Prepare your palate, because we're bringing you a smorgasbord of stories; today's Word of Mouth is all about food! But taste with caution... these aren't the kinds of stories you're likely to hear on The Delicious Dish. Grab a snack and take a listen: you'll never think of food the same way again.
The Three-Course Meal
Course #1: The Meat Racket
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A conversation with Christopher Leonard, author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business. In it he profiles the rise of Tyson, and the other mega-food companies that have quietly gained unprecedented control of the America’s meat market, and reshaped its rural economies.
Course #2: Salt, Sugar, Fat
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According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss, once you pop that Pringles can, you REALLY can’t stop. In his book, Salt Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, he goes deep inside the 1 trillion dollar processed food industry – and why it’s engineered to make us eat like a nation of impulsive teenagers.
Course #3: Sweet, Sweet Maple Syrup
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Douglas Whynott? is the author of the new book The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup and One Family's Quest for the Sweetest Harvest. He followed the Bascom family-one of the largest producers of pure maple syrup in New England-for a year to gain a better understanding of the maple syrup industry.
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