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John T. Edge on Apple Pies

The best pies use ugly, tasty, local apples and have a good crust according to John T. Edge.

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Mother’s Little Helper: LSD?

Writer Ayelet Waldman was struggling...with her marriage, her kids, her life.Then she took daily microdoses of LSD for a month and found a kind of beauty and calm she hadn’t known for years.

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Joseph Epstein on Snobbery

Joseph Epstein is a self-described snob.  He thinks everyone is.

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Pat Willard on the Secrets of Saffron

Pat Willard tells Steve Paulson that saffron is more than just a spice. It's rare and difficult to harvest but has an ancient history as a food additive, hair and skin dye, and as an aphrodisiac.

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Matthew Scully and Michael Pollan on the Ethics of Meat

Matthew Scully is a speech writer for President Bush and the author of “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering if Animals and the Call to Mercy.” Michael Pollan is a writer and the author of “The Botany of Desire.”

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Jaron Lanier on "Who Owns the Future?"

Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"

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Paula Wolfert on Cooking Slowly

Paula Wolfert tells Steve Paulson why good food is worth slowing down for, and talks about some of her favorite recipes.

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Philippe Petit on High Wire Walking Between the Twin Towers

Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”

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