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Food and Disgust; Schnapps; How to Order Street Food
Do you find certain foods disgusting? A psychologist explains why. Schnapps finds a home in LA and a lesson on how to order street food.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenDo certain foods disgust you? Paul Rozin, a psychologist and pioneer in modern disgust research, explains why. schnapps and eau de vie have finally found a home in Los Angeles thanks to Austrian chef Bernhard Mairinger. Bill Esparza offers a lesson on how to order street food and Jonathan Gold shakes up his lunch - literally - in Koreatown. Plus, Sonoko Sakai discusses the beauty and nuance of handmade soba and milling master Glenn Roberts divulges which artisanal flours are the best for making cakes.
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Kajsa Alger is the executive chef at Street in Hollywood. Rather than creating meat-centric dishes that can be made vegetarian, Alger shifted the focus at Street to vegetarian dishes that can be ordered with meat. One example is her Braised Greens & Chorizo. Check out the recipe on the Good Food Blog .
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Bernhard Mairinger is the chef and owner of BierBeisl , the first Austrian restaurant to open in Los Angeles. In addition to the sausage and schnitzel, the restaurant will feature an entire schnapps menu .
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Bill Esparza is the author of the blog, Street Gourmet LA . He explains how to order street food should you find yourself in Mexico City or amid the street food stalls in Downtown LA. You can find photos of the scene downtown on the Good Food Blog .
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Paul Rozin is a psychologist and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania where he is pioneer of modern disgust research. He has also been editor of Appetite and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Gastronomy.
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Sonoko Sakai is a cookbook author and food writer. In 2010 she fulfilled her dream of learning to make soba by hand. She enrolled in a professional soba-making program in Japan and now gives lessons on how to make your own soba at home.
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Glenn Roberts is the owner of Anson Mills in South Carolina. He founded his company to grow, harvest and mill near-extinct varieties of heirloom corn, rice and wheat organically, and to re-create ingredients that were in the Southern larder before the Civil War.
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Jonathan Gold visits Kang Hodong Baekjeong in Chapman Plaza, which he describes as the epicenter of Korean nightlife in Los Angeles.
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