Good Food
LA Burrito Project; Restaurant Architecture; Banana Leaves
We discover Thailand's Issan-style salads and get Evan Kleiman's fourth cooking lesson with producer Bob Carlson. We learn how to roast coffee, talk about sound and comfort when dining and feed the homeless homemade burritos on a bike. Plus, we cook with banana leaves and analyze absinthe.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJonathan Gold discovers Thailand's Issan-style salads, while Evan Kleiman gives producer Bob Carlson his fourth cooking lesson. Jeremy Adams turns his love of roasting coffee beans into a business, architect Stephen Francis Jones talks about sound and comfort when dining and the LA Burrito Guy delivers homemade burritos to the homeless. Plus, Nancy Zaslavsky has tips for cooking with banana leaves, chemist Ted Breaux demystifies "the green fairy" - absinthe, and Laura Avery has a fresh Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Laura Avery catches Evan Kleiman as she's about to tape her next video for Good Food. She'll make Cianfotta, a spring vegetable sauté that can be used over pasta, by itself as a side-dish or in a risotto.
Read the story8 minKhun Dom
LA Weekly columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold discovers Thailand's Issan-style salads at Khun Dom in Hollywood.
Read the story6 minCooking Lessons with Bob
Evan Kleiman continues her cooking lessons with producer Bob Carlson. After discussing his success or failure in making pasta fagioli, Evan gives him his fourth lesson, in which she teaches Bob how to make a frittata.
Read the story7 minCoffee Roasting
Jeremy Adams is obsessed with coffee, so much so that he began roasting green coffee beans in a popcorn popper from his basement. He now runs his own business, where he tastes and samples small batches of freshly brewed coffee.
Read the story7 minDesign for Dining
Restaurant architect Stephen Francis Jones tackles noise levels and comfort when designing for dining. Jones, whose architectural firm is SFJones in Marina del Rey, is the former in-house architect at Wolfgang Puck Food Company. He designed the new Kumo restaurant on Melrose Ave.
Read the story8 minLA Burrito Project
The LA Burrito Guy feeds the homeless residents of Los Angeles' Skid Row homemade burritos on a bike through his endeavor, the Burrito Project . He believes in getting involved in the community by sharing food with others, and his idea has spread throughout the United States and the world.
Read the story7 minBanana Leaves
Culinary teacher Nancy Zaslavsky shares tips on how to cook with banana leaves. She specializes in Mexican cuisine and leads tours to Mexico throughout the year.
Read the story8 minAbsinthe
Chemist Ted Breaux spent the last 14 years trying to resolve the mystery behind "the green fairy" by reverse engineering the original version of absinthe. The absinthe historian owns Jade Liqueurs and makes his own absinthe called Lucid.
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