God In A Cup; Food And Technology; Cheap Eats; Bamboodles
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To find the best coffee you need to go on a quest like Michaele Weissman did. Mark McClusky talks about what technology does to the taste of our food. And Dean Koplick introduces a chicken tracker for safety. The practice of slavery is alive in Florida's tomato industry says Barry Estabrook. William Woys Weaver found seeds his grandfather saved for him that survived generations. Lesley Bargar gives us the best cheap eats in LA according to Los Angeles Magazine. And Jonathan Gold gives us his latest food find. Ethanol is not a bad word according to Greg Melville. And the farmers market gets a walk through from Laura Avery.
Guest Interview
Market Report ()
Benny Bohm, the General Manager at Ammo restaurant, does all the shopping for the restaurant at the farmers market each week. He shops for Perilla lettuces, butter lettuces, Lola Roso and Little Gem lettuces. He buys small to medium-sized heads of these flavorful lettuces and dresses them lightly with shallot vinagrette made with red wine vinegar. They will do a farm-to-table dinner featuring produce of Rutiz Farms. The dinner is Sunday, May 3rd. Cost is $55 for a 4-course dinner. Ammo Cafe, 1155 Highland @ Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. 323-871-2666.
Lilac flowers are in season now. These fragrant, beautiful, woody flowers are in season for approximately three weeks. Farmer Alex Weiser brings in hybrid and traditional varieties of lilacs.
Santa Monica Market manager Laura Avery is writing a weekly blog for KCRW. Each Wednesday she shows us what's fresh each week at L.A. area markets.
Music Break: Little Girl Blue by Grant Green
Guest Interview
God In A Cup ()
Michaele Weissman journeyed inside the world of specialty coffee in search of the perfect cup. She traveled to coffee-growing regions in Nicaragua, Panama and Ethiopia with Peter Giuliano of Counter Culture, Geoff Watts of Intelligentsia and Stumptown's Duane Sorenson. Michaele explores the relationships between the producers, buyers and consumers in her book God in a Cup. One of the best coffee varieties she found is Hacienda La Esmeralda's Geisha coffee from Panama, which costs $130 per pound.
Latte from Intelligensia (photo by Gary Mecija)
Music Break: Like Young by Illinois Jacquet
Guest Interview
Food & Technology ()
Mark McClusky is a senior editor for Wired magazine. You can also find Mark at his blog and on Twitter.
Follow Evan on Twitter. She's following David Lebovitz, Ruth Reichl, Michael Ruhlman, Anthony Bourdain and more.
Guest Interview
Chicken Tracker ()
Murray's Chicken, based in Pennsylvania, uses the Farm Verification System, which allows consumers to track where their chickens come from. By entering a code from the chicken label into a form on Murray's website, you can see pictures and a map of where that chicken originated.
Music Break: Let's Face The Music by Jackie Mclean
Guest Interview
Slavery in Florida's Tomato Fields ()
Barry Estabrook writes about food politics for Gourmet. Barry has been covering the horrific conditions for tomato harvest workers in Immokalee, Florida. The Coalition of Imokalee Workers (CIW) has organized these workers to fight for fair wages and to end the modern-day slavery practices.
Earlier this month, Florida Governor Charlie Crist met with the CIW and expressed his support for their cause. Read his letter of support here.
Music Break: Leaving Town by Marco Beltrami
Guest Interview
Heritage Seed Collections ()
William Woys Weaver discovered his grandfather's seed collection after his grandfather passed away. He uncovered a collection of heritage vegetables that Weaver has carefully maintained and developed over the years.
Food historian William Woys Weaver is a contributing editor for Mother Earth News and Gourmet.
Music Break: Le Chacha Du Step by Nicolas Errera
Guest Interview
Cheap Eats in L.A. ()
Leslie Bargar is the Dine editor for Los Angeles magazine. The current issue is a catalog of inexpensive meals in L.A. Leslie recommends
The half chicken with fries for $4.50 at Dino's Chicken & Burgers on Pico
The breakfast burrito at Lucky Boy in Pasadena for $6.98
The $6 steak sandwich at Great Western Steak & Hoagie in Venice
A chili burger from the Original Tomy Burger on Beverly
$2.49 Margaritas on Wednesday nights at Baragan's Mexican Restaurant in Echo Park
Music Break: Just Wonder by Eddie Bo.
Guest Interview
Bamboodles ()
The L.A. Weekly's Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold discusses Bamboodles, a Chinese noodle restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley. The noodles are made by the thousand-year old Chinese custom of pounding the dough with a bamboo rod. Read his column here.
Bamboodles
535 W Valley Blvd.
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 281-1226
Music Break: Jo's Theme by Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited
Guest Interview
Greasy Rider ()
Greg Melville and his friend Iggy traveled across the country in a vegetable-oil powered Mercedes station wagon. Along the way, they explore the many alternative fuel options currently available but not often utilized in the U.S.
Underwriters
GOOD FOOD THANKS ITS UNDERWRITERS:
Du Vin Wine & Spirits: In business for more than two decades at San Vicente in West Hollywood, Du Vin offers more than 10,000 bottles of hand-picked wine, with staff specialists in the wines of France, Italy, Latin America and California.
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