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    ‘It’s a cornerstone of Los Angeles dining’: Bill Addison reviews A.O.C.

    With the small plate, Mediterranean aesthetic, Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne have converted their former restaurant, Tavern, into a second location of their beloved concept A.O.C.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Aug 13, 2021 • 8m Listen

    With the small plate, Mediterranean aesthetic, Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne have converted their former restaurant, Tavern, into a second location of their beloved concept A.O.C. Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Bill Addison says of Goin, “I don’t feel a lot of people don’t really nail it, and she does — all the time. It’s always the vegetables and the fruits that stand out to me at A.O.C.”. Of the second A.O.C. location, Addison says, “It knows what it is and meets its own ambitions.”

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    Park’s BBQ, eating for the climate, foraging, tomatoes
    1. 0:00How Jenee Kim adapted Park’s BBQ to serve banchan, bulgogi, and galbi to-go
    2. 7:45Want to eat to save the planet? Opt for chicken, mussels, and anchovies
    3. 18:30Cooking through the landscape with chef and forager Alan Bergo
    4. 29:55Tomatoes! ‘Ketch’ing up with Munak Ranch at the farmer’s market
    5. 37:56Introducing crops that benefit the land in the Upper Midwest
    6. 48:08‘It’s a cornerstone of Los Angeles dining’: Bill Addison reviews A.O.C.You’re reading this
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    The full episode

    6 of 6
    Park’s BBQ, eating for the climate, foraging, tomatoes
    1. 0:00How Jenee Kim adapted Park’s BBQ to serve banchan, bulgogi, and galbi to-go
    2. 7:45Want to eat to save the planet? Opt for chicken, mussels, and anchovies
    3. 18:30Cooking through the landscape with chef and forager Alan Bergo
    4. 29:55Tomatoes! ‘Ketch’ing up with Munak Ranch at the farmer’s market
    5. 37:56Introducing crops that benefit the land in the Upper Midwest
    6. 48:08‘It’s a cornerstone of Los Angeles dining’: Bill Addison reviews A.O.C.You’re reading this
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