Good Food
Cilantro roots, Norteño Mexican food, LA's farm past
At the Hollywood Farmers Market, Simbal chef Shawn Pham schools us on what to do with cilantro roots. Jonathan Gold shares his favorite dishes at Salazar and chef Esdras Ochoa instructs us on how to craft the perfect taco. Plus, the next installment of Burned, a Q&A with the director of Unbroken Ground and the New Republic's Ted Genoways clues us in on a vegan mayo scandal.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Joseph Stone
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6 storiesCilantro roots and boiling peanuts in beer
These days there's plenty of talk about working the whole animal — snout to tail — onto the menu. But what about the whole plant? For this week's Market Report, we take a trip to the Hollywood Farmers' Market to talk with Shawn Pham about cooking with cilantro roots at Simbal in Little Tokyo.
Read the story7 minNorteño Mexican food on the banks of the LA River
In Los Angeles, you can't throw a rock without hitting a taco stand. But Norteño Mexican-style tacos are a little harder to come by. In Frogtown, a 34-year-old chef from Mexicali is changing that with his new restaurant, Salazar .
Read the story8 minLos Angeles, from cows to concrete
Until the 1950's, Los Angeles County was the agricultural center of North America. Today few Angelenos realize that so much of the land was once home to ranchos, orange groves and celery fields.
Read the story12 minBurned: Injuries and retaliation in the kitchen
Last week, we aired the first part of a groundbreaking series, Burned: Abuse in LA's Restaurant Industry ,” from KCRW investigative reporter Karen Foshay .
Read the story12 minUnbroken Ground
Now we move out of the restaurant world and into the field. The new documentary Unbroken Ground follows farmers, ranchers and fishermen trying to strike a balance between breaking even and preserving the land.
Read the story4 minA vegan mayonnaise scandal
Much has been written about Hampton Creek, the company that produces the eggless spread Just Mayo . But you know who's not buying it? The American Egg Board . It seems they quietly slipped money to Unilever, owner of Hellmann's and Best Foods mayonnaise, to fund a lawsuit requiring Hampton Creek to change its name.
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