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Posts Tagged ‘PBS’

Barton Seaver’s Cookbook to Cater to the Walmart Crowd

Posted by Tim Carman on Jul. 28, 2010 at 10:20 am

I had been trying to reach Barton Seaver for weeks, hoping he might have something to say about his short time at Blue Ridge and about the Glover Park eatery's new focus on beer. But Seaver is a busy man, and we missed phone calls on several occasions. It was only late last week that [...]

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The Botany of Desire: The PBS Special on Pollan’s Book

Posted by Tim Carman on Oct. 12, 2009 at 9:53 am

Before Michael Pollan became America's conscience on food — suggesting that we, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." — he was our tour guide into the complicated relationship between humans and plants. The Botany of Desire is still my favorite work by Pollan. It's that rare book that combines original thinking and reporting with some [...]

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