Good Food
Seven Courses of Goat; Dodger Dogs; Spam Stew; Cakeland
This week on Good Food, dine on seven courses of goat dishes. Plus hear about the legacy of canned meats in post-Civil War Korea. And Eddie Lin eats sushi and Dodger Dogs in Chavez Ravine.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenIs there such a thing as too much goat? Not if you're at Binh Dan with the OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano. Also this week, Namju Cho shares the story of Spam's place in Korean and Korean-American culture. Eddie Lin heads to Dodger Stadium for some hot dogs and sushi. Jonathan Gold eats at the Lazy Ox in Little Tokyo. Seafood and oil are forever linked in the Gulf Coast. David Beriss reveals that their connection runs deeper than Deepwater Horizon. KCRW's Diana Nyad ate chicken when she swam over 100 miles more than 30 years ago. She gives host Evan Kleiman a rundown of her mid-swim diet. Plus artist Scott Hove is making mouthwatering cakes that you won't want to eat. And Samantha Barnes is teaching kids to cook with ingredients from the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
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8 storiesMarket Report
Kinne Jung works at Weiser Farms, which has four different varieties of melons at the Farmers Market. The Galia melons are similar to cantaloupes but have a green flesh. The Sugar Queen melon has a orange outside with a lighter flesh. The Cavaillon melon is orange.
Read the story7 minMilitary Stew
Namju Cho is a freelance producer. Budae jjigae is a Korean stew made with spam. It literally translates to "military stew" as it is a legacy of the American military presence during the Korean War. The Korean Civil War left the country in shambles and many people were without meat. Some Koreans were able to obtain Spam, Vienna…
Read the story7 minSeven Courses of Goat
Gustavo Arellano is the food editor at the OC Weekly . He also writes the Ask a Mexican column. He recently ate the seven course goat special at Binh Dan in Orange County's Little Saigon. Binh Dan 10040 McFadden Ave. Westminster, CA (714) 839-7050 All of Gustavo's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map .
Read the story10 minSeafood and the Gulf
David Beriss is a professor at the University of New Orleans. Shrimp and petroleum are forever linked in the Gulf States - not just because of the oil spill. David tells us about the annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festiva l.
Read the story6 minDodger Dogs and Sushi
Dodger Dog Victory Knot Eddie Lin is a regular contributor to Good Food and he writes the blog Deep End Dining . This week he visited Dodger Stadium to find out what kind of food is available. Along with Dodger dogs, you can now find sushi, salads, and even shrimp cocktail at the concession stands. Chef Joseph Martin is the…
Read the story8 minThe Lazy Ox
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week, hear his review of The Lazy Ox Canteen in Little Tokyo. Jonathan recommends the fried pigs ears.
Read the story6 minSwimming the Dream
Diana Nyad hosts The Score on KCRW. This summer, at the age of 60, she is attempting to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida. Thirty years ago she swam 100+ miles from Bimini to Florida. Two years ago, Evan Kleiman spoke to Diana about eating while swimming, and what she ate during her record breaking swim.
Read the story7 minCakeland
Oakland-based artist Scott Hove is the man behind Cakeland , a series of sculptures recently on view in Los Angeles. He uses cake decorating tools to make is inedible creations.
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