The Happy Hour Show

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Apr. 30, 2016 Food & Drink

We sip local savory cocktails with Matt Biancaniello and discuss the return of rosé with Lou Amdur. Talia Baiocchi, Leslie Pariseau, Sarah Clarke and Mark Bitterman school us on spritz, amari and bitters. To soak up the booze, Jonathan Gold takes us to Chungsil Hongsil in Koreatown for dumplings and noodles, and Nick Ervan and Romeo Coleman share thoughts on treviso, a white-veined magenta radicchio at the market now.

Photo courtesy of Mozza

From this Episode:

Eat your drink

Live leeches, cow brains and dried manure. Matthew Biancaniello ate them all before finding his way to LA's craft cocktail movement. Now he forages and scours farmers...

8 min

Warm treviso salad, cotija cheese and peppadew peppers

While we're on the subject of local food, let's spend a moment on treviso. The white-veined magenta radicchio is in the chicory family and can be found at the Santa Monica...

6 min

The return of rosé

Rosé has a star-studded following that includes Brangelina and Josh Ostrovsky (aka The Fat Jewish on Instagram). As we usher in another season of this crisp pink wine, we...

7 min

Touring the spritz trail

If you've never had one, a spritz is a refreshing cocktail of prosecco, bitter liqueur and soda often taken before a meal in Italy. Behind the wheel of a Fiat, writers Talia...

12 min

Fan of the bittersweet? Order an amaro

In many parts of Italy, a traditional meal is not complete without an amaro. The bittersweet smoky after-dinner digestivo is made from herbs, roots, flowers, fruit and...

7 min

Salt that cocktail with a dash of bitters

Like amari, bitters can be sipped neat or on the rocks. The digestif contains some combination of herbs, bark, roots, fruit, water and alcohol and is a key ingredient in...

11 min

A new noodle and dumpling house in Koreatown

What happy hour would be complete without noodles and dumplings to soak up the booze? Enter Chungsil Hongsil, a new restaurant in Koreatown. Chungsil Hongsil is the Los...

4 min