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First Aired - 04/11/2011 03:30PM
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This week on Hot Grease, Nicole revisits the topic of food stamp distribution amongst young college graduates. When is it ok to apply for food stamps? She also recaps her "mouthy mishap" of eating a baguette too soon and gives some great pointers for those looking for the hot new spots to eat at in Bed-Stuy. This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse.
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Hot Grease: Food Stamps (9:33)
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Nicole Taylor, Hot Grease, Heritage Radio Network, The Barterhouse, food stamps, government shutdown, 12% increase in food stamps, students in debt, the face of food stamp users, meat as a luxury,Nicole's Mouthy Mishap (8:29)
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baguettes, swollen mouth, Tasting Brooklyn, mouthy mishap, cold duck okra gumbo, gumbo doesn't have to be hot, Piece of Cake, white chocolate cake, Nicole's birthday, red velvet cake, Alison Cave, First Prize Pies,Where to Eat in Bed-Stuy (12:37)
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Roberta's, where to eat in Brooklyn, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bed Stuy, historic neighborhood, SUD vino e cucina, Italian food, Saraghina Restaurant, brunch, best cappuccino in Central Brooklyn, Peaches HotHouse, fried chicken, Ten City, Voodoo Bar, NoBar, New Orleans theme, Anthony Mackie, Hurt Locker,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/01/2012 12:16PM
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Baldor Specialty Foods, a food service retail distributor, has fared well after the storm and they are able to deliver fresh product however many customers are closed or unable to accept new deliveries. We spoke with Alan Butzbach, the marketing director, about his efforts to maintain the supply chain even as local restaurant remain closed.
"Some product is starting to back up, so we are trying to sell off some product at lesser prices. So that does affect us. But we are trying to keep the supply chain loaded and keep on replenishing."--Alan Butzbach, Marketing Director at Baldor Specialty Foods
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First Aired - 07/14/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's At the Root of It, Erin talks with Jaime Smith, professor of wine studies at UNLV, about eco-friendly closures and reducing the carbon footprint of wine production and distribution.
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The Weekly Wine Recap (3:20)
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Testa Wines, Bulgarian customs officers find liquid cocaine hidden in Bolivian wine bottles, Jim Meehan of PDT named Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail,The Cork Debate Resumes with Jaime Smith (12:13)
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cork, closures, Jaime supports cork because it is natural, cork is perfect sustainable and organic closure, lets in air, does cork taint wine?, misinformation about corked wine, rubber bullets, petrochemical ring attached to non-cork closures, wine loses life, cork lets the wine evolve to maturity, 685 million Brittish pounds lost to cork taint yearly, grades of cork, cork used for insulation lifejackets buoys, cork huge Portuguese industry, wine only a small part of cork industry, not everyone is making wine to age, wine cork recycling, non-cork closures the future for cheap wine,Calculating Wine's Carbon Footprint (19:10)
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consumers often determine a wine's carbon footprint, traveling food and wine miles, choose local wines if you want to stay sustainable, South American wines have largest footprint, ship vs. train vs. plane vs. sailboat transport, organic and sustainable practices at winery most important factor in footprint equation, flavor variation in biodynamic wines, half bottles bad in carbon practice, package wine more sustainably, no to styrofoam packaging, PVC's, oak vs. oak chips, oak flavoring, Jaime professor of domestic wine at UNLV, new world vs. old world, beverage degree at UNLV, tech vs. non-tech, Nicholas Joy, oenoverse,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
