The Transcendent Tomato
Krista shares her only transcendent food memory from her childhood - the taste of enormous tomatoes from a local store. She discusses the idea of progress in food and how it can be challenged by growing our own vegetables. Dan Barber explains the loss of flavor in modern tomatoes due to the focus on greater harvests, and the complexity of reconstructing a sustainable food ecosystem.In this clip
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[Unedited] Dan Barber with Krista Tippett
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