Real Food...Fake Food

By Joseph Cooper,

Published September 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM EDT

(9-15-2016) Interview with author Larry Olmsted. His book is Real Food, Fake Food: (Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It). Is it really red snapper or a fake? Is that salmon really wild caught? Is the extra virgin olive oil sold in the US even olive oil at all? What are we really eating and what can we do about fake food?

Fred gives his fake wine news.

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