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    Calas for Mardi Gras

    Gisele Perez is a caterer ( Small Pleasures Catering ) and food blogger in LA.  Her hometown is New Orleans where her grandmother made calas, like beignets, but made with rice.  Her recipe is here .

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

    Gisele Perez is a caterer (Small Pleasures Catering) and food blogger in LA. Her hometown is New Orleans where her grandmother made calas, like beignets, but made with rice. Her recipe is here.

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Fish Census; Eric Ripert; Santa Ana's Lonchera Lane
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:32Food Justice
    3. 12:38Duck in Koreatown
    4. 21:01Calas for Mardi GrasYou’re reading this
    5. 27:15Fish Census
    6. 34:49Eric Ripert
    7. 41:23Mexican Hot Chocolate at Home
    8. 46:43Lonchera Lane
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Fish Census; Eric Ripert; Santa Ana's Lonchera Lane
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:32Food Justice
    3. 12:38Duck in Koreatown
    4. 21:01Calas for Mardi GrasYou’re reading this
    5. 27:15Fish Census
    6. 34:49Eric Ripert
    7. 41:23Mexican Hot Chocolate at Home
    8. 46:43Lonchera Lane
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