Good Food
Korean vegan, Golden Tortilla winner, huitlacoche, milk bread
Attorney Joanne Lee Molinaro went vegan five years ago, modernizing the traditional Korean foods of her childhood and documenting the journey on TikTok as the Korean Vegan. She shares recipes and her family’s immigrant story in her new cookbook.
Attorney Joanne Lee Molinaro went vegan five years ago, modernizing the traditional Korean foods of her childhood and documenting the journey on TikTok as the Korean Vegan. She shares recipes and her family’s immigrant story in her new cookbook. Burritos La Palma is the winner of this year’s Great Tortilla Tournament of Champions, and owner Albert Bañuelos has been receiving congratulations from Jerez, where his father started the tortilleria over 40 years ago. At the farmer’s market, a Mexican delicacy known as huitlacoche is making a rare appearance. Kristina Cho uses her background in architecture to bake a perfectly versatile milk bread. There’s no looking back for pastry chef Hannah Ziskin who opened the doors of House of Gluten during the pandemic, and shares what’s next for “In the Weeds.” Finally, LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Agnes in Pasadena.
In this episode
6 storiesThe Korean Vegan: Joanne Lee Molinaro shares recipes and her family’s immigration story
“We didn't spill our guts during dinner,” writes Joanne Lee Molinaro, the lawyer-turned-TikTok sensation also known as the Korean Vegan . “We filled them.”
Read the story14 minCrowning Burritos La Palma with the Golden Tortilla
A winner has been crowned in this year’s KCRW & Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament of Champions ! For the third time in the event’s history, a flour tortilla came out victorious, with Burritos La Palma taking home the Golden Tortilla trophy.
Read the story9 minPrick up your ear, Los Angeles. Huitlacoche is at the farmer’s market
Huitlacoche has long been considered a delicacy in Mexico, but in the U.S., it goes by the unfortunate name of corn smut, or corn fungus.
Read the story8 minBaking the mother of all milk breads with Kristina Cho
With cultural influences from Britain, Chinese bakeries became popular in Hong Kong, offering breads, teas, custards, and tarts melding with popular ingredients like mango and teas to create a subset of baking.
Read the story10 min‘In the Weeds’: Welcome to the House of Gluten
When the doors of M. Georgina closed in March 2020, pastry chef Hannah Ziskin treated the first few weeks as a vacation, getting some deserved rest and catching up on her New Yorker subscription. Then things got real.
Read the story10 minSay cheese! Bill Addison reviews Agnes in Pasadena
Along a busy stretch in Old Town Pasadena, Bill Addison finds a neighborhood restaurant, Agnes . Named after his Iowan grandmother, chef/owner Thomas Kalb is serving Midwestern favorites like cheese curds.
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