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Mar 2017
31m 34s

Ep. 7: Food Tales - Potatoes, Tomatoes, ...

Mick Sullivan
About this episode
This episode is fast paced and broken into small bites! We’ve squeezed in THREE great stories along with a song and quiz time! Really packed it in there - like sausage in a casing! Victoria Reibel wonders, did George Crumb invent potato chips? Jason Lawrence imagines a delicious new way to eat ice cream at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. Food Network Sta ... Show More
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