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    Good Food

    Best Restaurants in LA

    Lesley Balla is a food writer in Los Angeles.  Her blog is ChowBalla.com .

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

    Lesley Balla is a food writer in Los Angeles. Her blog is ChowBalla.com. This month she contributed to Angeleno Magazine's Restaurant Awards:

    Best New Chef: Jordan Kahn of Red Medicine

    Best New Mixologist: Julian Cox of Playa

    Best New Restaurant: A-Frame

    Best New Restaurant Design: Lukshon

    Best New Dish: Porcetto from Sotto

    Read the rest of her picks here.

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    Figs; The Young Julia Child; Chasing Chiles
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:35Growing Tomatoes
    3. 13:50Spam Stew
    4. 24:30Best Restaurants in LAYou’re reading this
    5. 32:29Julia Child Before She Was Julia
    6. 39:34Master Preserver
    7. 46:50Chasing Chiles
    8. 52:56Curing Meats at Home
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      Evan Kleiman

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      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Figs; The Young Julia Child; Chasing Chiles
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:35Growing Tomatoes
    3. 13:50Spam Stew
    4. 24:30Best Restaurants in LAYou’re reading this
    5. 32:29Julia Child Before She Was Julia
    6. 39:34Master Preserver
    7. 46:50Chasing Chiles
    8. 52:56Curing Meats at Home
    Back to Good Food