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Podcast: Taste Buds With Deb
Episode: The Effects of Pickled Herring, Food, Family & Vegan Meatloaf with Alex Schumacher
Description: On this episode of Taste Buds with Deb, host Debra Eckerling speaks with author/illustrator Alex Schumacher. While you would expect Schumacher's graphic novel "The Effects of Pickled Herring to be about food - and it is - it's not in the way you think. While the title dish is only mentioned a couple of times, the love and joy of food is a theme found throughout. Â Schumacher's semi-biographical work is a coming-of-age story about sibling dynamics, faith and family. As 12-year-old Micah and his sister Alana prepare for their B'nai Mitzvah, the family deals w...