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Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!
"There are a lot of hypebeasts running around, for sure."
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"I was raised in a non-smoking section."
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Music: Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky
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How chef and TV star Dale Talde changed his restaurant's pay structure (I hadn't heard of this before) and why he doesn't do take-out. And who goes out for lunch on Valentine's Day.
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Ji Hye Kim on why her Korean restaurant has banh mi on the menu, the very short history of chilis in Korean cuisine, and the common thread linking restaurant work and hospital work.
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Had you heard of the Acadians before?
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Acadian Museum of the University of Moncton
Acadian Identity: The Creation and Re-Creation of Community (PDF)
The Acadian Kitchen: Recipes from Then and Now
Music: Angèle Arsenault - Évangeline Acadian Queen
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He revolutionized the oyster bar - but his other, secret, work was more important.
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Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden
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The Black Gotham Digital Archive
The Gotham Center for New York History
America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking
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Even the farmers say the Red Delicious is a bad fruit.
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Purdue University (PDF)
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First of all, this is not Puerto Rican egg nog. Secondly, it's made mostly with canned goods, which speaks to how Puerto Rico adapted to being a U.S. territory. Did you know that "Wars Are Fought With Food"?
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Feeding the colonial subject: Nutrition and public health in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: The trials of the oldest colony in the world
Eating Puerto Rico: A history of food, culture, and identity
Factories and food stamps: The Puerto Rican model of development
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School-provided lunches have existed in the US for about 130 years, if you count the early days when private welfare groups handled the gig. School lunches have never been paused since they started, but the impetus for providing them has varied widely. (And they're the reason "white people food is bland" is such a compelling concept.)
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National Education Association
US Government Accountability Office (PDF)
School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet
Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in America
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