The Silk Road show

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Sep. 23, 2017 Food & Drink

We devote the bulk of this week’s show to food eaten on the ancient Silk Road. Caroline Eden starts us off in Samarkand, then Naomi Duguid and Yasmin Khan take us to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kurdistan and Iran. Back on our side of the pond, Harvest Public Media’s Kristofor Husted reports on the herbicide dicamba, Jonathan Gold eats at Delicious Food Corner and we shop for fresh kale at the market.

Photo: Beef plov pictured in “Samarkand” courtesy of Caroline Eden

From this Episode:

Jonathan Gold dines at Delicious Food Corner

LA Times food writer Jonathan Gold dines at Delicious Food Corner in Monterey Park, a restaurant he calls “the most Hong Kong place in the San Gabriel Valley.” Dim sum...

5 min

Unveiling Uzbek culinary traditions

Samarkand sits in Uzbekistan on the ancient Silk Road. Food and travel writer Caroline Eden uses the Russian nesting dolls matryoshka as a metaphor to describe the Uzbek...

10 min

'Taste of Persia'

Think about Persia and an expansive understanding of an ancient gastroculture that includes many lands and peoples comes into focus. Food writer and photographer Naomi...

18 min

'The Saffron Tales'

We kicked off the show with Jonathan Gold’s favorite Hong Kong-style breakfast in Los Angeles. Now, we turn the mic over to writer Yasmin Khan to hear about breakfast food...

8 min

Controlling weeds, at a cost

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of a new formula for an herbicide called dicamba. Soybean and cotton farmers use it to halt the...

7 min

The Market Report: kale

This week at the market, Laura Avery shops for kale with Ashley Abodeely, the chef de cuisine of the Nomad Food Truck , and Christie Jimenez who grows kale at Jimenez...

8 min