Good Food
Best of 'Good Food,' the 2011 Edition
The best segments of 2011, including: eating dirt, Vincent Price the gourmand, eating in Ancient Rome, cocktail bitters and a trip to Lonchera Lane in Orange County.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenEvan Kleiman’s top pick for 2011 is Dr. Sera Young discussing PICA, the urge to eat clay, chalk, starch and ice. Segment Producers Laryl Garcia and Candace Moyer chose food historian Andrew Dalby and Victoria Price, daughter of Vincent, respectively as their favorite guests of 2011. Jonathan Gold chose Night + Market as his favorite restaurant segment this year and Producer Gillian Ferguson selected Brad Thomas Parsons’ discussion about cocktail bitters. Executive Producer Harriet Ells picked Gustavo Arellano’s trip to Lonchera Lane in Orange County.
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CC Consalvo is a private chef under the name Clean Plate Meals . She’s buying Valencia Pride Mangoes from Mark and Bob Markov. A recipe for her ripe mangoes in coconut milk is on the Good Food Blog.
Read the story8 minEating Dirt
Dr. Sera Young is a faculty member in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, and a Reproductive Infectious Disease Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Her book is Craving Earth : Understanding Pica -- the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice and Chalk.
Read the story10 minBreakfast with Vincent Price
Victoria Price is the daughter of Vincent Price. She talks to Evan about what is what like to grow up with the great horror-film actor and gourmand, and her favorite meals to cook with her dad. A Treasury of Great Recipes is the cookbook co-authored by Vincent and Mary Price.
Read the story6 minAn Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich
Jonathan Gold visits Night + Market , a restaurant featuring Thai street food. His favorite dishes were the pig's ear with chili and garlic, issan sour sausage, fried pig's tails and, for dessert, the ice cream sandwich.
Read the story6 minEating in Ancient Rome
Andrew Dalby is a historian in Britain. He's written extensively about ancient Roman culinary culture.
Read the story8 minCocktail Bitters
Brad Thomas Parsons is the author of Bitters : A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. A recipe for Apple Bitters, as well as outtakes from Parsons' interview are on the Good Food Blog .
Read the story7 minLonchera Lane
Gustavo Arellano is the managing editor for the OC Weekly . He takes us on a tour of Lonchera Lane in Santa Ana. For a list of the food trucks he visited along with pictures, visit the Good Food Blog .
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