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First Aired - 01/16/2011 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants, join Alice Marcus Kreig and Carmen DeVito as they learn more about some "Bizarre Botanicals", from author and plant expert Paula Gross. Tune in to learn some fun facts about plats like the Chinese Finger Trap plant, Lithops and Trigger Orchards. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch, the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef.
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We Dig Plants: Bizzare Botanicals with Paula Gross (20:05)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Krieg, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, Hearst Ranch, Paula Gross, tropical plants, Bizarre Botanicals, Larry Mellichamp, Timber Press, why don't people appreciate plants in their diversity?, in modern society we don't have day to day interactions with plants like we did in the past, plant sex tapes, plants reproducing in unusual ways, many weird plants come from extreme environments, desserts and rainforests, humans are a lot like plants, Chinese Finger Trap plants, strange flowering structures, stigma of the flower, botany, Victorians, pollination, plant adaptations, Telegraph Plants,More Bizarre Botanicals (18:39)
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Lithops, baby toes, harsh Southern African desert, plants usually want light, they can also get too much light, sunburn, photorespiration, using energy instead of making it, the secret life of plants, disconnected from human life, plant diversity, Mother of Thousands, plants that clone themselves, asexual propagation, trigger orchards, all orchards have a similar structure,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/28/2010 12:00PM
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We are we disconnected to our food? Patrick Martins hosts a discussion with Peter Hoffman, Damien Sansonetti & Shanna Pacifico. Mike Edison & Keith Elliot Greenberg preview Wrestlemania 26 on the second half.
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The Main Course Introduction: Damian Sansonetti of Bar Boulud (19:47)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Paradise Locker Meats, www.paradisemeats.com, disconnection to food, Sullivan County, why are we disconnected?, Bar Boulud, Peter Hoffman, Anne Saxelby, Bob Lewis, Steve Pope, Mike Edison, 100 year anniversary of Ringling Brothers Circus, Damien Sansonetti, traditional French food, Charcuterie, high end cuisine, pasta, Italian vs French, ingredients, what it takes to run a restaurant, restaurateurs, theater district, cooking techniques, turnaround time in the theater district, New York Times, rabbit slaughter at Roberta's, Novella Carpenter, supermarket food, commodity meat, processing, price points, quality of living for farmers, we want everything cheap and fast, Michael Pollan, Flying Pigs Farm, farm cap, Erin Fairbanks, local sustainable cuisine, whole animal cooking, butchering, is meat too cheap?, David Chang, good clean and fair, Slow Food, not that much more expensive than commodity, everybody wants to sell in Whole Foods now, hunting, Boy Scouts, wine renaissance, we need more young farmers, dairy farmers, American Farmland Trust, couldn't get New York State apples at the event, Shanna Pacifico,Challey Comer of Watershed Agricultural Council (15:46)
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Watershed Agricultural Council, Catksills, Challey Comer, there is good aggregation behind New York State apples, you can't hold a sustainable food event without serving sustainable food, green markets, beef production, breeds, production methods, helping people from a business perspective, feeding styles, Sysco Corporation, New York State pork and veal, pork belly, veal head, pork shoulder, Sam Cass, everybody knows how to prepare a pork chop but it takes skill to work with lesser cuts, cheese making, are conferences that discuss problems helping?, audience questions from farmers, multi generational farmers, equal access, Saxelby Cheesemongers, www.purecatskills.com, Pure Catskills,Peter Hoffman of Savoy & Back Forty (24:14)
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Peter Hoffman, Back Forty, Savoy, cooking from the marketplace, sustainability, locavore, unpretentious easy going atmosphere, from SoHo to the East Village, price points, culture, bike riding, whole animal cooking, half steer a week, braising cuts, Erin Fairbanks, Guy Jones, Blooming Hill Organic Farm, farming, cash flow problems, Flying Pigs Farm, Mary Cleaver, Cleaver Company & The Green Table, accessible food, Farm Camp, Washington County New York, smaller portions, higher prices, sustainable pork for BBQ's, is good clean and fair food much more expensive than commodity?, jowl nuggets, is Slow Food more expensive than fast food?, what's the real cost of food?, working on tighter margins to buy better food, flavor concentration, improving distribution and slaughterhouses, you don't have to spend a lot of money to eat good food, disconnect with upstate New York, farmers across the nation are struggling, there is a long history of dairy farming in New York, massive confinement dairy operations, the price to produce milk in the northeast is higher than it is in the southwest, local cheeses, Mateo Kehler, Vermont, Jasper Hill Farm, value added items, Zak Pelaccio, shrimp paste, bread, pig heads, head cheese, prosciutto, Red Wattle legs, case hardening,First Hour Wrap Up: Expanding Slow Businesses (18:25)
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expansion, how do you expand a slow concept, staff, growing the people who work with you, giving them the opportunity to expand, business expansion, harnessing talent, Daniel Boulud, French cooking, traditional cooking, Daniel NYC, promoting workers who understand the ideology behind the restaurant, quality control, Roberta's, community, Back Forty, No Farms No Food, rally in Albany, American Farmland Trust, buy real produce that's in season, it's always spring somewhere, buy real food!,Heritage Cooking with Steve Pope (9:16)
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Kansas City, Steve Pope, Heritage breeds, submitted recipes, diversity, cowboy chicken, rare breeds, sustainability, Good Shepard Ranch, Texas, social dinners, church activities, BBQ, New Hampshire bird, the chicken to use for eggs and meat, broiling, rotisserie, one can of creamed chicken soup, one can of creamed mushroom soup, one can of rotel, three to four pound chicken cut up after its been roasted, into bite sized pieces, chopped onion and grated cheese, casserole, chicken broth, animal protein, Heritage Foods USA, www.heritagechef.com, www.goodshepherdpoultryranch.com,Mike Edison & Keith Elliot Greenberg: WRESTLEMANIA 26! (48:10)
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Keith Elliot Greenberg, Rick Flair, To Be the Man, New York Times Bestseller, Perfect Beauty, no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, Wrestlemania I, Liberace dancing with The Rockettes, Gorgeous George, Wendi Richter, Cyndi Lauper, The Fabulous Moolah, Lou Albano, Hulk Hogan, Bruce Beefcake, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage, Dick the Bruiser, Killer Kowalski, wrestling in Spanish, The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, storyline connection, Batista, John Cena, female wrestling, Diva tag team match, The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, dead man gimmick, Paul Bearer, if Shawn Michaels loses he will retire, Wrestlemania 10 Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon, Wrestlemania 14, Wrestlemania 12 Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart, The Ultimate Warrior, Junkyard Dog, Iron Sheik, blinding angle, Rick The Model Martel, Chris Adams, Gino Hernandez, Freddie Blassie, Vince McMahon, XFL, Rollo, Golden Terror, Jerry Lawler, foreign objects, roll of quarters, brass knuckles, Bobby Heenan, midget wrestlers, dead wrestlers, Hornswoggle, Wrestlemania 26, Muhammad Ali, Mike Edison,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
