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Lidia BastianichUnderreported and Overlooked
Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich explores the culinary traditions of some of her favorite, often overlooked, regions in Italy. And we finish the show with two Underreported features. First, WNYC's own Bob Hennelly talks about the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to eliminate a radiation detection laboratory in New York City. Then, we ask why some children in America have been sent to jail without talking to an attorney.
Lidia's Italy
Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich explores the culinary traditions of 10 of her favorite regions in Italy--from Piemonte to Puglia--which are often overlooked. She's collected 140 recipes for her new cookbook, Lidia’s Italy(PDFs).
Download sample recipes from Lidia's Italy (PDFs):
Fennel and Orange Salad
Shrimp Buzaza
Ziti Alla Norma
Events: Lidia Bastianich will be signing books
Saturday, May 12 at 4 pm
Williams Sonoma
The Shops at Columbus Circle in the Time Warner Center
Underreported: A Nuclear Detection Lab in NYC
On today’s first Underreported, WNYC’s own Bob Hennelly reports on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to close the Environmental Measurements Laboratory--a federal nuclear detection lab in Manhattan that was started in 1947--as part of a larger effort to cut costs. And we discuss last week’s Congressional hearings (which addressed the lab’s future), and whether the lab’s fate is tied to a larger shift toward privatizing science.
Underreported: Incarcerated Teens
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of a Supreme Court decision that declared that children in the juvenile justice system have the right to an attorney. Yet many children do not receive adequate legal aid. On today’s second Underreported, we ask why some American teenagers have been sent to jail without ever having consulted a lawyer. Grace Bauer tells us about her son, who went to a maximum security facility at the age of 13 for shoplifting. She is now a community organizer and Director of the Lake Charles Chapter of Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children. Robert Listenbee, Chief Juvenile Defender in Philadelphia, and Mary Ann Scali from the National Juvenile Defender Center, join her.
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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Leonard is on Facebook
Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.
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