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Opera and Cheesecake

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

I hosted the two most recent episodes of the Nextbook podcast. The visit with composer Leonard Lehrman dwells on how he’s completed Marc Blitzstein’s unfinished works, but before Lehrman gets there his description of his own first opera is my favorite bit of tape of the year. Then there’s a tour of the S&S Cheesecake [...]

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Macaroons v. Peeps

Monday, April 3, 2006

For Nextbook’s Passover podcast, producer Julie Subrin and I stopped by Economy Candy on the Lower East Side and spoke with owner Jerry Cohen. His fruit slices taste better than most. Listen.

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Bibliophagy

Saturday, March 25, 2006

A few months ago, my sister told me about the Edible Books Festival. And I started to wonder, other than my infant son, who actually eats books? Here’s what I found out.

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