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To Teach To Learn To Eat
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Chef Roscoe Hall, Credit: Tanner Latham
In our food-obsessed culture, we likely never think about what's on the menu at an eating disorder clinic. A couple of gourmet chefs bring their in...

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


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
A Day In the Life of A Croissant
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Nicolas Paré, owner of Le Fournil Bakery
What's the secret to making a great French croissant? To find out, Sallie Bodie goes behind the scenes of Le Fournil in Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:29
WIN Labor Report: December 13, 2013
From: Workers Independent News
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Updates on locked-out nurses, NYU grad students, and restaurant guides!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
San Francisco soup kitchens strive for healthy lunches
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 17:19
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Waitress
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A show about the fine folks who serve your food.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:19
Slow Wine
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Salvatore Angelica and Susanna Bianco of Gigi Bianco winery explain their various Slow Wines at a Rome tasting, Credit: Nancy Greenleese
The Slow Food movement has changed how we eat in the last quarter century. The Italian organization encourages us to dine on flavorful and health...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
The Honeybees Are Alright
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 7
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Me Nacieron Mi Diente Cocinando; I Was Born Cooking"
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.
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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Cooking Puerto Rican Comida on the Lower East Side
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Olga Colon., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Olga Colon, 86, of Manhattan's Lower East Side, arrived in New York City -- from Puerto Rico -- when she was 18 years old. Over the years Colon ma...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America
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.
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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Behind the Work: Joshua Lindstrom of Fika Coffee
From: WTIP
Caption: Joshua Lindstrom of Fika Coffee, Credit: Carah Thomas
"Behind the Work" is a regular feature on WTIP North Shore Community Radio in Grand Marais, MN. The series is dedicated to exploring people’s live...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
A Multicultural Christmas Table
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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There’s a lot of talk this time of year about the “holiday season,” but the holidays mean something different to every family. One scholar uses her...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KUER, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 4
Spirits from Wild Plants
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
A 100-Mile Thanksgiving
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This is one of our favorite Thanksgiving shows from the past: We invite you to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, where nearly everything on the tabl...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
"We need a penny!" Farmworkers Fight For Justice
From: On Blast
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:04
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
FARMAGEDDON -- Filmmaker Kristin Canty
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FARMAGEDDON -- Filmmaker Kristin Canty on raw milk, excessive force, and getting to know your local farmer.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 02, 2011
  • Length: 20:59
  • Purchases: 1
Injera Bread & Shark Meat: Tasting Ethiopia & Jamaica
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: At RAS, you can order Caribbean food (like the Bake and Shark, left) or Ethiopian cuisine (like the vegetarian platter, right)., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:46
Off the Grid and onto your plate: The rise of mobile food trucks
From: KALW
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The Bay Area is known for being home to some serious “foodies.” So it’s no surprise that among the five-star restaurants that compete for notoriety...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:08
What if the medicine itself were sweet?
From: KALW
Caption: Flickr photo by Peter Shanks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/botheredbybees/245215850/
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down. But what if the medicine itself were sweet? People with allergies are especially anxious to find...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1