First-Person Dinners; Rendering Fat; Sleep Issues and Food

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Mar. 08, 2008 Food & Drink

We sample Nigerian cuisine, prepare first-person dinners and learn how to render fat from meats. Plus, we cook up spot prawns and socialize at Citrus. And, we discover how foods influence sleep and taste Croatian food.

Jonathan Gold samples Nigerian cuisine, while LeeAundra Temescu prepares first-person dinners. Steven Fineberg renders fat from bison and other meats, chef Michael Cimarusti cooks up spot prawns and chef Michel Richard socializes at Citrus. Dr. Prasanth Manthena talks about sleep issues and food, Karen Evenden tastes Croatian food and Laura Avery serves up a fresh Market Report.

From this Episode:

Sleep Issues and Food

Dr. Prasanth Manthena talks about how certain food or an empty stomach can affect sleep. Other important factors are the amount of food eaten and the timing of the meals. He...

7 min

Croatian Cuisine

Karen Evenden spent three years sailing the Adriatic coast and gained appreciation for Croatian food in her book, A Taste of Croatia . She describes Croatian cuisine,...

7 min

The Market Report

Laura Avery chats with David West of Clearwater Farms, who explains why winter and summer are the worst time for mushrooms. He's waiting for April when morels will come into...

7 min

Nigerian Cuisine

Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and LA Weekly columnist Jonathan Gold samples egusi (chicken stew,) okra stew, equsi (spinach with chiles stew) and fufu (mashed cassava) at...

7 min