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When the massive pro-democracy protests in Cairo began in late January, restaurants and stores around the city’s center closed their doors. Tahrir...
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 04:16
Danielle Nierenberg highlighted the importance of storage to prevent food from being wasted. The World Vision Report’s Cynthia Graber has one poten...
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon
- Added: Feb 18, 2011
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 1
Freezing cold weather has kept many of us indoors these last few weeks. But for the brave few who venture out, the rewards can be sweet. In big c...
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 03:05
Rice is still the quintessential Chinese dish. But China’s population is growing so fast, it may run out of rice. That’s why the government is push...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Jan 07, 2011
- Length: 04:25
- Purchases: 1
As a little tribute to those of you mired in the freezing cold right now, we’re closing the show with that other white icy stuff: ice cream. This a...
- Added: Dec 17, 2010
- Length: 04:30
If you’re like many Americans, you’ve vowed to eat a little less and a little healthier after your Thanksgiving feast. Those small purple berries a...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 10, 2010
- Length: 05:18
- Purchases: 2
It’s cold and flu season here in the U.S. If you lived in India, your mother might tell you to eat some “amla” or Indian gooseberry, because it’s ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
Grain exports from the US are unusually high right now thanks in part to a grain shortage in Russia. Here’s why. Over the summer, Russia experien...
- Added: Oct 15, 2010
- Length: 05:04
Iraq appears to be inching toward establishing a new government. But the outcome won’t affect Rodwan Nakshabandi. He left Iraq in the late 80s af...
Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 08, 2010
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
You might just call it “survival salad.” When Kunrath Lam was a little girl, she survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. During those...
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 04:04
In Ethiopia and other parts of East Africa, people get their milk and their meat from goats.
Jamal Hashi has first-hand experience. As a boy he sp...
- Added: Sep 10, 2010
- Length: 03:08
Laotian cuisine is not as popular IN THE U.S. as that of its neighbours, Vietnam and Thailand, but its every bit as sophisticated. It’s full of exo...
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 03:04
In our What’s Cooking segment, we introduce you to food you might never have the opportunity to try or to taste. Frankly, we’re not sure you’d WAN...
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 03:42
Jollof rice is the paella of West Africa. It’s rice cooked with meat and tomato sauce. Most people think the dish is from Senegal, but you can fin...
- Added: Jun 04, 2010
- Length: 03:21
Chicharrones are often sold at soccer games in Latino communities. They’re little pieces of crunchy fried pork skins usually smothered with ketchu...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 21, 2010
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 1
Thailand has been rocked by anti-government protests over the last few weeks. Protesters claim the government is illegitimate and undemocratic. B...
- Added: May 07, 2010
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 2
In Argentina, construction workers have a special tradition. After a long week of hard work, they have a barbeque every Saturday. Reporter Marcos...
- Added: May 07, 2010
- Length: 03:34
In the United States, it’s traditional to put a bouquet of flowers on the dinner table, but we don’t think of eating those flowers. Not so in Mexi...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Apr 09, 2010
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 1
Remember the children’s story called Stone Soup? The one where a hungry traveler tricks people into giving him food, telling them he’s making ston...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 01, 2010
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 3
In Sicily’s capitol, Palermo, fast food is available on nearly every corner with nary a golden arch in sight. Sicilians devour what they call stre...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 2
Tourists flock to the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Pristine beaches, ancient archaeological sites, and the colonial capital city are the main draws. ...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KSJD
- Added: Nov 06, 2009
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 2
One of the classic dishes of the Middle East, especially among Palestinians, is Maalube. Daniel Estrin learned how to make this colorful dish from...
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 05:22
If a vacation in Afghanistan is too big a reach, you might consider heading farther east to Nepal, which may be best known for the spectacular Moun...
- Added: Sep 04, 2009
- Length: 05:09
The village of Kaskikot looks out over the Himalayan mountains in Nepal. People there get by on subsistence farming and milk provides a critical s...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
