    3. 12:00Pie-a-Day
    4. 17:00Eating in Poland
    5. 21:00The Temple of Smoked Fish
    6. 30:00Ghost Town Farm
    7. 37:00Vegan Before Six
    8. 44:00Wicked PlantsYou’re reading this
    9. 51:00Guinea Pig
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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    The full episode

    8 of 9
    The Best of 2009; Pie; Smoked Fish; Vegan Before Six
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 4:00The Man Who Couldn't Eat
    3. 12:00Pie-a-Day
    4. 17:00Eating in Poland
    5. 21:00The Temple of Smoked Fish
    6. 30:00Ghost Town Farm
    7. 37:00Vegan Before Six
    8. 44:00Wicked PlantsYou’re reading this
    9. 51:00Guinea Pig
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