Good Food
Food Trucks in Paris; A New Dumpling Trend; Italian Salumi
Americans are taking over the Parisian food scene with food trucks serving hamburgers and casual restaurants where the highest compliment is "très Brooklyn."
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenThe expression "très Brooklyn" has hit Paris. Food writer Alexander Lobrano notices a new wave of American chefs at the helm of Parisian restaurants and Kristin Frederick, owner of a successful burger centric food truck in Paris, weighs in on what it's like to be an American chef serving burgers in Paris. Cookbook author and chef Jesse Griffiths falls in love with hunting and fishing, and food writer Michael Ruhlman walks us through making your own dry cured salumi at home. Jonathan Gold proclaims that there is a new dumpling trend in the San Gabriel Valley. Plus, Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson visits Thomas Starr King Middle School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where Brian Miller and his 6th grade students prompted a ban on all Styrofoam lunch trays. At the market Laura Avery talks to Amelia Saltsman about a one-pot Vegan fall stew and farmer Al Courchesne discusses this year's crop of Warren pears.
Banner image courtesy of Le Camion Qui Fume
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7 storiesMarket Report
Amelia Saltsman , author of the Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook , talks to Laura Avery about what's on the menu for her upcoming Good Food Festival demo and launch event on Wednesday, October 24 at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market. Saltsman will be using produce from Windrose Farms to make three dishes at the market at 11:15am.
Read the story7 minWhy the LA Unified School District Banned Styrofoam Lunch Trays
Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson visits Thomas Starr King Middle School on the border of Silver Lake and Los Feliz. She talks to Brian Miller who manages " Farm King ," the school garden. In 2010 Miller taught his 6th graders about the effects of their Styrofoam lunch trays on the environment.
Read the story8 minHunting and Fishing for Dinner
Jesse Griffiths is the author of Afield : A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish. Find two recipes from the book and an outtake from their conversation on the Good Food blog .
Read the story9 minMichael Ruhlman Dissects the Italian Tradition of Salumi
Michael Ruhlman discusses the Italian tradition of dry cured salumi. His latest book, which he co-authored with Brian Polcyn, is Salumi : The Craft of Italian Dry Curing.
Read the story11 minThe Food Truck Phenomenon Hits Paris
California native Kristin Frederick is the chef and owner of Le Camion Qui Fume , a burger-centric food truck in Paris. Her most popular item is -- believe it or not -- her BBQ burger. The New York Times reported on the growing trend of American food trucks in Paris earlier this year.
Read the story7 minThe Latest Parisian Restaurants are 'Très Brooklyn'
Alexander Lobrano is a food writer who lives in Paris. Both his book and his blog are titled Hungry for Paris . He talks to Evan about the review he wrote in Saveur of the restaurant Verjus, which is helmed by an American chef.
Read the story9 minA Fashionable New Dumpling Craze
Jonathan Gold proclaims there is a new dumpling fad in town at Emperor Noodle in the San Gabriel Valley. He declares that the shen jian bao or "sjb" served at Emperor Noodle have replaced xiao long bao or "xlb" as the trendiest dumpling in Los Angeles.
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