Food & Drink
Put down that hot dog! It’s World Vegan Day
I should be a vegan. So should you. It’s better for your health, and better for the planet. And its kinder to animals too. So what’s ...
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The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie
Guests: Peter Scarola and Rosemary Trout From crispy and crunchy, to chewy and soft, we’ll talk about the scien ...
Air Date: September 26, 2016
Listen 00:48:46The Svalbard Global Seed Vault; the judge retirement age ballot question in Pa.
Guests: Cary Fowler, Daniel Craig On the frozen Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, near the North Pole, sits the ...
Air Date: September 22, 2016
Listen 00:48:45Feeding the team: behind the line at Eagles’ headquarters [video]
For Eagles fans looking forward to this Sunday’s season opener, the focus will be on the players, the coaches, and the game. But what t ...
10 years ago
Starting a business from scratch: the joys and the headaches
Guests: Tayyib Smith, Siddiq Moore, Tiffany Spraggins Payne These days you don’t have to go to business school ...
Air Date: September 2, 2016
Listen 00:48:47When the chef is better off ordering Chinese take-out
When Mrs. Smithson asked me to cook them "an authentic Chinese dinner," I couldn't say no. How could I tell them that I was almost 23 but had never learned to boil water?
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Hospital food: Gross or…absolutely delicious?
Guests: Stuart Fine, Ryan Conklin, Stacia Clinton A congealed cup of mashed potatoes, a rubbery bologna sandwich ...
Air Date: August 22, 2016
Listen 00:48:45What’s really behind our love of spicy food?
At a stylish shop in Brooklyn, a different kind of ‘sommelier’ guides tastings from a row of small bottles lined up on the co ...
10 years ago
Listen 7:06Guests: Markman Ellis, Myka Fox, Jaime Fountaine It seems there was a time in America when gas station coffee, or ...
Air Date: August 10, 2016
Listen 00:48:46Guests: Emily Broad Leib, Dana Gunders, Sherri Brooks Vinton Forty percent of the food produced in America goes u ...
Air Date: August 1, 2016
Listen 00:48:46Basements, back-rooms, and off the beaten path places for a craft cocktail during the DNC
During the week of the Democratic National Convention, most of Philly’s best features won’t be found on a tourist map. So, ...
10 years ago
Radio Times in Review: appreciating insects
Guests: Fran Sorin, Jon Gelhaus, David Rothenberg, Daniella Martin, Paul Rozin Bugs are beginning to show thems ...
Air Date: July 22, 2016
Listen 00:49:43Produced by Monica Rogozinski The Fringe Festival, presented by FringeArts, is a 17-day, city-wide celebration of i ...
10 years ago
Guests: Richard Dennison, Joseph Braun A bill overhauling the way we regulate chemicals was signed into law last ...
Air Date: July 6, 2016
Listen 00:48:47Dishing DNC: Philly’s food scene through the eyes of our elected officials [videos]
As the nation’s attention turns toward Philadelphia ahead of the 2016 Democratic Convention, we here at Plated thought it would be fitt ...
10 years ago