Thursday on Lake Effect: Food & Culture, Historical Paintings of Vegetables, Angelic Bakehouse

Thursday on Lake Effect:

Today on the show, we’ll explore how food and culture shape each other. And we’ll learn why plant biologists would take their students to an art museum. Later, the president of a Milwaukee sprouted wheat bakehouse sees her products taking off. And Kyle Cherek has a message for those among us who would eat Thanksgiving dinner while watching football – don’t.

Guests:

• Jennifer Jordan, sociologist & author, Edible Memory
• Gianofer Fields, Radio Chipstone & Irwin Goldman and Jim Nienhuis, UW-Madison professors
• Jenny Marino, president and CEO of Angelic Bakehouse
• Kyle Cherek, essayist & food contributor

Segments:

• Sociologist Explores How Food and Culture Shape Each Other
• The Evolution of Food Through Art
• Business is Sprouting for Cudahy's Angelic Bakehouse
• Essay: James Beard on TV