Good Food
Dumplings, Tomatomania, Virginia Country Ham, the Oyster Olympics
Dumplings are mouthful packages of perfection. Carl Chu tells us where to go to get them. It's time to plant tomatoes. Landscape specialist Scott Daigre fills us in on the nation's most popular garden plant. We'll taste some Virginia Country Ham from S Wallace Edwards and Sons. We'll take a trip to Seattle for the Oyster Olympics, a shucking and eating contest with expert Jon Rawley, and get some tips on wines to drink with these bivalves. Then it's on to Sicily with Anna Tasca Lanza to talk about the island's endangered fruits. Starting next week, remember to catch Good Food at its new time--Saturdays at 10:00am.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenRecipes and information from this week's edition of Good Food.
Starting next week, remember to catch Good Food at its new time--Saturdays at 10:00am.
Angeli Caffe, 7274 Melrose Ave, features a Sephardic Passover dinner next week. For details and reservations, call 323-936-9086.
Carl Chu is the author of Finding Chinese Food in Los Angeles: A Guide to Regional Chinese Cuisines, published by Crossbridge Publishing Company. Carl talked about the dumplings at:
Dumplings
10053 Valley Blvd
El Monte
Scott Daigre is a landscape designer with Power Plant.
Tomatomania, the world-s largest heirloom tomato seedling sale is next weekend:
When: April 2, 3, 4, from 9am to 5pm each day Where: Tapia Brothers, Encino (corner of Havenhurst and Burbank, just off the 101 Freeway, Havenhurst exit)
Tomatomania will reappear at the LA Arboretum-s BALDWIN BONANZA ANNUAL PLANT SALE & GARDEN SHOW, Saturday, May 1 & Sunday, May 2.
To try a true Virginia Ham, go to S W Edwards and Sons.
Jon Rawley is a restaurant consultant and seafood expert. He spoke about 15th Annual Anthony's Oyster Olympics, a fundraiser benefiting the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance's clean water efforts.
Anna Tasca Lanza is the author of The Garden of Endangered Fruit, a self-published book. She is also the author of The Heart of Sicily and The Flavors of Sicily, both published by IciLaPresse.
Loquat Fruit Salad
2 lbs loquats, peeled and pitted
A few tablespoons of jam or marmalade
Juice of 2 oranges
Nuts
A small glass of grappa, if you have no children around or any other liqueur that you prefer.
Make the salad a little ahead of time so that you can stir it as least twice before serving.
