Is Fusion a Bad Word?, The Food in "Game of Thrones," Hot Pot

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jun. 14, 2014 Food & Drink

Jonathan Gold explains why the term "fusion" is no longer useful. Plus, he reviews a hot pot restaurant in the SGV. Elina Shatkin explores the food scenes in GOT.

Jonathan Gold explains why the term 'fusion' is no longer useful. Plus, he reviews a hot pot restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley. Elina Shatkin explores the food scenes in Game of Thrones.

From this Episode:

Ridding "Ethnic" and "Fusion" from Your Vocabulary

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he talks about why he never refers to "ethnic food" in his writing. He also...

3 min

Tin Vuong, the "Anti-Fusion" Chef

Chef Tin Vuong helms four restaurants in the LA area: Abigaile , Wildcraft , Little Sister and Dia de Campo . They are respectively a gastropub, a pizza joint, a...

9 min

Jonathan Gold Reviews Hai Di Lao

Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times, reviews Hai Di Lao , the first US outpost of a China-based hot-pot chain in the San Gabriel...

7 min

The Food in "Game of Thrones"

George R.R. Martin 's culinary imagination is an important piece of his celebrated series Game of Thrones. Elina Shatkin of Los Angeles Magazine walks us through some of...

9 min

BBQ Tips to Kick off Summer Grilling Season

In Hawaii, "pono" means, "doing things the right way," and chef Makani Gerardi aims to do that with her burgers at Pono Burger in Santa Monica. Cooking out of a WWII-era...

8 min

Craft Beer Revolution

Steve Hindy is president and co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery , and the author of The Craft Beer Revolution . His interest in home brewing began in the Middle East...

10 min

Market Report

Laura Avery interviews Akasha Richmond about what to do with the glut of fruit at local farmers markets, and Mike Cirone of See Canyon talks about his prized Blenheim...

9 min