It's all about cookbooks and community as Al, Rich and co-host Symantha Gemini Stevens welcome third-time guest Kim Foster. The James Beard Award winning author is also the founder of "Please Send Noodles!!!" That's a Facebook-based book club that focuses on cookbooks. Gemini, who's a core member, also welcomes Natasha Kaul, a local attorney and activist who loves to try out new recipes on her husband and dog. Also in this episode: good news about Main St. Provisions, sad news about POTS Egyptian, and Rich shares his first bites of Bodega Bagel. Metaphorically, that is.

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