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Eat Your Words
October 24, 2009
Barbara Lynch owner, Barbara Lynch Gruppo
Corby Kummer writer, The Atlantic [homepage]
Sheryl Julian food editor, Boston Globe [homepage]

Three food writers discuss their craft. James Beard Award-winning superstar chef-owner Barbara Lynch runs seven Boston restaurants including No. 9 Park and B&G Oysters. She is the author of the new cookbook Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition. Boston Globe Food editor Sheryl Julian trained at the Cordon Bleu and is the editor of The New Boston Globe Cookbook. Hosted by Corby Kummer, acclaimed food writer and blogger for The Atlantic Monthly and author most recently of The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors and Recipes.

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Composing a Further Life
Mary Catherine Bateson
00:57:39
Anthropologist and expert on aging Mary Catherine Bateson discusses her book, Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom.
Amy McCoy: Poor Girl Gourmet
Amy McCoy
00:24:37
Learn a lesson in eating well, but frugally, from blogger and now cookbook writer Amy McCoy.
Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi David Wolpe: The Great God Debate
Christopher Hitchens
01:31:00
The polemic "anti-theist" writer Christopher Hitchens engages in "The Great God Debate" with Conservative Jewish leader Rabbi David J. Wolpe. Does God exist? Is religion a force for good or evil in the world? Can ancient texts be squared with modern science? Can morality be divorced from religion?
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
Ira Glass
01:29:00
John Biewen, author of Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, joins public radio favorites Ira Glass, Jay Allison, and the Kitchen Sisters for an intimate evening of stories and clips, and to discuss how they do what they do, and why.
Anna Lappe and Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Hot Planet
Anna Lappe
00:59:06
Anna Lappe and Frances Moore Lappe, a mother and daughter pair who have revolutionized the way we think about food, hunger, and climate change discuss Anne Lappe's new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
Image of Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition
Author: Barbara Lynch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages
Image of The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes
Author: Corby Kummer
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 176 pages
Image of The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying - Revised and Updated
Author: Corby Kummer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
Image of The Way We Cook: Recipes from the New American Kitchen
Author: Julie Riven, Sheryl Julian
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2003)
Binding: Hardcover, 400 pages

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