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Sugar Loaf Theatre
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Seamus Sinclair joins us to talk about the new Sugar Loaf Theatre. Original air date: 12/06/22

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 26:44
Chicharonis
From: T. G. LaFredo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a satirical commercial for Chicharonis, a type of junk food we hope never exists.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Donut Diablo
From: T. G. LaFredo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This short comedy sketch is an advertisement for a fictitious culinary concoction.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:14
Episode 236: Barnabas Tunukai Pepper McBluvin
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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This bit of nonsense verse is inspired by the Maori hangi - a traditional method of cooking which is still very popular in New Zealand and elsewher...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: :46
Fine Dining
From: The Truth
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Of all the five senses, taste is the most intimate.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WRIR, KFAI Minneapolis, KZYX and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 23:12
  • Purchases: 7
From Pharma to Table: The McDonald's-Pfizer Merger
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Finally, McDonald's and Pfizer have announced a plan to merge operations. The Final Edition investigates...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:47
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
Hungry in Winter: The Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child
Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 49:35
3 Great American Voices
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 6
Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia and Paul's Valentine, Credit: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYAP, KAAD-LP, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 28
Hungry for the Holidays, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
Julia Child takes us back in time, presenting 2 stories -- "A Christmas Carol," read by the actor Peter Donat; and "I Was Really Very Hungry," writ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KWIT, Boise State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 54:49
  • Purchases: 41
HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMUD, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 19
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 4
CHICKEN A LA STEINBECK
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: John Steinbeck, Credit: FANPIX.net
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. In "Cannery Row" the hobos poach a chicken over a campfire, in a 5-gallon coffee can. What they don't know,...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 5
The Notebook
From: Walker Mettling
Series: the sparkle*
Caption: pitbull skull, Credit: wiki commons
Episode 1 of The Sparkle. I found this awesome notebook full of stories on the bus.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: The Trouble with Cereal
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the cereal aisle is the scariest of all

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Cake Decorum
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Aileen decorates cakes like no other.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Souffle
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
She wasn't afraid to whip it.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Gingerbread Houses
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Things fall down at the Springfield Businssman's Annual Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Baby Beef
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new mother tries to make dinner

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Oct 26, 2004
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Hallow Beets
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Augustus gets ready for the trick-or-treaters.

Bought by Public Interactive, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Oct 25, 2004
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: Yacht Club Chewies
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
young summer angst in the yacht club kitchen

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 27, 2004
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: The Holy Basil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
finding her roots in hydroponic basil plant

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 27, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Pregnant Lemonade
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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hot, pregnant and thirsty. a food story

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Esta's Potatoes
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Esta knows when Spring is coming.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2