Guerrilla Tacos, Avocado Gangs, Cooking for Persian New Year

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Mar. 08, 2014 Food & Drink

Jonathan Gold reviews an unusual taco truck, David Mills
details the avocado cartels in Mexico
and Louisa Shafia shares updated recipes for Persian cooking.

Jonathan Gold reviews an unusual taco truck, David Mills details the avocado cartels in Mexico and Louisa Shafi shares updated recipes for Persian cooking.

From this Episode:

Microbes Affect Wine's Regional Taste

David Mills is a professor of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis. He co-authored a recent study that found that microbes specific to certain regions have an effect on...

6 min

Jonathan Gold Reviews Guerrilla Tacos

Jonathan Gold reviews Guerrilla Tacos , Chef Wes Avila's taco truck that frequents the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. The menu changes daily (as does the location,...

5 min

'Street Meat' Hits Los Angeles

Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch and the Food is the New Rock podcast breaks the news of a halal meat truck coming to Los Angeles.

8 min

Avocado Cartels

José de Córdoba is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. In a recent article , he reported that Mexican cartels in Michoacan are extorting farmers, packing houses and...

8 min

Market Report

John Jackson sells blueberries for Whitney Ranch in Santa Barbara. He hopes to have blueberries at the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers' Market until at least August....

6 min

Nowruz Dishes and Fesenjan

Louisa Shafia is the author of The New Persian Kitchen . She talks about cooking for Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, and about updating Persian classics for a vegetarian and...

10 min

Farmacology

Dr. Daphne Miller is the author of Farmacology , a book that explores the idea of 'food as medicine' in the context of family farming and soil health. Music: "Sing...

13 min