Kimchi it up, the avocado invasion, 'Cooked'

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Mar. 05, 2016 Food & Drink

Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard talk about eating in Koreatowns across the country for their new book. We give a fruit invading kitchens and restaurant menus everywhere a moment in the sun. Michael Pollan discusses filming Aboriginal goanna hunters and an Indian curry bike delivery service for Cooked.

Photo: Sam Horine

From this Episode:

Kimchi it up

Los Angeles has the biggest Korean population outside Seoul, which means you don't have to go far in this town to taste excellent Korean food. But the new cookbook...

18 min

Aburiya Raku izakaya opens up in West Hollywood

Not to brag or anything, but LA's got some pretty good Japanese food too. Now you can add the best known izakaya in Las Vegas to the list. Mitsuo Endo's Aburiya Raku has...

10 min

The avocado invasion

Next we give a fruit that's invading kitchens and restaurant menus everywhere a moment in the sun: the avocado. We eat more of them in Los Angeles than in any other US city,...

9 min

Cooked

We end this week's show with a hard sell for making food at home from a cheese nun, a BBQ pit-master and some Aboriginal goanna hunters. They're all featured in the new...

19 min