Food Friday: Wine Labels, Amy Sedaris and the Mysteries of Food Additives, Revealed

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 5, 2016

Anthropologist Stephen Le traveled the globe to uncover how our diets have evolved over the course of 100 million years of evolution. Find out why more and more winemakers are taking label design as seriously as what's inside the bottle. Actress Amy Sedaris shares her fond memories of waiting tables on Valentine’s Day. On today's Please Explain, we take a close look at the common additives in processed foods, from ketchup to Coffee-Mate. 

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