Human Genome, Genetics and Food
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Could what you eat affect how long you live or your risk for cardiovascular disease, and diabetes? Don’t miss answers that could change what you have for dinner with my conversations with Andrew Julius Wyrobek, Senior Staff Scientist; Medical Biophysics, Genetics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, now retired, and Pediatric and Metabolic Registered Dietitian Debora Marie Geary Hook.
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Halloween Good Witch Spells and Cooking with Dead Celebrities
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Halloween costumes, candy, trick or treating, parties and haunts and Halloween-themed foods, where did it all begin and what do our modern-day celebrations mean? As the darkness of Halloween surrounds us, Marnie Mills owner of and joins me to bring light to some of the darkest mysteries of Halloween. And cauldrons, bubbling brews and spells, good-witch Dannon Elderhill wrote the book, The Magic Book of Cookery, A Collection of 17th Century Spells and Recipes. And if you’re looking to be the life of the zombie party, you are going to laugh your way into the kitchen when Frank DeCaro, host...
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Pumpkin Comfort
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Crisp fall air, the cruch of leaves and th streets of West Chester. Expolre fall comforts and what you need to know to pick, choose and carve your halloween pumpkins with co-host Marnie Mills ( and ) Recipe idea galore! Don't miss the recap and 3rd place winning chili from 's team.
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Cooking Chili to End Hunger
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It’s Chili season! From the to the streets of uptown West Chester Pennsylvania, bold, flavorful, hearty chili is on the menu. Co-host Marnie Mills (owner of and ) joins me to talk all things chili and support our team Barry D, Steve and Erick who will be competing in the and fundraiser to end hunger. The streets of West Chester will be heating up Sunday, October 12th with music, community and thousands of tastes the greatest chili cook-off competition!
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Classic Rock, Food and Traditions
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If you love food, the is where you wanted to be. To get a taste of food sun and fun, Marnie Mills ( and ), cohost and field reporter reports live from the streets of West Chester. And later, a culinary trip to Poland takes center stage, …and if your looking for some instant fun, as they say, “just add water”…On Saturday September 27th the classic rock band, , will play at the Polish American Citizen’s Club in Phoenixville Pennsylvania from 6-10 PM. Keeping the beat, Rich Burns drummer of Just Add Water joins us to take us back stage to meet the band and get an...
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Foraging: Nature, Food, Flavor and Medicine
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The act of hunting and gathering food, ingredients and medicine seems so ancient, yet we still have to hunt and gather every day…or at least once a week when we do our weekly shopping. For most people, finding aromatics like 🌿herbs and garlic, 🍄gathering mushrooms for a cacciatori, or 🍵selecting a tea for a scratchy throat…. is a drive to the local supermarket. But for foragers, these ingredients are freely available in nature. But could HOW we go about getting these necessities— from the supermarket or nature, make a difference? If the gap between the...
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Clean Cooking and Mushroom Production
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We think we are cooking healthy, but is our cookware be as clean as our food choices? Learn what the differenc clean cookware can make and why it might make a difference. And impressinve that the small community of Kennet Square Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas produces about half of the nation's mushrooms, you have to hear my conversation with Tim Page of Lmabert Spawn. Have fun! If you love mushrooms, check out Marnie and my , who will be my guest next week venture deep into foraging.
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Vegandale: A High Vibe Experience
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Curious, learning or committed…experience the vegan lifestyle through two sisters celebration of Vegandale, Philadelphia. Music, art and innovative animal-free foods came together, and vegans and non-vegans from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and New York, Washington DC brought high vibes to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Experience the excitement, diversity and food through our Vegandale recap. And don’t miss Vegandale Toronto on September 6th and New York September 27th.
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Vegandale You Are What You Eat
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Don't miss Vegandale August 23, 2025 in Philadelphia! Ticket available . Alexandra Allred, first U.S. women’s Olympic bobsled champion, 4th degree black belt and now author of Damaged Goods talks about air quality and health. And, Joan McGregor, Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University explains how food choices reveal your ethics. And Tonya McNabb celebrates the flavors of Belize.
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Recipe Round Up: Summer into Fall
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As I look back on my summer pictures…digging the garden and capturing the progress of the herbs I grew from seed…first the little sprig poking through the soil, their first leaves …all that growth just to get to their first harvest… Pictures of family together, the grilled veggies—zucchini, corn, onions, eggplant on the grill… That salad I made with the white peaches—blushed with rose colored ripening, goat cheese and mustard vinaigrette… My summer photos document all the fun times I have has with my sister Marnie and my Mom Liz. The shore, trips to China town, gardening,...
info_outlineYour heart gives your 100,000 reasons to celebrate American Heart Month one beat at a time. What we eat and how we stay active has a BIG role in taking care of this incredible organ!
This time of year, people as asking, "How can I eat heart healthy during American Heart Month and all year?"
With prices on the rise and time always a premium, what better way to cook heart healthy than to have heart healthy staples on hand.
Celebrate National Canned Food Month with me and my friends at Canned Food Alliance who made this showpossible. You DO NOT want to miss expert how-to’s for stocking your heart healthy pantry!
Mejeir supermarket registered dietitians Jodie Vandermeer and Beth Eggleston translate heart healthy recommendations into meals and snacks that fit your lifestyle. Pick your must-have basics for a heart healthy pantry and take a deep dive into the health benefits of three cooking faves with Kelsey Torr- Kettle & Fire bone broths, Ilaria Bonucchi- Pomi Tomatoes, and Lilly Campbell- Jack’s Quality Beans. And discover how cookbook author, recipe developer and registered dietitian Jackie Newgent makes terrific recipes using 5-ingredients or less.
Originally aired on Libby’s Luncheonette 95.3 FM WCHE radio.