Good Food
God In A Cup; Food And Technology; Cheap Eats; Bamboodles
Do you see God in your cup of coffee? Whatever your god's name is, and I'm thinking it's named Caffeine; we'll go on a quest for the perfect coffee. Got a food blog? You and a million other people. And that is a great thing. What technology is doing to food these days. And you'll be shocked to hear that slavery is still alive in this country. Plus Jonathan Gold drops by and some of the best cheap eats in LA.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenTo find the best coffee you need to go on a quest like Michaele Weissman did. Mark McClusky talks about what technology does to the taste of our food. And Dean Koplick introduces a chicken tracker for safety. The practice of slavery is alive in Florida's tomato industry says Barry Estabrook. William Woys Weaver found seeds his grandfather saved for him that survived generations. Lesley Bargar gives us the best cheap eats in LA according to Los Angeles Magazine. And Jonathan Gold gives us his latest food find. Ethanol is not a bad word according to Greg Melville. And the farmers market gets a walk through from Laura Avery.
In this episode
9 storiesMarket Report
Benny Bohm, the General Manager at Ammo restaurant , does all the shopping for the restaurant at the farmers market each week. He shops for Perilla lettuces, butter lettuces, Lola Roso and Little Gem lettuces. He buys small to medium-sized heads of these flavorful lettuces and dresses them lightly with shallot vinagrette made with red wine…
Read the story8 minGod In A Cup
Michaele Weissman journeyed inside the world of specialty coffee in search of the perfect cup. She traveled to coffee-growing regions in Nicaragua, Panama and Ethiopia with Peter Giuliano of Counter Culture , Geoff Watts of Intelligentsia and Stumptown's Duane Sorenson. Michaele explores the relationships between the producers, buyers and…
Read the story7 minFood & Technology
Mark McClusky is a senior editor for Wired magazine. You can also find Mark at his blog and on Twitter . Follow Evan on Twitter. She's following David Lebovitz , Ruth Reichl , Michael Ruhlman , Anthony Bourdain and more.
Read the story5 minChicken Tracker
Murray's Chicken , based in Pennsylvania, uses the Farm Verification System , which allows consumers to track where their chickens come from. By entering a code from the chicken label into a form on Murray's website, you can see pictures and a map of where that chicken originated. Music Break: Let's Face The Music by Jackie Mclean
Read the story3 minSlavery in Florida's Tomato Fields
Barry Estabrook writes about food politics for Gourmet. Barry has been covering the horrific conditions for tomato harvest workers in Immokalee, Florida. The Coalition of Imokalee Workers (CIW) has organized these workers to fight for fair wages and to end the modern-day slavery practices. Earlier this month, Florida Governor Charlie…
Read the story7 minHeritage Seed Collections
William Woys Weaver discovered his grandfather's seed collection after his grandfather passed away. He uncovered a collection of heritage vegetables that Weaver has carefully maintained and developed over the years. Food historian William Woys Weaver is a contributing editor for Mother Earth News and Gourmet .
Read the story8 minCheap Eats in L.A.
Leslie Bargar is the Dine editor for Los Angeles magazine. The current issue is a catalog of inexpensive meals in L.A. Leslie recommends The half chicken with fries for $4.50 at Dino's Chicken & Burgers on Pico The breakfast burrito at Lucky Boy in Pasadena for $6.98 The $6 steak sandwich at Great Western Steak & Hoagie in Venice A…
Read the story7 minBamboodles
The L.A. Weekly's Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold discusses Bamboodles , a Chinese noodle restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley. The noodles are made by the thousand-year old Chinese custom of pounding the dough with a bamboo rod. Read his column here .
Read the story6 minGreasy Rider
Greg Melville and his friend Iggy traveled across the country in a vegetable-oil powered Mercedes station wagon. Along the way, they explore the many alternative fuel options currently available but not often utilized in the U.S.
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