Miracle Mystery Fruit Turns Sourness Sweet March 31, 2007 • It's a tiny berry. But it works miracles when you eat it before sour foods. Lemons instantly turn from sour to sweet. Even a bologna sandwich turns to cake. Miracle Mystery Fruit Turns Sourness Sweet Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9264829/9264830" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Road to Perfecting Matzo-Ball Soup March 31, 2007 • Passover begins Monday. It's the Jewish holiday peppered with matzo-ball soup. Making matzo-ball soup that keeps them coming back for more is a duty worth perfecting. The Road to Perfecting Matzo-Ball Soup Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9261664/9261665" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Fifty Foods to Try Before You Die March 31, 2007 • British food writer Anna Longmore talks about her list in Arena Magazine of the 50 foods you should try before you die. She says that monkfish liver and duck embryo are definitely not for everyone. Fifty Foods to Try Before You Die Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9261667/9261668" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Fava Beans: A Little Spring On Your Plate March 28, 2007 • Americans are undergoing an awakening when it comes to fava beans, with their buttery texture and slightly bitter, lovely nutty flavor. And after a long, dark winter, what could be more spring-like than their fresh green color?
Katrina & Beyond Gulf Shrimpers Worry Cleanup Will Hurt Season March 27, 2007 • Hauling away debris that Hurricane Katrina dumped into the Gulf of Mexico seems like a good step — and perhaps an overdue one. But shrimpers and fishermen along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are worried that their shrimp season will be destroyed by the cleanup. Gulf Shrimpers Worry Cleanup Will Hurt Season Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9163116/9163117" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Restaurant Relief: Blue Herons Scared Away March 27, 2007 • A dispute between businessmen and nature lovers over the presence of blue herons next to a California restaurant has taken another turn with controversial efforts to scare the birds away. Restaurant Relief: Blue Herons Scared Away Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9156685/9156686" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business A Downsizing at T.G.I. Friday's March 23, 2007 • T.G.I. Friday's is advertising a new menu with smaller portions for lower prices. Friday's is the first chain restaurant to do this, but will customers embrace the "less is more" concept when it comes to food? A Downsizing at T.G.I. Friday's Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9104346/9104347" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Heirloom Recipe Contest Yields 'Naked Ladies' March 23, 2007 • A cooking magazine's family-recipe contest brought in 3,000 entries. Public television cooking host Chris Kimball says many had catchy names like "Naked Ladies with Their Legs Crossed," along with equally memorable back-stories. Heirloom Recipe Contest Yields 'Naked Ladies' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9049243/9049271" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window March Maple Madness: A Sweet Time of Year March 21, 2007 • At a wildlife sanctuary in Lincoln, Mass., maple syrup is still made the old-fashioned way, with hand-held drills and metal buckets. Betsy Block explains the ritual of maple sugaring and shares two ways to enjoy the liquid treasure.
Business Vietnamese Pho Chain Takes on U.S. Competition March 20, 2007 • As KFC and other U.S. fast-food chains spread in Vietnam, a local entrepreneur is trying to blunt the Americans' corporate invasion. Ly Qui Trung has expanded his noodle chain to more than 50 stores in Vietnam and overseas. Vietnamese Pho Chain Takes on U.S. Competition Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/8993340/8993433" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Zakuski: Mighty Russian Morsels March 14, 2007 • Food blogger Deb Perelman is a self-described "girl with a short food attention span." When she first encountered the small, colorful dishes called zakuski, she says she was pretty sure she had died and gone to grazers' heaven.
World Wines, Cheeses Showcased at French Farm Fair March 11, 2007 • More than 3,000 animals and vast exhibition halls filled with cheeses, wines and meats.... it must be the annual French Farm Show. More than half a million visitors attended the show that ended today, held at a huge exhibition ground outside Paris. Wines, Cheeses Showcased at French Farm Fair Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7834723/7834724" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Stanford Study Weighs In on Popular Diets March 9, 2007 • Researchers at Stanford University recently published a paper that examined four popular diets. The study found that the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet led women to lose more weight and generally see better "overall metabolic effects." Stanford Study Weighs In on Popular Diets Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7806284/7806285" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Ernest Gallo's Dream of a Wine Business March 7, 2007 • With a loan from a relative and a recipe he found in the basement of the local public library, Ernest Gallo founded what would become, at one point, the world's largest winery. The legendary winemaker, 97, died Tuesday at his home in Modesto. Ernest Gallo's Dream of a Wine Business Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7761658/7761659" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Kitchen Window Beans and Cornbread: Feeding Souls a Mile Deep March 7, 2007 • Simmered all day with a slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed many hardworking West Virginia miners. Kendra Bailey Morris shares memories of pintos and cornbread and her great-granny Charity.