Mar 4th, 2010 · Elizabeth Farry, community relations manager for the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast, talks about using Girl Scout Cookies as ingredients in other recipes. Farry has tried many of the recipes on the Girl Scouts' Web site, including fried caramel delights, thin mint brownies and do-si-dos peanut Thai chicken.
Feb 2nd, 2010 · Host Michel Martin talks with pianist George Winston about his new album "Love Will Come." It's his second tribute to the composer Vince Guaraldi who is best known for writing the soundtracks to the Peanuts cartoon specials. Winston describes Guaraldi's work as "adult music for kids and kid's music for adults."
Nov 27th, 2009 · His best-known work — the music to A Charlie Brown Christmas — is currently airing across the country once again. But as a new anthology attests, Vince Guaraldi wrote and performed a lot more music that deserves attention, too.
Jun 15th, 2009 · Jacob Rosenblum has celiac disease, an autoimmune condition that keeps his body from processing foods with wheat gluten. Even though he can't eat his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on wheat bread anymore, or most cereals, his family is finding new ways to cook gluten-free and keep him healthy.
May 21st, 2009 · Stadium vendor Arnie Murphy died Tuesday. For the past 15 years, he thrilled fans at Houston Astros baseball games by firing bags of peanuts across whole sections of seats. Terri Perrin, Murphy's girlfriend, remembers the man known as the "Peanut dude."
Apr 8th, 2009 · After a national salmonella scare earlier this year, food writer Nicole Spiridakis was afraid she'd have to curtail her near-daily peanut butter habit. But with a little effort, it was easy to keep indulging in the rich, nutritious treat — and even learn to make it at home.
Mar 15th, 2009 · A handful of children once severely allergic to peanuts now can eat them without worry. Scientists have retrained their immune systems so they're allergy-free.
Mar 1st, 2009 · Sales of peanut butter have taken a nosedive since salmonella was traced to a peanut plant earlier this year. It's a disturbing cloud over a product that has long been part of the American way of life.