Good Food
Chicago-style Hot Dogs; Affordable Wines; Kitchen Knives
We round up Chicago-style hot dogs, sip affordable wines and learn how to select and maintain kitchen knives. Plus, we get a fresh Market Report with Laura Avery.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenFood critic Jonathan Gold rounds up Chicago-style hot dogs, wine expert Stacie Hunt sips tasty affordable wines and Chad Ward gives us the finer points on selecting and maintaining kitchen knives. Plus, Laura Avery finds what's in season in the Market Report.
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5 storiesGood Food Sweepstakes
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Read the story1 minThe Market Report
Laura Avery chats with private chef Dave Rubell, who talks about creating a vegetable sauté with the bounty of the market. Create your own with your favorite vegetables. Start with butter and diced shallots. Then add a similarly sized dice of broccoli, corn, asparagus tips, zucchini and anything else you choose.
Read the story7 minChicago-Style Hot Dogs
LA Weekly 's Pultizer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold hits the LA streets in search of Chicago-style hot dogs. A Chicago-style dog is a Vienna beef frank, yellow mustard, relish, chopped raw onions, celery salt, pickle spear and tomatoes nestled into poppy-seed bun.
Read the story8 minAffordable Wines
Wine guru Stacie Hunt of Du Vin Wine & Spirits sips delicious affordable "full" bottle wines.
Read the story7 minKitchen Knives
Writer Chad Ward is author of An Edge in the Kitchen : The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Knives. He offers pointers on how to buy them, keep them razor sharp, and use them like a pro. Ward recommends Forschner's Victorinox 8-inch chef's knife - available at most cultery store for $20.
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