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April 7, 2009
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Photo credit: Marc Goldstein
And now for some tasty summer reading: Evan has challenged herself to bake a pie a day this summer. She's blogging about it and readers are eating it up! Check it out and see why.
Thanks to Kendell S. from Pasadena for this picture of Pecan Pumpkin Pie made from Tartine's recipe. It's a custard pie with pecans coated in cinnamon brown sugar syrup:
It's officially summer. In the spirit of kicking back, Good Food
revisits some great segments. How French Toast can save the world, the
11 commandments of grilling, and the 5-second rule. Fact or fiction?
Plus, Laura Avery finds Blenheim apricots at the Santa Monica Farmers
Market.
While two American journalists are being held in North Korea right now, a BBQ joint in New Jersey might just be their best hope for release. Picnics can mean pasty potato salad -- how to avoid it. Plus, bourbon, corn, rye or straight -- what's the difference between these whiskies? And what the state budget cuts are doing to our budding chefs.
Have you ever struggled to get a kid to eat a certain kind of food? Unique ways to bypass the stubborn. How to de-bone a duck foot -- and why you'd want to. Plus, the etiquette of taking pictures of your food. And, an artist who uses food as her medium. Jonathan Gold stops by too, and a rundown of the best tomato varieties to plant.
Answers to all your nagging questions (like what is charcoal really made out of)...finally! And Afghanistan is not just a war zone. It has a rich culture and we'll hear about the food. Plants that can kill you. And when a hamburger killed her 2 year old son, a mother turned into a food safety activist. Plus the market report takes a look at wild berries.
Do you drink orange juice out of a carton? There’s more in your glass of OJ than you might know. The secrets behind In-N-Out. Jonathan Gold throws down on San Francisco versus L.A. burritos. And why one winery scaled their business back by $20 million. Plus, Laura Avery talks peaches at the Santa Monica farmers market.
Forget using your mouth to drink. That's so last century. Instead,
walk in and inhale your next cocktail. The new breathable Gin and
Tonic. Free the bees. That's what some are trying to do in New York
City. And, what we eat when we're eating alone. Plus Jonathan Gold
stops by with a restaurant to try and how the tamale transformed a
dangerous LA park.
Want a recipe to get fat? Add equal parts of sugar, salt and fat. There is actual science behind overeating. How Las Vegas is trying to conserve water for its thirsty population. A group of friends infiltrate straight bars and turn them gay for a day. Plus the intriguing story of Smirnoff vodka and its role in Russian life.
Good Food goes to New York! Move over cupcakes, they're eating whoopie pies and oreos in Brooklyn. How to make a kitchen knife from scratch. Advice on where to eat in the Big Apple. And we go to the Union Square Greenmarket. Plus, a visit to an Appetizing store.
Think you should be able to cook like a chef at home? It may not be your cooking skills that need work. Some things that chefs take for granted but don't exist in your home. Foie Gras is fatty goose liver. The practice of getting that liver fat drives animal-rights advocates wild. Why foie gras was banned in Chicago two years ago and what impact it had. Mother's Day is tomorrow. Now is a good time to forgive her. How food icon Ruth Reichl did that and found herself in the process. Jonathan Gold is here and is so is Entourage actress and Italian food lover Debi Mazar.
Can you believe that last week we never heard the words swine and flu in the same sentence? Today, why you shouldn't turn away from pork. We're all fat. So who's to blame? Is it our fault for eating too much or the food processors pushing all that junky food? And how one company is turning rice husks into electricity in India. Plus, Jonathan Gold's latest advice on a restaurant to try.
Do you see God in your cup of coffee? Whatever your god's name is, and
I'm thinking it's named Caffeine; we'll go on a quest for the perfect
coffee. Got a food blog? You and a million other people. And that is a
great thing. What technology is doing to food these days. And you'll
be shocked to hear that slavery is still alive in this country. Plus
Jonathan Gold drops by and some of the best cheap eats in LA.
If you've got a cat, chances are what you're about to feed Fluffy is
helping to slaughter the wild fish population. Remember liver and
onions? In the interest of health, it just might be time to bring it
back. How to work at a day job while raising bees, chickens and your
own vegetables. And, is it possible to have vegan soul food? Plus
burn those cookbooks. Learn some simple ratios and you can make just
about anything from scratch. We'll also find out what's in season at
this week's LA area farmers markets this week.
Chocolate goes spicy, fruity and everything in between. Russ Parsons gets me all choked up over the beautiful artichoke. The truth about HR875 a bill that's rumored to punish farmers markets, plus how to eat on $30 a week.
You can take the most basic things for granted until you suffer a
stroke. How one young woman used the kitchen as her therapy for
recovery. Get some good bread and cheese and get ready to toast it
because
April is grilled cheese month! Portland is home to an amazing array of
food carts. It's gourmet street food. Water bottles. Should you use a
plastic one? The solution to this dilemma. Plus how to turn your
neighborhood into a food co-op. And we go to the Santa Monica Farmers
Market to taste fresh asparagus.
If Los Angeles had an official food, it would undoubtedly be the taco, and to feed LA's incessant need for 24/7 snack-sized meat-filled
tortillas, there are seemingly thousands of mobile taco delivery vehicles (aka "taco trucks") across the megalopolis, each with its own interpretation of the classic dish...
Recession got you anxious? Brew your own beer. Its therapeutic and you
can end up with something to take the edge off. How to get to Mumbai
in your car. Who regulates canned tuna? You'll be surprised to find
out. How high end chocolate improved lives in Ecuador and saving money
when you buy wine. Plus a trip to the farmers market for blood oranges
and miner's lettuce.
Evan Kleiman
Evan Kleiman has been the host of Good Food on KCRW since 1998. A longtime restaurateur and owner of Angeli Caffe on Melrose. She was the founder of Slow Food, Los Angeles and is an avid gardener.
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