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    Good Food

    Central

    Chef Virgilio Martinez's restaurant, Central , has been voted one of the best places to eat in the world by the British magazine, Restaurant. The menu is an exploration of Peru's many altitudes and ecosystems and of foraged native ingredients. "I live in Lima by the sea. Then we have the Andes. Then we have the Amazon.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    Chef Virgilio Martinez's restaurant, Central, has been voted one of the best places to eat in the world by the British magazine, Restaurant. The menu is an exploration of Peru's many altitudes and ecosystems and of foraged native ingredients. "I live in Lima by the sea. Then we have the Andes. Then we have the Amazon. It's not a flat Amazon, it's an Amazon with altitudes that creates different micro-climates, too, lots of them." Martinez recently published a new cookbook named after his restaurant.

    Music: "Tropical River" and "Truck Driver," both by Piero Umiliani

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    The full episode

    6 of 6
    Food policy under Trump and legalized street vending
    1. 0:00Food and ag policy under President Trump
    2. 12:22'Food, health and culture in Latino L.A.'
    3. 24:44Sausages for Super Bowl Sunday
    4. 35:34Jonathan Gold goes vegan at Erven in Santa Monica
    5. 41:15The market report: Carrots
    6. 48:02CentralYou’re reading this
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