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Monday

Holiday Recipes

Nigella Offers Simple Recipes For Holiday Cheer

Food writer Nigella Lawson knows that the holiday season can be overstuffed with planning and decorating. She offers Renee Montagne two recipes — chocolate chip chili and a Christmas-y rocky road — to help keep things warm and simple.

Nigella Offers Simple Recipes For Holiday Cheer

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Saturday

Rectangles Vs. Triangles: The Great Sandwich Debate

Customers and staff at the Tastee Diner in Bethesda, Md., say "sailboat sandwiches" are the way to go. Alice Winkler/NPR hide caption

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Rectangles Vs. Triangles: The Great Sandwich Debate

You've got a lot of decisions to make as you build that leftover turkey sandwich. One decision you'll probably make with ease is whether to cut the sandwich into triangles or rectangles. If you go for the diagonal slice, you're in good company. Chefs, foodies, an architect and even a mathematician all told us: Diagonal rules. But why?

Rectangles Vs. Triangles: The Great Sandwich Debate

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Friday

A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

Nontraditional Thanksgiving Traditions: Leftovers

For the past couple of days, we've been sharing nontraditional Thanksgiving Day traditions sent in by our listeners. Today, we have two more post-Thanksgiving ones. Melissa Block talks with Linda Shirley Reed of Columbia, S.C., about how she gets rid of leftovers. She also talks with Brian Merrell of Lee's Summit, Mo., about his family's yearly tradition of baking thousands of leibkuchen cookies.

Nontraditional Thanksgiving stories, Pt. 4

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Cheese: Chemistry Rolled Into Every Wheel

Can science explain what makes Stilton stinky and goat cheese gooey? Liz Thorpe, vice president of Murray's Cheese in New York and author of the book The Cheese Chronicles, talks about the science and business of making cheese in America. Originally broadcast Aug. 14, 2009.

Cheese: Chemistry Rolled Into Every Wheel

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Move Over Manischewitz, Israeli Wines Gain Acclaim

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Move Over Manischewitz, Israeli Wines Gain Acclaim

The wineries of Israel are gaining global acclaim for their quality product, giving kosher wines a vintage reputation. But many of the finest wines come from vineyards in territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war.

Move Over Manischewitz, Israeli Wines Gain Acclaim

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Thursday

Opinion

A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

Listeners Share Nontraditional Thanksgiving Stories

While many Americans strive for the usual Thanksgiving fare, some listeners revel in their own, idiosyncratic family traditions this time of year. Gene Koo goes to White Castle with friends every year, and Kim Krzywy serves up a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast for her kids for the second meal of the day.

Nontraditional Thanksgiving stories, Pt. 2

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Holiday Recipes

Chef's Global Foods Make Thanksgiving American

Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and now is a world-renowned chef in New York City. His Thanksgiving food traditions are as international as his life story. He sat down with NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss what he's eating this year.

Chef's Global Foods Make Thanksgiving American

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Wednesday

Wine: To The Glass From The Factory

Much of the wine we buy at supermarkets is mass produced. That's according to Keith Wallace, who wrote a recent article on the wines for The Daily Beast. He says most of the well-known American wine labels do not grow, produce or bottle their own wine.

Wine: To The Glass From The Factory

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A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

Nontraditional Thanksgiving Stories Shared

Listeners were asked to share their nontraditional Thanksgiving traditions. A family that watches Star Wars, one that e-mails poetry to each other in the weeks before Thanksgiving, and listener Becca Hutchinson, who makes sure to drop a brussel sprout to the floor before returning it to the serving dish, share their stories.

Nontraditional Thanksgiving stories, Pt. 1

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The 10 Best Cookbooks Of 2009

Best Books Of 2009

The 10 Best Cookbooks Of 2009

If you're the kind of person who's always believed that a book can teach you to do anything, this year's crop of cookbooks will prove you right. Cooks lacking confidence will find comfort in detailed instructions and comprehensive how-tos.

The 10 Best Cookbooks Of 2009

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Chef Cooks Up Soulful Thanksgiving ... Vegan Style

The turkey is the unofficial symbol of Thanksgiving, but don't tell that to eco-chef Bryant Terry. He's the author of The Vegan Soul Kitchen. Terry shares tried and true holiday recipes with a vegetarian twist.

Chef Cooks Up Soulful Thanksgiving ... Vegan Style

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Holiday Recipes

French Chef Puts Spin On Thanksgiving Dinner

Dominique Crenn was raised in Versailles, France. She now makes an incredible Thanksgiving dinner, but when she first came to the U.S., the entire holiday threw her off. In France, turkey is eaten at Christmas. So the American phenomenon of Thanksgiving turkey and dressing mystified her.

French Chef Puts Spin On Thanksgiving Dinner

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Cooking For One: A Privilege, Not A Chore

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A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

Cooking For One: A Privilege, Not A Chore

In the run-up to a holiday synonymous with cooking huge feasts for crowds of hungry loved ones, it's easy to lose sight of the joy of making dinner solo. Food writer Nicole Spiridakis says it's one of life's simple pleasures — a chance to ask, "What would I really like tonight?"

Tuesday

Pass The Dessert: America's Thanksgiving Recipes

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A Thanksgiving How-To

Pass The Dessert: America's Thanksgiving Recipes

For many of us, Thanksgiving is linked to memories of turkey, stuffing and cranberry dressing. But a culinary history of the "other" American holiday shows that a rich variety of desserts have been in and out of fashion over the decades. Chris Kimball of America's Test Kitchen features Thanksgiving favorites from days gone by.

Pass The Dessert: America's Thanksgiving Recipes

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