Good Food
Father's Day Tribute; Latino Diabetes; Jonathan Gold
Celebrate Father's Day from the backyard grill to the family dinner table with our tribute to Dad. We focus our community spotlight on Latino Diabetes and Project Angel Food, and whet our appetites with Jonathan Gold's latest review, stories from personal chef Lorin Adolph and Laura Avery's Market Report.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenJust for Dad: Expert griller Steven Raichlen demonstrates the rules of grilling; the kids of Santa Monica's Lincoln Middle School celebrate Father's Day; and working dad, Cameron Stracher finds his way back to the family dinner table. For the rest of us, Jonathan Gold finds a harmonic mix of cuisine at Opus; personal chef Lorin Adolph cooks for an audience of two; Liz Mintz explains the impact of diabetes in the Latino community; John Gile supports Project Angel Food; and Laura Avery gets a zucchini tart recipe from Lou chef, J.D. Olsen, in the Market Report.
In this episode
8 storiesThe Market Report
Berry season is in full swing and Laura Avery meets with Robert Poole who, with his family, farms different kinds of blackberries including Logan berries and boysenberries. J.D. Olsen, the chef from Hollywood wine bar Lou joins Laura and shares how he’s using heirloom Italian zucchini to make a tart. Lou www.louonvine.com 724 N.
Read the story7 minOpus Restaurant
The word opus is usually used in a musical sense but it can also mean artistic works on a large scale, exactly what Jonathan Gold found on his recent trip to Opus restaurant. Opus is the latest stop for chef Joseph Centeno, a talented and skillful veteran of some of the finest kitchens in California. At Opus, he has created a tasting menu – a…
Read the story7 minMaster of the Grill
Nothing says Father’s Day like firing up the grill and having a family barbecue – and while grilling is a fairly simple process, there is an art behind it and a seemingly endless variety of cooking methods and special recipes. That’s where Steven Raichlen comes in – a master griller who has 11 commandments for divine grilling straight from his …
Read the story7 minKids' P.O.V. for Father's Day
To celebrate Father’s Day, producer Thea Chaloner went to Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica to hear what kids think of their dad’s cooking skills – the answers might surprise you! Segment Music -- Winter's Love -- Animal Collective
Read the story7 minDinner with Dad
In Cameron Stracher’s book, Dinner With Dad: How I Found My Way Back to the Family Table , the opening line quotes the Talking Heads’ song Once in a Lifetime: “And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife… and you may ask yourself—well, how did I get here?” Apparently, working 80-hour weeks and driving a daily…
Read the story7 minAdventures of a Personal Chef
Lorin Adolph is a Chicago-based personal chef, who has been preparing meals for the same celebrity couple for ten years. During his travels with the couple, he quickly discovered that one of the greatest challenges of his job was to find fresh local ingredients -- which means he's familiar with farmers markets from Cannes to Santa Monica.
Read the story7 minCultural Food Exchange
The Great American Melting Pot is a medley of cultures and people. What happens to traditional diets when people immigrate? How is their nutrition compromised as a result? Liz Mintz of the Latino Nutrition Coalition talks about these questions as they specifically relate to the Latin American culture, where diabetes has a much stronger…
Read the story7 minCity of Angels
Project Angel Food , founded in 1989 by Marianne Williamson, is a non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing the body and spirit of men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. On Sunday, June 24th, the Hollywood Walk to Deliver -- Project Angel Food’s first fundraising walk –- will wind from Project Angel…
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