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Mozza restaurants
Chef and co-owner of the Mozza restaurants, and founder of La Brea Bakery; winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef
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Nancy Silverton
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FROM Nancy Silverton
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A Conversation with Chef Nancy Silverton, James Beard Winner LA’s Nancy Silverton won the culinary world’s highest honor this week: the James Beard “Outstanding Chef” award. It had been 16 years since an Angeleno won that accolade. Silverton co-owns Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza with fellow chef Mario Batali. She joined Madeleine in the studio to talk about her latest award and her career, which she began as a pastry chef and baker more than 20 years ago.
Which Way, L.A.?
Will New Food Safety Rules Take the Artistry Out of Cooking? In the interests of food safety, the state legislature has unanimously passed a law requiring cooks -- including the finest chefs -- to use disposable gloves whenever they touch ready-to-eat raw food. LA County will start enforcing it by next year. Citing the CDC, Director of Environmental Health Angelo Bellomo says that each year food-borne illness affects one out of every six Americans. Of those 50 million, 128,000 are hospitalized and 300 die. Katie Kildow, bartender at the Verdugo Bar in Glassell Park, finds the new law a nightmare. "Gloves are really hard to put on when your hands are wet, so you've got to find a good way of drying them... I think it's going to look unsightly to the customer, taking gloves on and off. It'd going to look very hospital-like."
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