100 Years of the Alameda County Fair
From its first days of horse racing, baking contests and a spelling bee, the Alameda County Fair has become a full-blown, three-week event complete with roller coasters, animal exhibits and the all-too-familiar scent of funnel cake. The fair turns 100 this year -- and at 95 years and counting, Clark Redeker is nearly as old as the fair itself. We catch up with him at the fairgrounds.
Evan Kleiman: California Pie Queen
Whatever you slap on the grill for the 4th of July, you are most definitely following it up with dessert. Those on strict diets might opt for watermelon -- a defensible summertime classic -- but pie is the natural-born dessert of the season. And who better to talk about pie than Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW's radio magazine "Good Food"?