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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Cooking Shows Provide Food For Thought

<em>Top Chef</em> contestant Joe Sasto cooks a meal in Aspen, Colo.
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Top Chef contestant Joe Sasto cooks a meal in Aspen, Colo.

Comfort never goes out of season, so neither do cooking shows. On this episode, we look back on a conversation Glen Weldon and I had with Barrie Hardymon and Kat Chow about the cooking television we know and enjoy. We talk about Top Chef, about Barefoot Contessa, about Chopped and about whether you can actually become a better and more confident cook through TV. Barrie even stops to wonder: does a tomato deserve underwear? (It makes sense coming from her.)

We'll be back on Friday, when NPR Music takes over the show to talk about the songs of summer. You won't want to miss it.

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Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.