What’s not to love about a meal prepared from scratch at home? Well, a few things actually, according to Joslyn Brenton, co-author of the new book Pressure Cooker: Why Homecooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It. Brenton and her co-authors embedded with nine women to find out what it takes to feed a family today. They found that the expectation to return to the kitchen to solve the food system’s woes places an undue burden on busy parents. Tom talks to Brenton to hear more about the project. And assistant editor Yu Vongkiatkajorn makes some discoveries about what people mean when they use the word “authentic” in Yelp reviews.
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87 – The Dirt on Truffles
86 – Meet the Farmers Saving Your Food From Climate Chaos
85 – A Syrian Refugee Cures Homesickness With Hummus
83 – Nobody Puts Vegetables in the Corner
82 – Passover in Prison
81 – High Steaks
80 – Helen Oyeyemi's Delightfully Sinister Gingerbread
79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use
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