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Zella's Red Fire

From: Beandrea July

CATALINA ISLAND, CA—Meet the Meals on Wheels Volunteer who makes sure people in need get fed all over the small island of the coast of Long Beach, ...

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Outside of Jazz Fest

From: Sarah Holtz
Series: New Orleans Street Economy

Despite strict rules that you can't illicitly sell things outside of Jazz Fest, there is a whole economy that exists just beyond the festival gates...

Dancing the Shrimp Dry: How Chinese Immigrants Drove Louisiana Seafood (Gravy Ep. 45)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

Caption: Man with rake and drying shrimp. , Credit: Photo courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Imagine this: deep in the Louisiana wetlands, a wooden platform the size of three football fields, covered in shrimp, drying in the sun… which are ...

Bought by KVLU

Life of the Law #43 – There Oughta Be A Law

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

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Chicago Chefs on Chicago Food – Part 1

From: Daniel Goldberg

The James Beard Foundation Awards are widely regarded as the “Oscars” of the culinary industry. In May of 2015, the “Beards” will be presented at ...

Indian Pass Raw Bar

From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South

The Indian Pass Raw Bar is the anchor of the tiny community of Indian Pass in the Florida panhandle. It’s an institution in this part of the world ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix

Going plastic free (almost)

From: Veronica Simmonds

My sincere but silly attempt to live without plastic for a week.

Gloria's Secret Cafe

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Destination DIY producer Alex Johnson has the story of a one-woman restaurant where customers can't help but feel like a part of the family.

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Waitress

From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont

A show about the fine folks who serve your food.

Between Two Buns

From: Andrew Norton

For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Well Yes We Have No Bananas Today!" -- Food Shopping in Old New York

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Grandma's Stuffed Cabbage

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.

Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: "I Guess Dessert Has Been My Upbringing"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Debra Klaber (right) and Paul J. Hintersteiner (left). , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Me Nacieron Mi Diente Cocinando; I Was Born Cooking"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: Missing Hong Kong Handmade Noodles & Winter Melon Soup in NYC

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

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Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Food is Culture--Morocco

From: Jake Warga

A culinary tour of Morocco, where food and culture are Inseparable. Piece ends 3min, trailing out music.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT

Pizza Time by Alex Malmude for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

From: YouthCast

Caption: So much pizza!, Credit: Flickr User rj3

Ah, the mysterious life of a pizza delivery man, finally captured in his natural habitat. This documentary takes a smooth non-narrated path to tel...

Bought by WGXC

People in a Beer Tent

From: Louisville Public Media

Caption: A Beer Tent in Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Gabe Bullard

A vox pop of people hanging out in a state fair beer tent. They share their dating tips, advice for people watching and explain what they'd be doin...