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    Fishing with Dynamite Delivers Great Fish, No Dynamite

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Fishing with Dynamite , a shoe box-sized seafood restaurant from chef David LeFevre. He recommends the black duck and kiwi cup oysters, squash rolls, grilled octopus, sword squid and the pretzel and chocolate bread pudding for dessert.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Fishing with Dynamite, a shoe box-sized seafood restaurant from chef David LeFevre. He recommends the black duck and kiwi cup oysters, squash rolls, grilled octopus, sword squid and the pretzel and chocolate bread pudding for dessert.

    Fishing with Dynamite

    1148 Manhattan Ave

    Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

    310-893-6299

    All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food restaurant map.

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    The full episode

    5 of 8
    Candy Corn, Fear of Food, the Magic Restroom Cafe
    1. 0:00What Exactly Is the Flavor of Candy Corn?
    2. 4:55Candy 101 with the Candy Professor
    3. 13:14Why the Industrial Revolution Made Us Afraid of Our Food
    4. 17:37The Disturbing Reality of the Magic Restroom Cafe
    5. 23:15Fishing with Dynamite Delivers Great Fish, No DynamiteYou’re reading this
    6. 30:25The Reemergence of the Horse-Powered Farm
    7. 38:33Market Report
    8. 46:08Petit Fours and Champagne Gelee: Desserts for a Special Celebration
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