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Genetically-Modified Corn Nearly Unavoidable in Bourbon Distilling
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: In the grain room at the Four Roses Distillery, corn kernels wait for evaluation., Credit: Erica Peterson/WFPL News.
Nearly 90 percent of the corn grown in America is now genetically-modified. That corn ends up in many foods...and increasingly in spirits, like bou...

Bought by NPR Illinois, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
food for the holidays part 4
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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in this segment we sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:20
food for the holiday part 3
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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We sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international culinary center...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
A Year of Idaho Food Wrap Up
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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Producer Guy Hand looks back on the highlights of the 12 month long project called "2011: The Year of Idaho Food."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
From Farm to Fork: Cranberries
From: Marian Daniells
Caption: Organic cranberries in Ocranics' facility have been sorted and labeled prior to being packaged for delivery., Credit: Marian Daniells
(Holiday themed) I trace cranberries back from my fork to the farm where they originated.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:46
The Raw Milk Deal: Idaho legitimizes small-scale raw-milk producers
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Amy Wincentsen of Little Bear Dairy, a raw milk dairy, with Butterscotch., Credit: Guy Hand
Every few months, it seems, TV news or amateur videographers capture another raid on a raw-milk supplier somewhere in America. In the past several ...

Bought by KLCC, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Complicated World of Idaho Garlic
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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The Northwest has several crop quarantine zones to control the spread of diseases. In southern Idaho, a quarantine zone helps protect the states l...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WABE, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Nov 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Craft Brewers Hope For a Share of Local Hop Crop
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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Many brewers consider hops to be the essence of craft beer making. Yet, in the America's hop growing epicenter, the Northwest, craft brewers often ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Seeking Genetic Diversity in Abandoned Apple Orchards
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Pioneer apple varieties found along the Salmon River, Credit: Guy Hand
Producer Guy Hand jet boats into Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness with a team searching for remote and abandoned pioneer-era apple orchards. T...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
Palouse Wheat Farmers Go Against the Grain
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Wheat fields in the Palouse region of North Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
The wheat industry traditionally focuses on international markets, but a group of Northwest wheat farmers are trying something new: growing and mil...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KISU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
In Awe of the Pawpaw
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: A just picked pawpaw, Credit: Guy Hand
The pawpaw is America's largest native fruit. Once loved by George Washington, it's now nearly forgotten and survives today largely thanks to backy...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chopsticks - Made in America
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Chopsticks: Made in Georgia
Coals to Newcastle: Chopsticks made in Georgia are being exported to China

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Idaho’s Newest (Old) Wine Region
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Poster at Clearwater Canyon Cellars, Credit: Guy Hand
The Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in Washington and Idaho was the Northwest's first award winning wine region in the late 1800s. It faded after Prohib...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Studies Put Soda in the Crosshairs -- Again
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
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Two research teams get unexpected results and health advocates see even more reason to get people to give up sweet drinks.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Popularity Widens for Apps to Make Us Skinny
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
Caption: John Rymes (l) running in the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, 2011
The smartphone is the newest weapon in the battle against weight -- and for some, it's surprisingly effective.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
School Lunch Goes Gourmet
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
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At this New Hampshire high school, it took a professional chef to get kids to eat healthy food.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
Kentucky Bourbon Gains Wider Appeal
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: Wild Turkey's Jimmy Russell, Credit: Rick Howlett
Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:21
Slow Food and the Growing World Population
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: A dish made with food grown near Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Dalton Main
An extended interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing world popu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Making of Gin
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Gin making ingredients, Credit: Guy Hand
Bardeday Distillery in Eagle, Idaho has been making gin for 11 years, which requires a dedicated panel of tasters willing to sip gin at 8:30 in the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Second Coming of Idaho Beer Making
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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19th Century Idaho brewers were touting the virtues of "local" beer long before the word locavore was invented. A look at Idaho brewing history an...

Bought by KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Aug 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
High Desert Seafood? A Look at Idaho Freshwater Clams and Mussels
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Freshwater clams, Credit: Guy Hand
About 300 species of freshwater mollusks live in inland North America. For Native tribes, they were a dietary staple. In this episode of Edible Id...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Getting a Taste for Lavender
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Basket of Lavender, Credit: Guy Hand
Lavender is becoming more popular in cooking as lavender farming becomes more popular among small-scale Northwest farmers.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Evolution of Basque Cuisine
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Basque appetizers at seminar, Credit: Guy Hand
How every country’s cooking — whether Italian, Thai or Basque — evolves and diverges from the immigrant food it originally spawned.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jul 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Giving Chefs an Appetite for Mushrooms
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Morel mushrooms, Credit: Guy Hand
A mushroom forager takes chefs into the woods to give them a taste for wild mushrooms.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Luring Americans Back to Fishing
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Fried fish at Fish and Game fish fry, Credit: Guy Hand
The nation lost around 5 million anglers from 1996 to 2006. Idaho fishing dropped by 28% during that same decade. That's why Idaho Fish and Game i...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2