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Dashboard Dining, Thai Street Food, Nancy Silverton's Favorite Cheese
Nancy Silverton dishes on her favorite cheeses, a taste of Thai street food in Hollywood, and a lesson on dashboard dining....
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenNancy Silverton dishes on her favorite cheese and Jonathan Gold takes us back to Koreatown, this time for crab. Ellen Kassoff Gray is here with a lesson in dashboard dining. Plastics, once the wave of the future, are now a pain in our sides. Dean Kubani tells us what one Southern California city is doing about it. Michael Ruhlman discusses the 20 techniques that every home cook should know. Plus, fish sauce - stinky yet delicious. Sally Grainger has the back-story on this ancient condiment, and Eddie Lin takes us out for Thai street food in Hollywood.
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8 storiesMarket Report
Mazen Mustafa is the new Executive Chef at Fraiche in Santa Monica. He's using over 35 ingredients from the Santa Monica Farmers' Market in his signature dish, Nature's Bounty. Bill Coleman is the owner of Coleman Family Farms. The Coleman farm stand at the Wednesday and Saturday Santa Monica Markets is a favorite for herbs and lettuces.
Read the story6 minJust One Word...Plastics
Dean Kubani is the Environmental Programs Division Manager for the City of Santa Monica. He discusses the recent plastic bag ban in Santa Monica. (The ban was also the subject of a recent Which Way, LA? discussion.)
Read the story9 minJonathan Gold Can't Get Enough of Koreatown
Jonathan Gold visits Soban in Koreatown. He had been going to Soban for years before he noticed the ganjang gaejang, a dish of raw marinated crab, on the menu. Highlights include the eun dae gu jorim, galbi jjim, ganjang gaejang and the banchan.
Read the story6 minDashboard Dining
Ellen Kassoff Gray is the co-owner of Equinox restaurant in Washington, DC. She is also well versed in the art of dashboard dining. Kassoff Gray shares her tips on what foods travel well, when to utilize roadside stands and how to use your dashboard as a microwave.
Read the story7 minNancy Silverton on Mozzarella
Nancy Silverton is the pastry chef extraordinaire that brought us La Brea Bakery and, more recently, Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza , which she co-owns with Mario Batali. Her latest cookbook is The Mozza Cookbook : Recipes from Los Angeles's Favorite Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria.
Read the story8 minThai Street Food Reaches Hollywood
Deep End Diner Eddie Lin goes to Night + Market on the Sunset Strip for some Thai street food. Chef Kris Yenbamroong is using coconut shells as fuel in his grills in homage to his homeland. Night + Market 9041 W Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069 310-275-9724
Read the story6 minFish Sauce: An Ancient Condiment
Sally Grainger's Master's thesis was on fish sauce. She also co-wrote The Classical Cookbook with Andrew Dalby. Her research explores the origins of fish sauce in Ancient Rome and Greece.
Read the story7 minRuhlman's 20
Michael Ruhlman is the celebrated cookbook author and blogger who co-wrote all of Thomas Keller and Eric Ripert's cookbooks as well as his own book, Ratio. His latest book is Ruhlman's Twenty : 20 Techniques 100 Recipes A Cook's Manifesto.
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