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New chapter, new beginning: Lasita is this week’s ‘In the Weeds’
Food, like people, adapt. Open the website of Lasita and see a phrase that might as well be the mantra for 2021: New chapter, New beginning.
By Evan Kleiman • • 7m ListenFood, like people, adapt. Open the website of Lasita and see a phrase that might as well be the mantra for 2021: New chapter, New beginning. Born from a pivot, Lasa’s Chase Valencia is back with Nico de Leon at Far East Plaza in Chinatown with a new concept that continues to celebrate the flavors they grew up with. Valencia describes the point of view he wanted to share, hoping that guests make the restaurant part of their weekly routine, for this week’s edition of “In the Weeds.”
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Food and family memoirs, Filipino and Hawaiian chicken, squash blossoms- 0:00Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast) reflects on food and family in new memoir
- 13:25An odd coupling leads to the first Vietnamese restaurant in Miami
- 23:04Empowered by Chinatown’s history, Brandon Jew celebrates the neighborhood of his youth
- 34:01Hawaiian cuisine: Respecting land, community, and food
- 42:04New chapter, new beginning: Lasita is this week’s ‘In the Weeds’You’re reading this
- 49:21Who says LA doesn’t have seasons? The farmer’s market defies assumptions
The full episode
5 of 6Food and family memoirs, Filipino and Hawaiian chicken, squash blossoms- 0:00Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast) reflects on food and family in new memoir
- 13:25An odd coupling leads to the first Vietnamese restaurant in Miami
- 23:04Empowered by Chinatown’s history, Brandon Jew celebrates the neighborhood of his youth
- 34:01Hawaiian cuisine: Respecting land, community, and food
- 42:04New chapter, new beginning: Lasita is this week’s ‘In the Weeds’You’re reading this
- 49:21Who says LA doesn’t have seasons? The farmer’s market defies assumptions