Good Food
Making Bánh Chung, Super Bowl Diet, Eating Off-road in Japan
For the Vietnamese new year, Chef Diep Tran shares her spin on traditional lunar new year cakes. Retired NFL center Shaun O'Hara reveals what players eat leading up to Super Bowl Sunday. Matt Goulding of Roads & Kingdoms talks about exploring some of the lesser-known spots and dishes of Japan.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPhoto: Cathy Chaplin
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6 storiesHow to make bánh chung for Tết
The Vietnamese New Year kicks off on Monday. For Diep Tran, who is chef and owner of Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park, T ế t celebrations are not complete without making a batch of very labor intensive cakes of sticky rice, pork and beans wrapped up in banana leaves. They're called bánh chung.
Read the story8 minIn season now: Grapefruits
This week Santa Monica Farmers Market Manager Laura Avery speaks with Timothy Hollingsworth, chef-owner of Otium . He's shopping for ruby red grapefruit to make smoked grapefruit with cured amberjack to serve at the restaurant, which is next to The Broad museum in Downtown L.A.
Read the story7 minWhat goes into the diet of a Super Bowl contender?
Shaun O'Hara is an analyst with the NFL Network, but he played professionally for 11 seasons and won Super Bowl XLII as a center with the New York Giants.
Read the story13 minJonathan Gold does dizi at Nersses Vanak
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author for the LA Times. This week he takes us to Nersses Vanak in Glendale for dizi, that Iranian lamb and chickpea stew flavored with turmeric and dried lime.
Read the story7 minEating off-road in Japan
Japan entices us as much for its wild embrace of pop culture as for its deep reverence for tradition and extreme craftsmanship. Matt Goulding is one of the founders of the food, travel and culture journal Roads & Kingdoms .
Read the story13 minRetiring to the restaurant biz
On Saturday, a giant sweet potato float will roll through the streets of Downtown Anaheim for the 36th annual Orange County Black History Parade. Gretchen Shoemaker will be on the float. Two years ago, she opened her first restaurant, Georgia's at the ripe old age of 74.
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