Good Food
Food on the Screen: Calabasas & Paris
We wrap our Food on the Screen series with Sandra Aamodt weighing in on “The Biggest Loser.” Then Adeline Grattard takes us behind the scenes of “Chef’s Table” in Paris. Next it’s onto squash blossoms at the market and tofu balls with Jonathan Gold at Button Mash. Plus: Tacolandia judge Gustavo Arellano eats 31 tacos and Zach Brooks highlights the best of the best at Smorgasburg LA.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto credits: Bill Branson, National Cancer Institute, via Wikimedia Common
In this episode
7 storiesDieting in “The Biggest Loser”
All month, we’ve been talking about how food is having its moment on the screen, from TV shows set in restaurants to Netflix specials featuring the world’s top chefs. We close out our Food on the Screen series with a look at the NBC reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.”
Read the story16 minChef Adeline Grattard, coming to a screen near you
Last week, we talked to Chef Niki Nakayama about how the Netflix series “Chef’s Table” changed her life forever. When Season 1 started streaming she could not take reservations at her restaurant n/naka fast enough. Now we turn to another chef about to take the same ride.
Read the story7 minJonathan Gold scores tofu balls, tokens and craft beer at Button Mash
There’s no shortage of restaurants in our fair city offering up great Vietnamese food and frosty pints of beer. Button Mash in Echo Park is upping the ante with an arcade of old school video games. (Sorry dear listeners, no producing “Good Food” this week.
Read the story8 minDeconstructing the diet of a coyote
Although we mostly obsess on this show over the many and myriad kinds of food eaten by humans, some of you living in the big city might be curious about what coyotes are eating. Maybe you’ve seen these wily predators skulking the streets at dusk and dawn.
Read the story6 minRatatouille with stuffed squash blossoms
For Chef Ken Takayama, the beginning of summer means a trip to the farmers market to buy squash blossoms for the menu at Mélisse . He fits the delicate squash blossoms around soft-boiled eggs as part of an elaborate ratatouille dish served there.
Read the story7 minGustavo Arellano eats 31 tacos to judge taco fest
Earlier this month, Tacolandia celebrated “all things taco” by inviting 100 plus vendors from around the world to dish up their best fare to adoring fans in Downtown LA. One of the festival judges this year was Gustavo Arellano , editor of the OC Weekly and host of KCRW’s Orange County Line.
Read the story6 minSmorgasburg stakes out turf in DTLA
The Brooklyn festival Smorgasburg has spawned several food innovations, including the Ramen Burger where crunchy noodles take the place of the bun. Now the weekend food and crafts festival has made its way west, to the Alameda Produce Market in Downtown LA.
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