Books 'Champagne': The Evolution of Bubbly December 31, 2005 • In Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times, Don and Petie Kladstrup offer the history of a New Year's Eve staple that had rather inauspicious beginnings. 'Champagne': The Evolution of Bubbly Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5076232/5076248" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Taste of Home': Small Focus, Big Magazine December 31, 2005 • Taste of Home's subscription base rivals that of People and Time, but it flies under the radar thanks to its non-urban readership and lack of advertising. 'Taste of Home': Small Focus, Big Magazine Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5075991/5076000" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Scallop Mango Tartlets: Sweet Start to the New Year December 28, 2005 • Scallops' refined taste and pearly whiteness make them a favorite holiday treat, writes food blogger Clotilde Dusoulier. And easy scallop mango tartlets are a perfect way to kick off the new year.
National Teaching Immigrant Women with Community Kitchens December 28, 2005 • A non-profit community kitchen in San Francisco is part of a growing movement to launch small food businesses around the country. Reporter Pauline Bartolone examines La Cocina's focus on poor immigrant women. Teaching Immigrant Women with Community Kitchens Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5072325/5072326" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Wonder Bread Struggles to Stay Afloat December 27, 2005 • Wonder Bread has fallen on hard times. Last year, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. This year, it closed eight bakeries across the country. Next month, you won't be able to buy Wonder Bread in Washington and Oregon. Phyllis Fletcher of member station KUOW reports. Wonder Bread Struggles to Stay Afloat Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5070425/5070426" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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All Things Considered Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast December 23, 2005 • In The New American Cooking, cookbook author Joan Nathan showcases some of the more unusual items that are turning up on America's tables — plantains, pomegranates and other once-obscure ingredients. Joan Nathan: An Exotic Holiday Feast Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5068097/5068104" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Hanukkah Lights and Latkes December 21, 2005 • For no-nonsense foood writer Bonny Wolf, Hanukkah dinner is always the same: latkes and brisket. And no matter much brisket she makes or how many potato pancakes she fries, there are never any leftovers.
Morning Edition Talking Turkey with Cookbook Author Ted Allen December 20, 2005 • Ted Allen is best known for his role as the food-and-wine specialist on the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. But he is also a journalist and author. The Food You Want to Eat is Allen's current cookbook. Talking Turkey with Cookbook Author Ted Allen Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5061912/5061964" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Endangered List Created for Native Foods December 18, 2005 • A coalition of botanists, farmers, chefs and anthropologists is working to catalog North America's native foods -- from the mule deer to the tepary bean. The goal is to preserve food traditions among local chefs and gardeners. Endangered List Created for Native Foods Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5058472/5060375" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health In Search of the Healing Power of Chocolate December 15, 2005 • A Mars factory in Pennsylvania turns out millions of pieces of Dove dark chocolate using a secret method that preserves a compound found in raw cocoa beans. If Mars can harness that compound, chocolate may turn from a comfort food to a health food. In Search of the Healing Power of Chocolate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5053576/5054629" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window No More Tears: A Holiday Dinner Simplification Plan December 14, 2005 • Kitchen Window editor Beth Donovan recalls how too many Christmases stuck in the kitchen led her to a simple yet festive holiday colors dinner: spinach pasta with red sauce and a chocolate and candy cane cake.
On the Trail of the Wild... and Wily... Chile Pepper December 10, 2005 • For some people, chile peppers are wild enough when they're encountered in southwestern cooking. But Scott Simon and crew recently searched fruitlessly for chiles growing wild in the Sonoran desert. On the Trail of the Wild... and Wily... Chile Pepper Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5046579/5046722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Pursuit of the Perfect Christmas Cookie December 7, 2005 • To find the perfect holiday cookie, some bakers consult magazines and cookbooks and test recipes all year long in hopes of creating the perfect mix of beauty, flavor and ease of preparation. For one writer, a tri-color butter cookie roll won this year.
Time for Christmas Pudding December 4, 2005 • The holiday season is just getting under way, but it's not too soon to begin one project, says Marialisa Calta, a food writer in Calais, Vt. She explains her complicated relationship with a complex Christmas Pudding. Time for Christmas Pudding Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5038009/5038021" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Savoring Salt and Chocolate December 3, 2005 • Chefs are using unusual sea salts from around the world to flavor all sorts of food. Debbie Elliott talks to Seattle candymaker Fran Bigelow about her award-winning confection: a chocolate-covered caramel topped with smoked sea salt from Wales. Savoring Salt and Chocolate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5038240/5038241" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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