Good Food
LA's Cheap Eats; Raw Milk; Fortified Wine
Discover the best cheap eats in Los Angeles. Plus, the controversy over raw milk in California and a new look at fortified wine.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenRaw milk is legal in California, but the sale is often clandestine. Dana Goodyear sorts through the secrecy and the laws surrounding raw milk in the US. When was the last time you ordered a sherry? Probably never, right? Local wine steward Maxwell Leer is trying our opinion of fortified wines. Joy Wilson (aka Joy the Baker) remembers baking with her dad at four in the morning when he came home from his night shift, and Hank Will expands our knowledge of lard. Lesley Barger Suter curates a selection of LA's top cheap eateries and Jonathan Gold wonders if bacon has finally jumped the shark.
Banner image: Mommom's Chocolate Boubon-Spiked Banana Bread from Joy the Baker by Joy Wilson. Photographs by Joy Wilson. Copyright © 2012 Joy Wilson. Photographs copyright © 2011 Joy Wilson. All Rights Reserved.
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7 storiesMarket Report
David LeFavre, executive chef and owner of MB Post in Manhattan Beach, says that this is the most exciting time of the year at the farmers' market. He is using stone fruit in several dishes including a Rosemary Cornbread with Roasted White Peaches. He tells Laura Avery how to perfectly grill a peach in this outtake on the Good Food Blog .
Read the story7 minRaw Deal
Dana Goodyear is a staff writer for the New Yorker. Her article " Raw Deal " appeared in April and chronicles the many sides of raw milk production and sales in California and the US.
Read the story12 minHas Bacon Jumped the Shark?
Jonathan Gold visits Black Hogg in Silver Lake. The restaurant's name is actually a reference to a type of sheep, but there is plenty of pork on the menu. The dish that people are talking about most is their "popcorn bacon" and while he enjoyed it, Jonathan wonders if this is the dish where bacon has finally jumped the shark.
Read the story6 minA New Look at Fortified Wine
Maxwell Leer is a Southern California wine steward. His latest project is Wine to Vines and he writes a monthly column for Eater LA called Varying Hues .
Read the story8 minJoy the Baker
Joy Wilson is the voice behind the popular Joy the Baker blog and now cookbook . See a recipe for Joy's Cheddar Chive and Jalapeno Biscuits on the Good Food Blog . Music: "New Morning" by Quantic
Read the story7 minLard
Hank Will is Editor in Chief of Grit magazine, which recently published the book Lard : The Lost Art of Cooking with Your Grandmother's Secret Ingredient. Will explains why lard fell out of favor after World War II and says it is a great alternative to butter when baking cookies.
Read the story9 minThe Best Cheap Eats in LA
Lesley Barger Suter is the Dine Editor at Los Angeles magazine. The June issue focuses on 101 cheap eats in Los Angeles.
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