Good Food
California Homemade Food Act; Yerba Mate; Coffee Geeks
California home cooks can now launch a food business from their own home. Plus, a Paraguayan explains how to drink yerba maté like a local.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenDo you have dreams of starting a jam business? Independent producer Sasa Woodruff explains that the California Homemade Food Act may be just what home food producers need to get the ball rolling. Both Michael Phillips and Tony Konecny geek out on the nuances of coffee and Natalia Goldberg describes how locals drink yerba mate in Paraguay. Jonathan Gold ventures to the San Gabriel Valley for Mongolian hot pot. Christine Moore discusses her new book and her famous salted caramels. Plus, Nicole Mournian details what it takes to win big at the Good Food Pie Contest. And at the market, Laura Avery talks to cocktail chef Matt Biancaniello about his new seasonal cocktails and farmer Bill Coleman tells us why he’s not planting any brassicas or mustards this fall.
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Matthew Biancaniello is the bartender at the Library Bar at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. He shakes a cocktail with Asian pears, dill, lime juice and mochi-infused sake. Bill Coleman is the owner of Coleman Family Farms in Carpinteria. He says the bagrada bug is attacking plants in the brassica and mustard families in Southern California.
Read the story6 minThe California Homemade Food Act
Independent producer Sasa Woodruff explains what the California Homemade Food Act means for home cooks and bakers in California. (You can hear more about the act in this Reporter's Notebook segment from KCRW's Which Way, LA?) This segment was made possible by KCRW's Independent Producers Project .
Read the story7 minThe World Barista Competition
Michael Phillips won the World Barista Championship in 2010. Along with Tyler Wells and Chris Owens, he owns Handsome Coffee Roasters in Downtown Los Angeles.
Read the story8 minRoasting Coffee Beans at Home
Tony Konecny is the owner of TONX , a coffee subscription service that is similar to a coffee CSA. They select and roast beans and deliver them to your doorstep.
Read the story9 minDrink Yerba Mate Like a Local
Natalia Goldberg lives in Paraguay where she writes for the on-line travel guide, Discovering Paraguay . She recently published The Other Places Travel Guidebook to Paraguay .
Read the story7 minA New Hot Pot Restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley
Jonathan Gold visits Little Sheep , a new hot pot restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley. He suggests the cuttlefish balls, lamb dumplings, pea sprouts, potatoes and freeze dried tofu for hot pot and his favorite sauce combination includes sesame oil, a lot of chile and a dash of sweet soy sauce.
Read the story6 minLittle Flower Cafe at Home
Christine Moore is the chef and owner of Little Flower Cafe and Little Flower Candy Company . Her new book is Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe .
Read the story6 minThis Year's Pie Contest Champion Talks Pie Crust
Nicole Mournian swept this year's pie contest winning Best Fruit Pie, Best Savory Pie, Best Crust and Best in Show for her Pork and Peas Pie . She discusses what it takes to make great pies.
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