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In ‘City of Ghosts,’ young sleuths explore LA, its restaurants, and supernatural stories
Animator Elizabeth Ito is the Los Angeles-born creator of “ City of Ghosts ,” a six-episode kids’ series on Netflix about a team of child sleuths who traverse diverse neighborhoods of LA, encountering supernatural beings and their stories.
By Evan Kleiman • • 12m ListenAnimator Elizabeth Ito is the Los Angeles-born creator of “City of Ghosts,” a six-episode kids’ series on Netflix about a team of child sleuths who traverse diverse neighborhoods of LA, encountering supernatural beings and their stories. There are a slew of restaurants along the way, a personal touch as Ito remembers the multiculturalism of particular neighborhoods where businesses of one group are patronized by people of other ethnicities. Ito says she makes it a priority in her work to use the voices of real people to tell their stories.
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Ghosts, vegetables, hot sauce- 0:00In ‘City of Ghosts,’ young sleuths explore LA, its restaurants, and supernatural storiesYou’re reading this
- 12:18Clickbait restaurants: Ghosting the traditional delivery model
- 26:58Making the most of vegetables with few ingredients and a light touch
- 39:02Pasta, muffins, gazpacho: Putting market zucchini to work
- 49:01Uncovering the LA roots of El Pato hot sauce
The full episode
1 of 5Ghosts, vegetables, hot sauce- 0:00In ‘City of Ghosts,’ young sleuths explore LA, its restaurants, and supernatural storiesYou’re reading this
- 12:18Clickbait restaurants: Ghosting the traditional delivery model
- 26:58Making the most of vegetables with few ingredients and a light touch
- 39:02Pasta, muffins, gazpacho: Putting market zucchini to work
- 49:01Uncovering the LA roots of El Pato hot sauce