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The Twinkie
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Wednesday Feb 27, 2008 (6pm)
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Although many so-called healthy energy bars are just as much part of our industrialized food chain as the Twinkie, the freakishly yellow snack cake remains the preeminent icon of all that is wrong (yet strangely yummy) about processed food. Tonight, Steve Ettlinger reads from Twinkie, Deconstructed, his exploration of the 39 ingredients that go into Hostess' best-selling item. Afterward, nutritionists Joan Gussow and Marion Nestle join Ettlinger to discuss the state of food in the modern world. Jury's still out on whether Eating Liberally's buffet of vegan, organic, and homemade "alternative" snack cakes could possibly be as delicious as the original.
