Culture and the Kitchen

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 17, 2011

On today’s show: Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda discusses what he sees as the major problems in his country. Then, filmmaker Marshall Curry tells about his new documentary on the rise and fall of an anarchist environmental group. Cookbook editor Molly Birnbaum recounts how she lost her sense of smell in an accident, and the impact it had on her life and her relationship to food. Plus, Jessica B. Harris looks at the history of African American cuisine.

Top Stories

Mamdani plans to build temporary highway in Brooklyn Heights to fix crumbling part of BQE

Long Live the Art of Shoe-Leather Reporting!

Iran War Impasse

A Deep Dive on Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies

YOU ARE ONLINE