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Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food Nation Radio has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and stations around the country.

Guests: Stacie Orell / Larry Cooper – NY & Colorado Poised to Label GMOs

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Food Nation Radio followed the efforts to label genetically modified foods in Washington State.  While the ballots were counted and the results were not what we had hoped for, in our opinion the final outcome of I-522 is still unknown.  An activist group known as Moms For Labeling helped raise …

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Dougherty Rails on Time Mag for GMO “Conspiracy Theory”

This week on the Food Nation Radio Network, did Time Magazine® go too far? In its November 25, 2013 edition marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of  President John F. Kennedy, the author compares the conspiracy theories surrounding JFK’s death with the controversies associated with genetically modified foods. The Food Nation …

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Guest: Charlie Trotter

From the Food Nation Radio News Desk: In the summer of 2011, the Food Nation Radio Network with Elizabeth Dougherty attended the National Restaurant Association’s annual show in Chicago.  While there, she had the opportunity to visit Charlie Trotter’s Restaurant and interview the world famous chef. Mr. Trotter passed away …

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LA Says Your Kids Are Fat

There’s no “gentle” way to say it. This week on Food Nation Radio Network, we learned the LA school system sending home letters to parents saying 20% of the kids in early grades are “obese”. Listen to this ridiculous story with sound clips and a description of the nutrition film star …

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