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Best of 2010; Favorite Tacos; Eating Placenta; La Cevicheria
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we'll celebrate the new year by looking back on 2010. We'll hear from Jonathan Gold, Gustavo Arellano and Eddie Lin along with other guests.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenHappy New Year. This week, we'll look back on some of our best segments from 2010. Jonathan Gold takes us to La Cevicheria for their special bloody clam. We'll have seven courses of goat with Gustavo Arellano. Placenta encapsulation specialist Sara Pereira tells us why so many people around the world are eating afterbirth. We'll hear from the latest food celebrity to hit LA in 2010, a hog farmer named Lefty Ayers. KCRW's own Matt Holzman shares his five favorite places to get a tacos. We'll go on a ride-along with Eddie Lin on a food truck. Plus Dan Shumski shows us that there's more to a waffle iron than just waffles. And Laura Avery talks to chef DJ Olsen, who has a hangover cure for us.
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8 storiesMarket Report
DJ Olsen likes Pellegrino for a hangover and soup. He's making a fish soup using market ingredients. After you make the stock, add pre-cooked potatoes, fennel, fish, clams, and/or mussels. The dish takes only a few minutes to make.
Read the story7 minEating the Placenta
Sara Pereira is a pre and post-natal massage therapist and a licensed placenta encapsulation specialist . She dehydrates the placenta and pulverizes it into capsules. There is no data or research behind ingesting the placenta, but it's practiced widely in Asian cultures.
Read the story6 minLA's Own Acorn-Fed Heritage Pigs
Lefty Ayers is raising acorn-fed heritage pigs on his ReRide Ranch about an hour outside of Los Angeles. Right now he has Berkshire pigs , which is about a 300 pound pig. The meat is more marbled than traditional pork. Find Lefty's meat at McCall's ( 2117 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz ; (323) 667-0674 ).
Read the story10 minLa Cevicheria
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week he heads to the Byzantine-Latino district - specifically Pico between Crenshaw and Arlington - for La Cevicheria. Jonathan recommends the bloody clams, the mariscadas (like ceviche but sauteed), and the shrimp ceviche.
Read the story7 minFavorite Tacos
Matt Holzman produces The Business for KCRW. He recently wrote a post on the Five Things Blog about his five favorite taco spots in Los Angeles. Music Break: Tiki by Jimmy McGriff
Read the story9 minDim Sum Truck Ride-Along
Eddie Lin writes the blog DeepEndDining.com . He recently took a ride with Alex Chu in the Dim Sum Truck. Alex and his crew serve har gow, shumai and other dim sum favorites around town. Follow the Dim Sum Truck on Twitter .
Read the story6 minThe Waffleizer
Dan Shumski writes the blog Waffleizer .
Read the story4 minSeven Courses of Goat
Gustavo Arellano is the food editor at the OC Weekly . He also writes the Ask a Mexican column. He recently ate the seven course goat special at Binh Dan in Orange County's Little Saigon. Binh Dan 10040 McFadden Ave. Westminster, CA (714) 839-7050 All of Gustavo's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map .
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