Good Food
Badmaash, tooth pix, the migrant kitchen
Nakul, Arjun and Pawan Mahendro talk chicken tikka poutine, their podcast and the Diwali menu at Badmaash. Dave Green and Joe Cobden share the story behind their 12-second video restaurant reviews on Instagram, and Antonio Diaz discusses the Life & Thyme/KCET documentary The Migrant Kitchen. Plus, The Monster’s Cookbook, persimmons at the market, and Jonathan Gold's new 101 list.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Diwali menu at Badmaash. (Photo courtesy of Badmaash)
In this episode
6 storiesThe persimmon report
The days and nights are finally cooling down in our neck of the woods and for chefs like Kris Tominaga of Mardi , that means it is persimmon season. Learn how Tominaga works the Fuyu and Hachiya varieties onto his menu while farmer Jeffrey Rieger explains how persimmons are grown at Penryn Orchards .
Read the story8 minGot 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant review
One day, over a meal at Kobawoo House in Koreatown, film director Dave Green and actor Joe Cobden decided they wanted to hack the video review feature on Yelp. With the help of Jonathan Gold's reviews and an SLR camera, they captured the spirit of some of LA's best restaurants in a series of hilarious 12-second video shorts.
Read the story8 minThe monster's cookbook
“Salt Made from Tears of Boredom” and “Tins of Escalating Pain” are not products made by dramatic teenagers. Rather, these items are for sale at Hoxton Street Monster Supplies. The proceeds from this East London shop support a creative writing youth charity called the Ministry of Stories .
Read the story7 minShout-out to Badmaash!
Diwali celebrations kick off this Sunday. the Festival of the Lights is five days of partying that mark the start of the Hindu New Year.
Read the story17 minThe migrant kitchen
A new wave of immigrant second-generation chefs and restaurateurs is shaping the current restaurant scene in Los Angeles.
Read the story10 minJonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants
For the past several months, our favorite food critic Jonathan Gold has been hard at work eating for his annual LA Times listicle of his favorite 101 restaurants in LA . Here's the skinny on what he finds new and exciting on this year's list.
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