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East LA's Donut Man, Wolfgang Puck's Oscar Menu, Hops Tea
Carolina Miranda meets a donut-slinging luchador, Wolfgang Puck tells us what's on the Oscars menu and we learn about a hops tea that's brewing at Grand Central Market.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenCarolina Miranda meets a donut-slinging luchador, Wolfgang Puck tells us what's on the Oscars menu and Charles Babinski instroduces us to a hops tea that's brewing at Grand Central Market.
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9 storiesDonut Man of East LA
Carolina Miranda is an arts reporter who wrote a feature on Abel Nabor Campos in the winter edition of Lucky Peach magazine. Her story details how Abel Nabor Campos, hailing from Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, accidentally fell into doughnut-making upon crossing the border with some bakers. Doughnut-making is not his only talent, however, he's also a wrestler and fittingly refers to himself as the donero luchador. Music: Los Luchadores
Read the story8 min20 Years of Cooking for the Red Carpet with Wolfgang Puck
This year marks the 20th year that chef Wolfgang Puck has catered the Oscars extravaganza -- an endeavor that requires Military-like organization to ensure one of the great parties of the year is perfectly tasteful. He shares this year's menu and discusses how the meal has evolved over the years.
Read the story8 minMarket Report
Miles Thompson is the executive chef at Allumette in Echo Park. He and Serena Herrick, Allumette's bar manager, are shopping for late winter and early spring vegetables this week.
Read the story6 minA Rare Craft Beer that's Never Been Bottled: Pliny the Younger
Last month, fifteen thousand beer fans made a pilgrimage to Russian River Brewing Company .'s small pub in Santa Rosa California for the annual release of a triple IPA called Pliny the Younger . It's expensive, strong and extremely rare.
Read the story7 minMaltose Falcons
The Maltose Falcons is the oldest home brewing club still in existence in America and the group celebrates their 40th anniversary this year. Evan Kleiman talks to Drew Beechum , one of the club's board members. Music: "Tennis Court" by Lorde
Read the story8 minHops Tea at Grand Central Market
Charles Babinski is the co-founder of G&B Coffee , and he's also behind Go Get Em Tiger on Larchmont. He talks about a hops tea that you can get at the G&B outpost in the Grand Central Market. Music: "Healing" by Bloc Party
Read the story7 minJonathan Gold Reviews Rustic Canyon
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reassesses Rustic Canyon , a wine bar in Santa Monica, now that Jeremy Fox is the chef.
Read the story7 minTasty Pozole in Santa Ana
Gustavo Arellano is the editor of the OC Weekly. This week he joins Evan Kleiman to talk about Potzol den Cano in Santa Ana where he loves the white pozole . The restaurant is also known for their burritas (not burritos - these more closely resemble quesadillas). Arellano also likes the enfrijoladas. Music: "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit
Read the story4 minThe Breakfast Bible
Seb Emina, also known as Malcolm Eggs, is the editor of the London Review of Breakfast and the author of the book The Breakfast Bible. He talks about how a lack of breakfast coverage in the media inspired his obsession with breakfast.
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