Good Food
Bottled Water; Honeybees Update; Mt. Everest Bakery; Kugel-Off
We sample spicy Thai food, attend a kugel-off competition and discover a bakery on Mt. Everest. We find out how bottled water became a phenomenon, learn about fat camp and get an update on the honeybee crisis. Plus, we find out which seafood is in season and get a fresh Market Report with Laura Avery.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJonathan Gold samples spicy Thai food, while Good Food producer Thea Chaloner and host Evan Kleiman get their fill of Jewish noodle pudding at the kugel cook-off. Journalist Charles Haviland discovers a bakery on Mt. Everest, Elizabeth Royte chronicles the bottled water phenomenon and Stephanie Klein recounts her issues with weight and fat camp experience. Plus, Rowan Jacobsen gives us an update on honeybees, Michael Cigliano discusses seasonal seafood and Laura Avery has a fresh Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Ron Cornelson is a neighbor of Art Lang of Honey Crisp Farms in Reedley, California. They both grow the highly sought-after Snow Queen nectarines. These white-fleshed nectarines are so packed with sugars that the skin literally bursts open in cracks. Look for fruit with the cracks to get the sweetest flavors.
Read the story7 minRenu Nakorn
LA Weekly food writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold revisits spicy Thai food favorite, Renu Nakorn in Norwalk.
Read the story6 minKugel Cook-Off
Good Food producer Thea Chaloner documented Yiddishkayt 's kugel cook-off, in which host Evan Kleiman and Jonathan Gold judged over 30 entries. The winning entry was Carol Abrams' "Apple Matzo Charlotte" kugel. The Yiddishkayt festival is set for September 20 at the California Plaza. Music break: Hi Fidelity by The Hi-Fly Orchestra
Read the story6 minMt. Everest Bakery
BBC reporter Charles Haviland traveled to the base camp in Mt. Everest to find the world's highest bakery. Haviland is stationed in the Himalayas and recently wrote about this bakery in a BBC News article . Music break: High-Heel Sneakers by Wynder K Frog
Read the story8 minBottled Water
Writer Elizabeth Royte discusses drinking water's commercialization, tap water and the environmental impact of plastic water bottles in Bottlemania : How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It. To find information on water testing, filters, and groups fighting to protect municipal water supplies, visit Elizabeth's water links .
Read the story9 minFat Camp
Writer Stephanie Klein recounts her childhood weight issues in Moose : A Memoir of Fat Camp. Music break: Horse's Collar by The Peddlers
Read the story7 minHoneybee Update
Writer Rowan Jacobsen updates us on the plight of the honeybee and Colony Collapse Disorder. His book, Fruitless Fall : The Collapse of the Honeybee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis, is due out this September. Music break: A Hard Day's Night by 101 Strings
Read the story8 minSeasonal Seafood
Santa Monica Seafood owner Michael Cigliano discuses fresh and tasty seasonal seafood. His family has operated Santa Monica Seafood since 1939 and have stores in Costa Mesa and Santa Monica. Their 10th Street Cafe will be the location for their retail space, which is scheduled to open fall 2008.
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