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Thursday November 25, 2004

Opinion

From Our Listeners

Giving Thanks: Best Meals Remembered

November 25, 2004 • For many families on Thanksgiving, a quiet moment of reflection is followed by drumsticks, thighs and breasts; stuffing, cranberry relish, an assortment of sides, all covered with gravy -- not to mention the parade of sweets and pies to follow. But every year it's pretty much the same menu. What's your best meal and why?

Giving Thanks: Best Meals Remembered

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Music

Thanksgiving à la Rossini

November 25, 2004 • Gioacchino Rossini, the great opera composer, was also a great gourmand. In fact, the man behind The Barber of Seville retired from composition when he was just 37 and spent the rest of his life — about 40 more years --enjoying food. On this Thanksgiving, NPR's Fred Child celebrates with a tribute to Rossini.

Wednesday November 24, 2004

'Fork It Over': Alan Richman's Adventures in Dining

November 24, 2004 • Writer Alan Richman shares a booth with NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates at the famous Los Angeles greasy spoon diner The Pantry to talk about restaurant etiquette and eating well when someone else is cooking. Richman is the author of Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater.

'Fork It Over': Alan Richman's Adventures in Dining

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Tuesday November 23, 2004

Children's Health

A Sticky Dilemma: Lead in Mexican Candies

November 23, 2004 • Health officials are urging a crackdown on candies and snacks imported from Mexico because many brands are contaminated by trace levels of lead. But the ban might prove difficult to enforce, because kids love the tart-hot-sweet flavors of Mexican snacks, and street vendors are difficult to regulate.

A Sticky Dilemma: Lead in Mexican Candies

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Monday November 22, 2004

Recipes: Alternatives to Turkey on Thanksgiving

November 22, 2004 • NPR's Melissa Block talks with Mark Bittman, author of "How to Cook Everything" and The New York Times food column "The Minimalist," about alternatives to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner. His suggestions range from leg of lamb to salmon.

Recipes: Alternatives to Turkey on Thanksgiving

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Sunday November 21, 2004

Oysters, a Thanksgiving Tradition Across the Miles

November 21, 2004 • Essayist Bonny Wolf grew up in the Midwest, where it wasn't always easy to find oysters for Thanksgiving. She tries to eat them every chance she gets, holiday dinner or not.

Oysters, a Thanksgiving Tradition Across the Miles

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Friday November 19, 2004

Analysis

Tony Roque: Wine Tasting And Buying

November 19, 2004 • Commentator and wine connoisseur Tony Roque says when you get right down to it, wine tasting and purchasing is no big deal.

Tony Roque: Wine Tasting And Buying

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'Wine for Every Day and Every Occasion'

November 19, 2004 • NPR's Tony Cox talks with husband-and-wife wine experts Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher about their latest book Wine for Every Day and Every Occasion: Red, White, and Bubbly to Celebrate the Joy of Living.

'Wine for Every Day and Every Occasion'

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'Hidden Kitchens': Talking Recipes

Angel's Market: A San Francisco Institution

November 19, 2004 • Nobody can seem to remember who first opened Angel's Market on a San Francisco street corner nearly 100 years ago. But everyone in the neighborhood knows George and Alice, who have owned Angel's for the last decade. Kate Volkman reports.

Susan Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Tradition

Pure Chocolate Recipes for the Holidays

November 19, 2004 • Thanksgiving approaches, followed by the rest of the holiday season. In a holiday-eating preview, NPR's Susan Stamberg bypasses the turkey — and heads right for dessert. Specifically chocolate. But she does manage to insinuate her favorite holiday recipe into the mix.

Pure Chocolate Recipes for the Holidays

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Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters

'America Eats': A Hidden Archive from the 1930s

November 19, 2004 • Our search for the kitchen legacies of this country has uncovered rituals, recipes and now, an archive. We followed a listener's call to the Library of Congress and beyond — and discovered "America Eats," a Depression-era project chronicling the nation's food rituals.

'America Eats': A Hidden Archive from the 1930s

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Thursday November 18, 2004

'Hidden Kitchens': Talking Recipes

Recipes from the 'America Eats' Project

November 18, 2004 • These recipes are all from the unfinished Mississippi portion of the "America Eats" project. John T. Edge, director of the Southern Folkways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, unearthed them for Hidden Kitchen's producer Jamie York. Some of the recipes did not carry attribution information; nobody knows who wrote them.

Friday November 12, 2004

Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters

Ricing Time: Harvesting on the Lakes of White Earth

November 12, 2004 • Each fall, the Ojibwe tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. It's a long process that brings families in canoes into the tall grasses. We journey to the rice lakes of White Earth Reservation to investigate how one tribe is using its traditions to support its people.

Ricing Time: Harvesting on the Lakes of White Earth

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Wednesday November 10, 2004

Soda Maker Beefs Up Its 'Holiday' Drink Options

November 10, 2004 • A soda company is offering familiar -- if unusual -- Thanksgiving flavors in a bottle. Last year, Jones Soda introduced Turkey and Gravy Soda. This year, they complete the meal with Green Bean Casserole, Mashed Potato and Fruitcake. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.

Soda Maker Beefs Up Its 'Holiday' Drink Options

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Sunday November 7, 2004

Saving Slow Food in Turin

November 7, 2004 • The Italian city of Turin just wrapped up its Taste Fair, where foodies gather to sample wines and dishes from around the world. This year's fair focused on protecting traditional and heirloom foods from culinary extinction. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Saving Slow Food in Turin

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