Good Food Ringing in the Japanese New Year and a trip to the Silk Road Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jan. 07, 2017 Food & Drink Listen 57 min MORE Photo by Camellia Tse From this Episode: The market report: Bitter greens The older Wes Whitsell gets, the more bitter greens he wants to eat, from dandelions and escarole to mustard greens and spigarello. "I'm searching for all the bitter greens... 7 min How to ring in the Japanese New Year For the Japanese, New Year's is a holiday steeped in tradition. Chef David Schlosser marks the occasion with ozoni and handmade soba at his restaurant, Shibumi , in... 6 min Samarkand Samarkand sits in Uzbekistan on the ancient Silk Road, where travelers and merchants once hawked their wares from China to the Mediterranean Sea. 10 min Taste of Persia Say "Iran," and a web of complex political and religious conflicts commingle with ideologies of the modern state. Yet "Persia" evokes a broader picture of an ancient... 17 min A food and beer crawl up the California coast Next, we take a short jaunt up the California coast to eat and drink with Allison Costa, who owns Ventura Food Tours and Santa Barbara Tasting Tours . We start in... 11 min Jonathan Gold eats at Destroyer This week, our favorite food critic ventures out to Destroyer , Jordan Kahn's latest breakfast and lunch spot in Culver City. Don't be scared off by the name, the lack of... 5 min Credits Host: Evan Kleiman Producers: Laryl Garcia, Abbie Fentress Swanson, Camellia Tse, Joseph Stone