Figs; The Young Julia Child; Chasing Chiles

This week on Good Food, host Evan Kleiman finds out what Julia Child was like before she was Julia. Jennet Conant explains. We'll go to the best restaurant in the world, Noma, with Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Gold. Lesley Balla tells us the best restaurant is right here in LA. Curing meat at home is easy, says John Kowalski. He shows us how. We'll find out how chiles are indicators of climate change from Gary Paul Nabhan. Ernest Miller tells us what it means to be a master preserver. Good Food producer Harriet Ells gets tomato growing advice from expert Scott Daigre. And, figs with Chef Evan Funke of Rustic Canyon.

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