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    Angelenos, get your hot chicken fix at Howlin' Rays

    Once southern food was hard to find at restaurants north of the Mason-Dixon line. Now restaurants all over the country are serving grits, collard greens and waffles piled high with fried chicken.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 29, 2016 • 1 min read

    Once southern food was hard to find at restaurants north of the Mason-Dixon line. Now restaurants all over the country are serving grits, collard greens and waffles piled high with fried chicken. And at a strip mall in LA's Chinatown, Howlin' Rays is drawing crowds with boxes of bright paprika-colored, mouth-numbingly hot Nashville-style chicken. Jonathan Gold weighs in on why this hot chicken joint is worth the wait.

    Music: "Moanin' at Midnight" by Howlin' Wolf

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Pickles, hot chicken, GMO labeling, antidepressants and taste
    1. 0:30A GMO labeling update
    2. 9:22Antidepressants and taste
    3. 18:32Angelenos, get your hot chicken fix at Howlin' RaysYou’re reading this
    4. 24:20Pickling 101
    5. 34:47Will write for food
    6. 46:23An: to eat
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Pickles, hot chicken, GMO labeling, antidepressants and taste
    1. 0:30A GMO labeling update
    2. 9:22Antidepressants and taste
    3. 18:32Angelenos, get your hot chicken fix at Howlin' RaysYou’re reading this
    4. 24:20Pickling 101
    5. 34:47Will write for food
    6. 46:23An: to eat
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