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Chickens in the City (Kathleen McTigue of Just Food)
We start today’s show with two Underreported features. First, a look at keeping chickens in the city. Then, we look at some new markets for camel’s milk. Later on, we ask how the email fraud schemes originating in Nigeria work, and what’s being done to combat them. And NPR commentator Bonny Wolf talks about how the foods we eat bind us together. Plus chef Michael Lomonaco discusses the best dishes our listeners submitted to our Holiday Recipe Swap!
Underreported: City Chickens
It’s a little-known fact that it’s perfectly legal to be a small-scale chicken farmer in New York City. A new program called The City Chicken Project helps New Yorkers raise hens for eggs, which are usually tastier and healthier than the eggs available in the supermarket. Owen Taylor, ...
Underreported: Pastoral Peoples
Farmers in India’s Rajasthan have traditionally relied on raising camels for their livelihoods. But camel herds have been dwindling drastically in the last 10 years as their grazing areas have been destroyed by agriculture. Veterinarian and activist Ilse Kohler-Rollefson of the League for Pastoral Peoples talks about how ...
Scamorama
Each year, scam emails con victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The most infamous of these emails originate in Nigeria—they’re known as “419” scams after a section of the Nigerian criminal code. In Scamorama, Eve Edelson explains how these fraud schemes work, and what’s being done to fight ...
Bonny Wolf on Food and Family
In Talking With My Mouth Full, NPR commentator Bonny Wolf talks about some of her favorite traditional regional and family food.
Talking With My Mouth Full is available for purchase at amazon.com
Holiday Recipe Swap
Chef Michael Lomonaco of Porter House New York joins us for a Holiday Recipe Swap. He shares some of his favorite holiday dishes, and talks about some of the best recipes submitted by our listeners.
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