Good Food
Dim Sum Truck; Hunger in the Classroom; The Great Molasses Flood; Cheesecake
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, details on the sting operation that revealed whale meat being served at a Santa Monica restaurant. Plus Jonathan Gold, a ride along with the Dim Sum Truck and the story of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenWhat's it like to ride in a food truck? This week on Good Food, deep end diner Eddie Lin hitches a ride in the Dim Sum Truck. Steve Puleo tells the story of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Hatfield's Restaurant is back in a new location. Jonathan Gold has a review. Hunger in the classroom is a serious and growing problem, says Share our Strength's Billy Shore.
Lessley Anderson of Chow.com discusses the future of cookbooks and other food publishing. Amanda Hesser updates us on the online community cookbook Food52.com.
Martha Groves of the Los Angeles Times gives us the details on the sting operation that revealed whale meat being served at a Santa Monica restaurant. Evan discusses cheesecake varieties with Abby Dodge. And celebrate Persian New Year at the Santa Monica Farmers Market with Laura Avery.
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9 storiesMarket Report
March 21 is Persian New Year. Geve Irani is a farmer with Rutiz Farm. He is Persian and celebrates every year with fresh produce from the market.
Read the story7 minWhale at The Hump
Martha Groves is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. She c overed the recent revelations that the Santa Monica restaurant The Hump had been serving whale meat. The illegal sale of whale was uncovered by producers of the Oscar-winning film, The Cove .
Read the story6 minHunger in the Classroom
Billy Shore is the founder and Executive Director of Share Our Strength , an organization whose mission is to end childhood hunger in America. The group recently released The Hunger Report which details how many children go hungry at school. In some cases, teachers are using their own money to feed their students.
Read the story8 minFun with Cheesecake
Abby Dodge is a contributing editor at Fine Cooking magazine. This month she is making cheesecake and playing with various flavors. Fine Cooking has a cheesecake recipe generator feature on their website.
Read the story7 minJonathan Gold on Hatfield's
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the LA Weekly. On this show, he reviews Hatfield's restaurant , which re-opened recently in a new space on Melrose. All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map . Hatfield's 6703 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 (323) 935-2977
Read the story6 minRide Along with the Dim Sum Truck
Eddie Lin writes the blog DeepEndDining.com . He recently took a ride with Alex Chu in the Dim Sum Truck. Alex and his crew serve har gow, shumai and other dim sum favorites around town. Follow the Dim Sum Truck on Twitter . Music Break: Simba by Les Baxter
Read the story7 minDigital Devices in the Kitchen
Lessley Anderson is a senior editor at Chow.com , an online food magazine. There has been a lot of speculation that the iPad, Kindle and other electronic e-readers will make cookbooks obsolete.
Read the story7 minFood52.com
Amanda Hesser is the founder, with Merrill Stubbs, of Food52.com . They create a theme and ask people to contribute recipes. Winners are chosen for each theme and those recipes will end up in their cookbook. One of Amanda's favorites is a couscous salad .
Read the story3 minThe Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Steve Puleo is the author of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 . On January 15, 1919, 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed, flooding Boston's North End with the sticky substance. Twenty one people died and many more were injured. Firefighters used seawater to clean up the mess.
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