Good Food
Bacon Dishes; Gourmet Take-Out; Wine Shops
Sip and swirl your way around LA's finest wine shops, picnic on gourmet take-out and source local food restaurants, and pig out on the best bacon dishes.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenWine expert Ian Blackburn sips and swirls his way around LA's finest wine shops. Lesley Balla picnics on gourmet take-out and sources local food restaurants. Food critic Jonathan Gold on the best bacon dishes. And find out what's in season in this week's Market Report.
Banner image: colorful, crisp salad from Joan's on Third
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Read the story1 minThe Market Report
Laura Avery talks with Alex Weiser of Weiser Family Farms about Ogen melons. Developed in an Israeli kibbutz, the intensely fragrant Ogen has a sweet, green flesh with yellow netting and bright green stripes on the outside. Alex harvests all his melons dead ripe, so he recommends refrigerating them if they aren't eaten right away.
Read the story7 minBacon Dishes
Jonathan Gold seeks out the best bacon dishes around town.
Read the story7 minGourmet Take-out
Don't feel like firing up the kitchen stove or serving the same, plain picnic stand-bys? Lesley Balla, editor of food blog Eater LA , leads us on a gourmet take-out adventure in search of fresh, seasonal and locally sourced food.
Read the story7 minWine Shops
Wine connoisseur and founder of Learn About Wine , Ian Blackburn, sniffs, swirls and sips the finest wines and wine shops in LA. For wines : 2005 Burgundy - An excellent year for both red and white wines.
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