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730: Vegetarian Cooking with Deborah Madison

·50 min·4 clips

She angered her staff by deconstructing sprouts and oranges to avoid vegetarian cliches at Greens.

Host Francis Lam interviews Deborah Madison, a pioneering vegetarian chef and author, about her journey from discovering French cuisine to founding Greens, the first fine-dining vegetarian restaurant in the U.S. They discuss her Zen Buddhist influences, early challenges in vegetarian cooking, and her impact on heirloom vegetables, with listener questions on practical cooking tips.

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