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    Good Food

    Bacon Dishes

    Jonathan Gold seeks out the best bacon dishes around town.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold seeks out the best bacon dishes around town.

    He recommends:

    • Hunan ham (bacon) stir-fried with hot peppers at Chuan Xiang Tower (227 W Valley Blvd #118A, 626-293-8653) in San Gabriel

    • house-cured guanciale (hog jowls cooked Roman-style) at Vincenti in Brentwood

    • sweet, thick and juicy Nueske bacon at Square One

      Square One in Silver Lake

    • "pig candy" (bacon baked in brown sugar) at Lou in Hollywood

    • bacon wrapped dates stuffed with Parmesan cheese at A.O.C. in Los Angeles

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Bacon Dishes; Gourmet Take-Out; Wine Shops
    1. 0:00Good Food Sweepstakes
    2. 1:00The Market Report
    3. 8:00Bacon DishesYou’re reading this
    4. 15:00Gourmet Take-out
    5. 22:00Wine Shops
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Bacon Dishes; Gourmet Take-Out; Wine Shops
    1. 0:00Good Food Sweepstakes
    2. 1:00The Market Report
    3. 8:00Bacon DishesYou’re reading this
    4. 15:00Gourmet Take-out
    5. 22:00Wine Shops
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