Good Food
Going Bananas; Truck Farming; Heirloom Cookies; The History of Ice Cream
What do you do when you're tired of all those zucchini growing in your garden? Trade it for peaches using classified ads for produce. Urban farming goes mobile with gardening in the bed of a pickup truck. Get your compass and go trekking through LA to find street food in the many ethnic pockets in this giant city. Plus a cold and dripping history of ice cream.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenTrade your zucchini for peaches using a classified ad network created just for produce. Rob Anderson tells us how it works. Ian Cheney is growing produce in the bed of his pickup truck. The controversy behind the banana documentary, as told by reporter Alexa Hyland. The history of ice cream according to Jeri Quinzio. Trek through Los Angeles to find the best street food the city has to offer. Karen Mack of LA Commons encourages us to get out and explore this giant city of ours. As always, Jonathan Gold has some ethnic eats for us. Camelia Coupal introduces us to Venezuelan cuisine. Plus, we get nostalgic with Marilyn and Sheila Brass and their heirloom cookies. And Laura Avery talks summer grilling at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
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9 storiesMarket Report
Chef and culinary instructor Amanda Cushman is grilling vegetables this summer. She recommends marinating them in olive oil and fresh herbs for about 30 minutes before cooking. Slice eggplant and zucchini lengthwise and drizzle with olive oil. Make sure the grill is very hot before putting the vegetables on. You'll know when to flip when…
Read the story7 minVeggie Trader
Rob Anderson is one of the founders of VeggieTrader.com , a place where growers can trade produce. The website works like classified ads or Craigslist. Simply post a listing with a description of your produce and what you want it return. Music Break: The Accumulator by Zook
Read the story4 minTruck Farming
Curt Ellis & Ian Cheney Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis run Wicked Delicate , a Brooklyn, NY based production company. They are the documentary filmmakers behind King Corn and The Greening of Southie. When they moved to New York, they decided to turn their beat-up pickup truck into a vegetable garden. Using green roof technology and…
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Alexa Hyland is a reporter for the L.A.
Read the story7 minThe History of Ice Cream
Jeri Quinzio is the author of Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making . When they figured out how to freeze liquids in the 17th Century, people started adding custard to make "Iced Creams," a precursor to what we now know as ice cream. Refrigeration helped ice cream become a nationwide phenomenon in the U.S.
Read the story7 minTrekking LA
Trekking LA: Local Adventures in a Global City is a partnership between LA Commons and the UCLA Department of Urban Planning. This summer they are hosting eating tours of various L.A. neighborhoods, concentrating on street food. Karen Mack is the Executive Director of LA Commons.
Read the story5 minGreen Village
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for the L.A. weekly . This week he recommends Shanghai-style Chinese restaurant Green Village , which has had numerous locations before settling in Rowland Heights. Jonathan liked fried fish, "epic" pork knuckles and fried spareribs.
Read the story6 minVenezuelan Cuisine
Camelia Coupal is the owner of Coupa Cafe in Beverly Hills, which serves Venezuelan cuisine. The national dish of Venezuela is Pabellon, which is shredded beef served with rice and beans. Also popular are arepas which are flat cornmeal patties used like bread in a sandwich. At the time of the interview, Camelia brought in a wide selection…
Read the story7 minHeirloom Cookies
Sisters Marilyn and Sheila Brass are the authors of Heirloom Cooking and Heirloom Baking . They're currently working on a new book called Heirloom Cookies. Most of the recipes they've worked from are handwritten. Some of the cookies they feature include Numshedooles, Better Than Robert Redfords, Snickerdoodles and Meltaways. Find out more…
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