Good Food
Andre Ethier; School Lunch; Milk; Pie Contest
This week on Good Food, host Evan Kleiman has a special report on school lunch. She'll explore what's happening in Los Angeles and around the country. Plus, Dodger outfielder and foodie Andre Ethier. And, Johnathan Gold takes us to the Test Kitchen.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenSummer is over and it's back to school. This week on Good Food, host Evan Kleiman explores what's happening with school lunch in Los Angeles with LAist's Lindsay William Ross. Greg Enslen tells us what he's doing to improve his school district's offerings. Dr. Nancy Aiken has banned junk food in her charter school. And Justin Gagnon provides meals for kids, chosen by their parents. Good Food's Second Annual Pie Contest was Sunday September 5. Producer Connie Alvarez has all the action. The LA Dodgers have a foodie on their team. Evan chats with outfielder Andre Ethier about his favorite places to eat. Milk is the new trendy ingredient. Chow.com's Lessley Anderson explains the milk phenomenon. Jonathan Gold takes us to the Test Kitchen. And Providence sous chef Sam Baxter has a recipe for us to try.
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Sam Baxter is the sous chef at Providence ( 5955 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles). He is making a grated tomato salad to accompany grilled salmon. Cut a black brandywine tomato in half and discard the seeds and excess juices. Grate using a box grater, holding the skin side of the tomato. Reserve the pulp in a cheese cloth and strain. Reduce the…
Read the story7 minKCRW's 2nd Annual Good Food Pie Contest
Photos: Bryony Shearmur On September 5, KCRW held their second annual Good Food Pie Contest at Taste of Beverly Hills. There were five categories: fruit, savory, nut, cream, and interpretive. Eight judges tasted 122 pies made by 72 bakers. Yuichiro Sato won in the savory category, and Best in Show, for his meat pie. Find a…
Read the story8 minAndre Ethier - Dodger Outfielder and Foodie
Andre Ethier is an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers . He is a food lover who often uses Yelp when he's on the road. In L.A., he likes Tofu Ya on Sawtelle, Sweet Chili in West Hollywood and a falafel place on Fairfax.
Read the story6 minSchool Lunch: AVI Systems
Greg Enslen is Executive Chef at Granville, Ohio School District and at AVI Fresh . He is working with local farmers to supplement the school lunch offerings. The costs have gone up slightly, but they're seeing much healthier options now available to students. Read about Greg's efforts in The Columbus Dispatch .
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Justin Gagnon is one of the founders of ChoiceLunch , a company that serves school lunches featuring locally-sourced and organic, ingredients to nearly 200 schools in California. Parents order the lunches online and the children pick them up at the school cafeteria. Music Break: The Brush Off by Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra
Read the story8 minSchool Lunch in L.A.
Lindsay William Ross is the co-editor at LAist.com . LA has the second largest school district in the nation with 900 schools. Last year they served about 69 million lunches. There is a very low participation rate among LA high schoolers. Only about 20-30 percent participate in the school lunch program. The food is processed at the…
Read the story7 minMilk
Lessley Anderson is a senior editor at Chow.com . She and Roxanne Weber traveled to San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York to see what was new and innovative. They found that chefs are using milk in really interesting ways. The restaurants she spotlights include Eleven Madison Park , WD50 , and Momofuku / Milk Bar .
Read the story7 minTest Kitchen
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week, he introduces us to Test Kitchen, an experimental new restaurant on Pico in West LA. They feature different chefs and mixologists each week, trying out new menu items.
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