Good Food
Asparagus; The Psychology of Eating Meat; Grilled Cheese
You can take the most basic things for granted until you suffer a stroke. How one young woman used the kitchen as her therapy for recovery. Get some good bread and cheese and get ready to toast it because April is grilled cheese month! Portland is home to an amazing array of food carts. It's gourmet street food. Water bottles. Should you use a plastic one? The solution to this dilemma. Plus how to turn your neighborhood into a food co-op. And we go to the Santa Monica Farmers Market to taste fresh asparagus.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenLaura Avery gets an Easter/Passover recipe from Amelia Saltsman plus a taste of seasonal asparagus. Adrienne Kane suffered a debilitating stroke at age 21. How food gave her a path to recovery. Clementine owner Annie Miler celebrates Grilled Cheese Month. What level of denial is involved in eating meat? Former Freudian psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson analyzes. Jenn Savedge resolves the dilemma of reusable water bottle vs. disposable plastic. Korean porridge is just right according to Jonathan Gold. Lataco.com has a March madness best-taco-place contest. Vote for your favorite. What kind of flour to use is important in baking says Cindy Mushet. And Hynden Walch started a co-op out of her neighbor's backyard gardens.
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10 storiesMarket Report
Amelia Saltsman shares a great idea for celebrating both Easter and Passover. She calls it a Spring Melange. In one pot you can enjoy the bounty of Spring, including chard, Spring onions, Fava beans and English peas.
Read the story8 minCooking and Screaming
Adrienne Kane is the author of Cooking & Screaming and the blog Nosheteria . Two weeks before her college graduation, Adrienne suffered a stroke due to an Arterio-Venous Malformation (AVM) . She was paralyzed on her right side and her speech was slurred. Her recovery took years and cooking was a big part of her rehabilitation. She…
Read the story6 minNational Grilled Cheese Month
Annie Miler owns Clementine in Century City, which is celebrating National Grilled Cheese month. Annie likes to make hers with Clementine's English muffin bread, cheddar cheese, smoked ham and a cornichon. Clementine 1751 Ensley Ave. in Century City. Music Break: White Sand by Frenchy
Read the story3 minThe Psychology of Eating Meat
Jeffrey Masson is a trained Freudian psychoanalyst whose latest book is The Face on Your Plate . He studies the emotional side of animals and the psychology behind humans who eat meat. Jeffrey is a vegan. Music Break: Well You Needn't by Kenny Burrell Trio
Read the story7 minPlastic vs. Glass
Jenn Savedge writes about green parenting.
Read the story7 minPortland Food Carts
Former Good Food Producer and Portland, OR resident Teri Gelber loves to eat at local food carts.
Read the story6 minKorean Hangover Cure
If you're nursing a hangover, the L.A. Weekly's Jonathan Gold recommends heading to Koreatown for porridge. Bon Juk offers abalone porridge, or jeonbokjuk, that includes rice, water and abalone.Mountain is another option for porridge. It has a homier feel than Bon Juk and the wall menu is quite entertaining, Jonathan says.
Read the story6 minMarch Taco Madness
Vote for your favorite L.A. taco spot at LATaco.com . The final four included King Taco, Yuca, Kogi and Tacos Por Favor. Voting for the best taco place ends Monday at Midnight.
Read the story2 minIt's All in the Flour
Long time pastry chef and culinary instructor, Cindy Mushet, knows everything there is to know about flours. If you're using all-purpose flour, make sure it's unbleached. Bleaching is unnecessary and, according to Cindy, doesn't taste as good. Bleached all-purpose flour has a lower protein content and doesn't absorb as much liquid as unbleached.
Read the story7 minNeighborhood Produce Cooperative
Hynden Walch started the Hillside Cooperative in her Glassel Park neighborhood. Each month she collects produce donated by her neighbors gardens and fruit trees and distributes them in paper bags. If you want to start a chapter in your neighborhood, email Hynden for advice ( hillsideproducecooperative@yahoo.com ).
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