Good Food
The Google Food Program; Boiler Makers; Parker House Rolls
Google’s executive chefs on the 28 cafes where Googlers can get free food at work. Also, Ho Chi Minh, a baker? Plus, an update on the classic boiler maker.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenWould you be a happier employee if your company paid for your lunch? Google seems to think so. Olivia Wu, Quentin Topping and Scott Giambastiani are three of the company's executive chefs who are responsible for feeding 10,000 Googlers breakfast, lunch and dinner -- for free each day. LA Times Food Editor Russ Parsons shares his tips for using up the glut of winter citrus, and LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold discovers the largest garlic knot in Los Angeles. The Super Bowl is near, and this year the game takes place in Indiana. Joanne Raetz Stuttgen tells us what Super Bowl-goers can expect from Hoosier food. Dave Ritchie gives us a history of Parker House Rolls and Tim Goodell tells us how to make them. Plus, Beer Chick Hallie Beaune gives the classic Boiler Maker a makeover.
In this episode
8 storiesMarket Report
Amelia Saltsman , author of the Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook , shares her recipe for a quick and easy One Pot Wonder, full of Farmers Market ingredients. Her recipe is on the Good Food Blog . Gloria Tamai has English Peas at her stall this time of year.
Read the story7 minThe Glut of Citrus
Russ Parsons is the editor of the Food section in the Los Angeles Times. He has a Tangelo tree and a Meyer Lemon tree in his backyard and has discovered some interesting ways to use up his glut of citrus this winter. One of his favorite recipes is this Lazy Mary's Lemon Tart recipe.
Read the story7 minThe Largest Garlic Knot in Los Angeles
Jonathan Gold visits Milo + Olive , the latest restaurant from Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb who own Huckleberry, Rustic Canyon and Sweet Rose Creamery. His favorite dishes are the Roasted Pumpkin with brown butter, sage, wildflower honey and black pepper' the Wood Fired Garlic Knot, and Pizza with Housemade Pork Belly Sausage.
Read the story6 minHoosier Food
Joanne Raetz Stuttgen is the author of Cafe Indiana : A Guide to Indiana’s Down-Home Cafes and the companion book, the Cafe Indian Cookbook . She says that Indiana cafes are known for carbohydrate-heavy dishes like biscuits, noodles, dumplings and the classic Breaded Pork Tenderloin or "BPT."
Read the story8 minThe Google Food Program
Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson talks to three of Google's executive chefs - Olivia Wu, Quentin Topping and Scott Giambastinni - about the 28 cafes on Google's Mountain View campus. Google employees receive a number of perks including free breakfast, lunch and dinner every weekday and free lunch and dinner on weekends.
Read the story14 minThe History of the Parker House Rolls
Dave Ritchie is the Director of Sales and Marketing at the Omni Parker House in Downtown Boston. One of the oldest hotels in America, the Parker House invented several iconic American dishes including the Parker House Roll, the Boston Cream Pie and even the term " Scrod ."
Read the story6 minThe Parker House Roll Meets Los Angeles
Tim Goodell is the executive chef at Public Kitchen & Bar in the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. As a child, he made Parker House Rolls with his grandmother, and now serves the rolls fresh out of the oven to customers at Public. Get Tim's recipe for Parker House Rolls on the Good Food Blog . Music break: Chemistry by the Bandana Splits
Read the story3 minBoiler Makers
Hallie Beaune, along with her partner, Christina Perozzi, are the Beer Chicks . Beaune offers some unique pairings for Craft Boiler Makers. Some of her suggestions are below. You can find these and other craft brews at the 8th Street Bottle Shop in Downtown LA.
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