Halloween History; Melamine; Vampire Tales; Digesting Fear

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Oct. 25, 2008 Food & Drink

We trace the origins of Halloween, sample strange sausages and hear about one man's obsession with blood-drinking vampires. Learn how melamine entered the food supply, fear's impact on digestion and get the low-down on stinky cheese. Plus, an edible plant tour of Central Park and a fresh Market Report with Laura Avery.

Linda Civitello recounts the history of Halloween, while Eddie Lin dines on strange sausages. Eric Nuzum share his obsession with blood-drinking vampires, Marion Nestle discusses melamine and how it entered the food supply and nutritionist Jill Jayne explains fear's impact on digestion. Plus, Andrew Steiner slices up stinky cheeses, Nat Bletter leads edible plant tours of New York's Central Park and Laura Avery has a fresh Market Report.

From this Episode:

Strange Sausages

Fearless eater and Deep End Dining blogger Eddie Lin samples strange sausages at Brats Brothers Gourmet Sausage Grill in Sherman Oaks. He says to be sure to try the...

7 min

Melamine

Marion Nestle , a highly respected professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, discusses melamine and how it entered the food supply....

9 min

History of Halloween

Linda Civitello talks about the history of Halloween, how the pumpkin became associated with this holiday, trick-or-treating and candy corn.

6 min

An Edible Tour of Central Park

Ethno-botanist Nat Bletter leads edible plant tours of Central Park in New York City. He also shares his adventures grazing around the world. Nat will be leading a cultural...

8 min

Vampire Tales

Vampire-obsessed Eric Nuzum talks about garlic as vampire repellent, drinking blood and other vampire lore. He points out that the vampire myth was created because of the...

8 min

Stinky Cheese

Fromager Andrew Steiner highlights fine stinky cheeses and explains why they smell. He is the owner of Andrew's Cheese Shop in Santa Monica.

7 min

Digesting Fear

Nutritionist Jill Jayne explains how is digested and why fear impacts the body. A registered dietitian who is known as the Rockstar Nutritionist , Jayne teaches health...

7 min

The Market Report

Peter Schaner of Schaner Family Farms travels from Valley Center in northern San Diego County and brings pomegranates this time of year. A good way to get at the...

6 min