This roundtable is on Rachel Laudans book, cuisine and empire. Why are we discussing this book . To bring history and Historical Perspective into broader public and policy conversations. This panel does that by focusing on an issue that is of great Public Interest today. Food is attracting attention in a variety of ways. People with disposable incomes cook and eat not only for sustenance, but for cultural projects. They ardently try the latest restaurants, experiment with new ingredients and recipes, learn about new cuisine, and approach mealtime with a deliberate appreciation. So much so, a new term has been coined to refer to them, foodies. Chefs have become celebrities. Some have even achieved sufficient wealth and public profile that they have created philanthropic organizations, generally addressing hunger which persists. Along with hunger, there are other related social ills like poor nutrition to obesity. Policymakers debate and pursue responses to the consumption of too little,
You heard the guy, barry, live. Youre awake and alive. He didnt say this is. That was the other guy. You got to change up. You got to roll with it. Got to put the emphasis on this. Good morning everybody were glad youre waking up with us 6 00 on this august 14. Im kerry along with barry. We were talk about the boomers. Another hot day . Right back to bad habit we had a nice break yesterday. Lets see what the numbers look like this morning. Start offer with the c on the network here. Cop cord at the Concord Carlisle High School where its 70 this morning. Lets go to close to boston here in chelsea at the burk elementary school. 73. So the temperatures actually have been going up a little bit. In the last few hours. And the last both storms right there over boston. When i was on my way to work this morning 2 00. Lot of lightning with that. Hitting some of the south shore commie were seeing thunderstorms little narrow string of showers and storms breaking out on the leading edge other cold
Rate has fallen dramatically here and across the country. What is the situation here in washington and how close are you to reaching the goal . Were delighted the teen preg nanny rate is at the lowest level in years, 49. 4 pregnancies per 1,000 girls 15 to 19 well on the way to reaching the captain. Double dinl pregnancy rate isnt good enough for the capital and we would like to reduce teen pregnancy even more. What do you think has been the key in getting the numbers down as far as they are. I think krishna and aurora and other organizations in the city have worked together. Weve had the goal of cutting in half together. Weve worked with researchbased interventions. Weve engaged parents. Were talking to the media like were talking to you now. Weve listened to teens so we could continued find out whats important to them about making the decisions whether or not to have sex. Aerror ark, what did they say is the biggest factor to them. Teens need access to resources. They make the decisi
In the battle against australias bush fires. The gloves are on in rwanda as it takes a radical approach to tackle ago a population boom. Theres no way they can sustain this population growth. Its telling families its not just about the number of kids they can sustain. Its about the number of kids that the entire country can support. All right. Nine lebanese men who were held hostage for more than a year by Syrian Rebels are waiting to be reunited with their families. Theyve crossed over into southern turkey, and theyre expected back in lebanon within hours. The men were among a group of 11 people abducted in may last year. They say they were on their way home from a pilgrimage run. Its part of athreeway deal that could see the release of two Turkish Airline pilots abducted in beirut in august, a group of female prisoners held by the government could also go free. Well be live to turkey in a moment. First, we have more from beirut. Reporter pilgrims have their freedom effectively in tur
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