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    Good Food

    Cerebral Cooking at Allumette in Echo Park

    Jonathan Gold reviews Allumette , the Echo Park restaurant from chef Miles Thompson. He recommends the potato chips with crème fraiche and yuzu, fried oysters with kimchi ranch dressing, tomato salad, pig trotters, ankimo, anise hyssop ricotta gnocchi and the spicy blue prawns. To drink, he suggests the Gentleman's Breakfast.

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

    Jonathan Gold reviews Allumette, the Echo Park restaurant from chef Miles Thompson. He recommends the potato chips with crème fraiche and yuzu, fried oysters with kimchi ranch dressing, tomato salad, pig trotters, ankimo, anise hyssop ricotta gnocchi and the spicy blue prawns. To drink, he suggests the Gentleman's Breakfast.

    Allumette

    1320 Echo Park Ave

    Los Angeles, CA 90026

    213-935-8787

    All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food restaurant map.

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Why We Tip, Using Drones to Hunt Wild Boars, Kefir
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:16And the Winner Is...
    3. 8:44Cerebral Cooking at Allumette in Echo ParkYou’re reading this
    4. 16:44The Fastest Growing Industry of the Lowest Paid Workers
    5. 23:13Where Did Tipping Originate and Why Do We Still Do It?
    6. 33:41How to Stop Invasive Species...Eat Them
    7. 41:52Hunting Wild Boars with Pig Spotting Drones
    8. 49:15How to Make Your Own Kefir at Home
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Why We Tip, Using Drones to Hunt Wild Boars, Kefir
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:16And the Winner Is...
    3. 8:44Cerebral Cooking at Allumette in Echo ParkYou’re reading this
    4. 16:44The Fastest Growing Industry of the Lowest Paid Workers
    5. 23:13Where Did Tipping Originate and Why Do We Still Do It?
    6. 33:41How to Stop Invasive Species...Eat Them
    7. 41:52Hunting Wild Boars with Pig Spotting Drones
    8. 49:15How to Make Your Own Kefir at Home
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