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First Aired - 09/13/2009 12:00PM
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Patrick and Katy are joined by world-class pastry chef Gina DePalma of Babbo, who talks about the nature of pastries, trends amongst chefs & what it takes to survive in the food industry. Also on the show, Michael Hurwitz & Liz Carollo of Greenmarket.
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Main Course Introduction (9:30)
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Babbo, Gina DePalma, Edwards, James Beard award winning pastry chef, health care reform, mega food, mega agriculture, insurance industries, weight related disease, diabetes, fast food, prepared food, poor health habits, preventive care, woman's rights, civil rights, Michael Pollan, the US spends twice as much per person as European countries, ignorance is not a good launching pad, emergency rooms, end of life counseling, living will, health care proxy, soda tax, New York Times, cigarettes, drugs, fruit juice, death panels, hospitals, original music this week by Wreck Tech, www.myspace.com/wrecktech,Gina DePalma of Babbo (10:51)
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Gina DePalma, Babbo, pastry industry, Gina has no pastry training, culinary school, Gina started cooking instead of going to law school, there is more talent around today, Diner, Marlow & Daughters, bakeries, cupcakes, pastries are different in restaurants than pastry shops, dessert, mousse, custard, baking, baked brie, mass produced, trends, bacon ice cream, sweet foods being segregated from savory foods, meats with sugar, poultry, almonds and sugar, Blancmange, cherry tomato sorbet with sea salt, food mania, salted caramel, curry chocolate, Snickers, minimalistic, clean flavors, protecting the integrity of the products, fritters, budino,Gina Tells Us What It Takes To Become a Pasty Chef (17:50)
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dessert as an afterthought, star chefs, Anthony Bourdain, what makes young people tick?, quotidian fabric, bare bones menus, menus were much bigger in the late 90's, Joe Bastianich, unusual tools, stand mixer, kitchen aid, beginners need to learn the vocabulary, Michael Ruhlman, dishes become part of the lexicon, Alice Waters, video games, dedicating time to a craft, putting integrity into a dish by making it properly, wacky flavor combinations, popularity contest, up and coming restaurateurs have it easier, Viking, Cuisinart, scale, Italian, Momofuku, awards, regionality, lowboy, soufflé, tapioca, gelato, temperament, centrifuge,Monthly Greenmarket Segment with Michael Hurwitz & Liz Carollo (9:28)
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Greenmarket, Edwards, www.EdwardsVAHam.com, Michael Hurwitz, Liz Carollo, monthly segment, EBT, food stamps, locally produced agriculture products, summer products, corn, this is the last week for berries, boysenberry, ask producers for leftover products, canning, preserving, home cooking, pickling, jams and jellies, basil, pesto, activities, cooking demonstrations, seasonality, free recipes, events, Caryle Gardens, Rick Fields, Rick's Picks, meet your farmer, fish tacos, flounder, Union Square, duck, Fort Greene, Tribecca, Tucker Square, Inwood, Jackson Heights, produce, Indian, Pakistan, New Amsterdam Market,Michael Explains Why Greemarket Does Not Offer Prepared Foods (13:29)
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prepared meals at Greenmarket?, staying true to form, public space, education center, Ithica Farmer's Market, orange juice, prepared foods change the atmosphere of a market, Poe Park, Brooklyn Flea, energy costs, city support, city government, department of transportation, community affairs, parks department, Donald Trump, Union Square construction, Staten Island Mall, seasonal staff, intensive training, tough seasons, Farmer's Market, tomatoes will be around for a few more weeks, firefighter chili cook off, relationship between nutrition and health, Red Hook ball field lost vendors because of mobile trucks, agriculture, supermarkets, cakes, apple, cheese, bread, herbs, inspectors, regulations, grassroots, schools, blight, rain,Jeff Lohn of Flushing Farms (10:39)
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Flushing Farms, Flushing Ave, fruit trees, art farm, redevelopment process, green eco art project, soil, compost, grass, menu, networking in the art world, Brooklyn, Shuree, Jordan, Maggie, yogurt, fruit, granola, berries, garden, vegetables, bagels, juices, burgers, organic tomatos, steaks, veggie burgers, L train to Morgan Ave, Flushing Farms is right down the block from Roberta's, www.flushingfarms.org, Roberta's, Jeff Lohn,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/10/2011 03:30PM
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Richard Mabey visits We Dig Plants this week to discuss his new book titled "Weeds". Richard explores the vast history of these "undesirables" found in almost every garden and farm by planters around the world. From archeological seeds to ground elder to bindweed, Richard explains the amazing intelligence of these plants and their evolution over time, including their existence before humans. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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We Dig Plants: Weeds (19:03)
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We Dig Plants, Hearst Ranch, Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Krieg, Groundworks Inc., Richard Mabey, Food for Free, The Oxford Book of Nature Writing, Weeds, natural forests, Mediterranean garden, lavender, intrusive plants, wildness, human familiars, hunter-gatherers, farmers, burdocks, velcro based on plant designs, artichoke, natural world became two camps, flux plains, weeds have a powerful tool for survival, poppy seeds, limits of dormancy, archeological seeds,Plant Menace (22:12)
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Manna Hata, ground elder, cut root, entrails of white roots, bindweed, 5 stages of defense, grazing field, uses growth hormone in cow's breath, monotheistic, farming as punishment, Nature Gods, plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered, panical resources, new plantations from British colonists, healing plants, rotadendrums, DNA research, western Britain, plant menace,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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Catch It Cook It & Eat It: The Underground Lobster Pound (13:02)
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Catch It Cook It & Eat It, Ben Sargent, www.seafood.com, I honestly never thought I'd have to go further underground with this - Ben Sargent, Lobster Pound, lobster rolls, people turned the traditional lobster roll into a fine dining experiene, white tablecloth, lobster roll is usually very expensive, Maine lobster, NY Daily News, Greenpoint, propane, Health Department, the operation should be totally legal, nothing is for sale,More On The Underground Lobster Rolls (16:23)
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The Lobster Lair, bloggers, Liza de Guia, www.foodcurated.com, Ben got in trouble once it got past the foodies, FDNY, facebook, official media visitors, Ben had to dispose of his propane tanks, problems with news coverage, secret business, publicity, speakeasy nature, lobster bisque, using the bottoms of the lobster, assembly line nature, food processor, nothing gets wasted,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
