Thursday, May 29, 2008

AMERICA'S HOSTS: Renee Montagne and Robert Smith; NEWSCASTS: Paul Brown, Jean Cochran
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

Many people have been watching the rise of fuel prices with dread. Now they're worrying about increasing food costs on the basics, like bread, eggs, and milk. That's at 5:35 and 7:35. 

A few weeks ago, I spent an evening with the Kitchen sisters, listening to their wonderful stories.  Our series, Hidden Kitchens, today explores the world of Basque sheepherders in the American West and their outdoor, below-the-ground, Dutch oven cooking traditions. Basques fleeing Spanish dictator Francisco Franco came to the United States to works a shepherds, a lonely job that few Americans wanted. The Kitchen Sisters, producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, call their story "The Sheepherders  Ball.  That's at 7:50.

Federal health officials this month recommended that Americans over the age of 60 receive  shingles vaccinations. Shingles is a nerve infection caused by the same virus that forms chickenpox. New research shows that people whose relatives have had shingles are more likely themselves to get it. We'll hear that story at 6:40 and at 8:40.

Thanks for listening.