Good Food
House of Mondavi; Beer Chick; Vegan Baby?; Hummus Bar
Get the scoop on Israeli hummus, picky eaters, and vegan baby diets. Discover the house that wine built and why beer and women DO mix. Learn about cowboy foods like "fluff-duffs" and "pig vests" and the benefits of grass-fed meat. Check in with the season's freshest in the weekly Market Report.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJonathan Gold has the scoop on Israeli hummus, researcher Marcia Pelchat discusses the likes and dislikes of picky eaters, and food writer Nina Planck on vegan baby diets. Author Julia Flynn Siler decants the history of Mondavi, the house that wine built, and beer sommelier Christina Perozzi reveals why beer and women DO mix. Houston restaurant critic Robb Walsh waxes poetic over cowboy food slang like "fluff-duffs" and "pig vests." Jo Robinson promotes the benefits of grass-fed meat, and Laura Avery checks in with this season's freshest in our weekly Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Laura Avery speaks with The Fruit Detective, David Karp, about special Coachella Valley mangoes grown near the Salton Sea by Wong Family Farms. These fragrant, flavorful mangoes are stringless and in short supply. Only available for a few weeks at Santa Monica's Wednesday Farmers Market, this fleshy fruit will sell out quickly, so go and eat 'em!
Read the story7 minThe Hummus Bar
Garbanzos or chickpeas? Call them what you will. Good Food's favorite omnivore and Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for the LA Weekly , Jonathan Gold, swipes his pita at The Hummus Bar.
Read the story7 minPicky Eaters
For some people, trying a new food can be a distressing experience. Marcia Levin Pelchat of the Monell Chemical Senses Center researches picky eaters. A lot of children start out this way, but they grew out of it. For scores of adults, though, this limited food range often affects their social lives.
Read the story7 minVegan Baby
Food writer Nina Planck, author of Real Food: What to Eat and Why , discusses the effects of a vegan diet on developing bodies. Some parents have gone to jail for imposing their own restrictions on their kids.
Read the story7 minHouse of Mondavi
Before the name Mondavi became synonymous with wine, wine drinking was a foreign concept in this country. Robert Mondavi is credited with starting the wine revolution in the US and changing the way Americans view and drink it.
Read the story7 minBeer Chick
Beer sommelier Christina Perozzi carves a unique career niche for herself. Her mission is to dispel the misconceptions many women have about beer and bring beer to the modern woman's dining experience. Considered to be one of the top female beer experts on the West Coast, you can visit Christina at Library Bar in downtown Los Angeles.
Read the story7 minTexas Cowboy Cookbook
Robb Walsh reviews restaurants for the Houston Press and is a two-time winner of the James Beard Award. In his latest book, The Texas Cowboy Cookbook , Robb introduces us to some classic cowboy groceries slang, like "fluff-duffs" (fancy foods) and "pig vests" (salt pork) and to cowgirls and black cowboys.
Read the story7 minGrass-fed Meat
Head writer and researcher for Eat Wild , Jo Robinson promotes the benefits of grass-fed meat over grain-fed, store-bought meat. Studies show raising animals on pasture is good for the animals, the environment, farm families, and the health of consumers. There are places here in California where people can buy grass-fed meat .
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