Christmas means KFC in Japan, Cooking Goose, Pig Ear Cheetos

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Dec. 21, 2013 Food & Drink

Hank Shaw explains why we don’t eat goose more, Tracy Slater discusses the KFC Christmas tradition in Japan and Jonathan Gold tries The Church Key’s pig ear cheetos.

Hank Shaw explains why we don’t eat goose more, Tracy Slater discusses the KFC Christmas tradition in Japan, Jonathan Gold tries The Church Key’s pig ear cheetos and much much more on this week's Good Food.

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