Good Food
Cities of Spice; Best Cookbooks of 2007; English Pudding
We snack on Mexico City cuisine, access healthy food in low-income neighborhoods, and decant Croatian and Slovenian wines. We learn how to cook an egg, round up the best cookbooks of 2007, and taste English pudding. Plus, we explore the spice world and go to culinary school for kids.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJonathan Gold snacks on Mexico City cuisine, while Andrea Azuma advocates access to healthy food in low-income neighborhoods. Wine connoisseur George Cossette decants Croatian and Slovenian wines, James Peterson tells us how to cook an egg and other kitchen basics, and Tim Fischer lists the best cookbooks of the year. Plus, author Kate Colquhoun tastes English pudding and other traditional British food, food writer Michael Krondl explores the spice world, Samantha Saffir cooks up culinary lessons for kids, and Laura Avery finds what’s in season in a fresh Market Report.
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9 storiesThe Market Report
Laura Avery chats with Barbara Spencer of Windrose Farm about tepary beans. Barbara has white and brown varieties and is also selling black-eyed peas. All the beans are recently harvested so cooking time is much faster than grocery store-bought beans.
Read the story7 minThe Gold Standard: Mexico City Cuisine
Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the LA Weekly, snacks on Mexico City-style cuisine at Sabor a Mexico and Antojitos del D.F. Known as el Distrito Federal, or Federal District, Mexico City is known for its huaraches, huitlacoche quesadillas, pambazos and mulitas.
Read the story4 minProject CAFE
Some neighborhoods in Los Angeles have more fast-food restaurants and convenience stores than fresh produce from farmers' markets and supermarkets. Andrea Azuma advocates access to healthy food in low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
Read the story7 minCroatian and Slovenian Wines
George Cossette, wine expert and co-owner of Silverlake Wine , decants Croatian and Slovenian wines from the Adriatic region. During a recent Sunday wine tasting, the wine store featured these unique wines and sold almost every bottle in stock.
Read the story7 minHow to Cook an Egg
Master cook and award-winning author James Peterson teaches kitchen basics, like how to cook an egg, in his book, Cooking : 600 Recipes, 1500 Photographs, One Kitchen Education. A cooking instructor for over 20 years, James is also a self-trained food photographer. Music break: Mirage by Robert Drasnin
Read the story7 minBest Cookbooks of 2007
Tim Fischer, manager of The Cook's Library in Los Angeles, rounds up the best cookbooks of the year.
Read the story7 minEnglish Pudding
Journalist Kate Colquhoun traces the origins of traditional Christmas foods, such as English pudding, the boiled dessert made with suet or lard, in Taste : The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking.
Read the story7 minSpice Trade Wars
Food historian Michael Krondl recounts the spice trade wars amongst Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam in his book, The Taste of Conquest : The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice. He talks about how spices have been used as currency, medicine, recreational hallucinogens, and to justify genocide.
Read the story7 minKitchen Kid
Culinary coach Samantha Saffir teaches kids how to cook healthy and tasty food. She's the owner of Kitchen Kid , an in-home cooking school for children and families. She exposes kids to new flavors, aromas, and textures as well as reinforces math and science skills.
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