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Can a Fake Turkey Taste Good?

Evan George is a producer at KCRW and one half of the vegetarian blogging and cookbook author duo Hot Knives. He invited a group of discerning tasters to his house…

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By Gillian Ferguson • Nov 17, 2012 • 1 min read

Evan George is a producer at KCRW and one half of the vegetarian blogging and cookbook author duo Hot Knives. He invited a group of discerning tasters to his house recently to test out a fake turkey. The group included Good Food’s Evan Kleiman, Lesley Barger Suter of Los Angeles Magazine and butcher duo Amelia Posada and Erika Nakamura (aka Lindy & Grundy). Needless to say he had invited some tough customers. In the end Evan Kleiman declares the fake bird “eminently edible” thanks to the delicious Shitakke Mushroom Gravy.

Listen below for the full adventure and check out photos of the so called “Soy Ball” below…

Can A Fake Turkey Taste Good? by KCRW

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    Gillian Ferguson

    Supervising Producer, Good Food

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