Bacon Dogs; French Festival; Five-Second Rule

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Explore kitchen science: Test the five-second rule, learn about the dangers of plastics and discover the phenomenon of synaesthesia. Get a taste of snack-food trends from bacon dogs to Kool-Aid pickles; visit the Santa Barbara French Festival; catch the buzz on beekeeping; and checkout the weekly Market Report.

Eddie Lin hits the streets to try an infamous bacon-wrapped hot dog; Steve Hoegerman celebrates Bastille Day; Beverly Boddie gets bold with pickles and Kool-Aid; Harold McGee tests the five-second rule; Bill Walker shares which plastics are the safest; Karl Mogel raises honeybees; Dr. Julia Simner explains how words trigger taste with the phenomenon of synaesthesia; and Laura Avery has the Market Report.

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Credits

Host:

Evan Kleiman

Producers:

Bob Carlson, Jennifer Ferro, Thea Chaloner, Candace Moyer, Holly Tarson