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    Good Food

    Food Truck War

    Elina Shatkin is the West Coast editor for Toque , an online food magazine.  There is a political fight happening in Los Angeles over regulation of food trucks .  Many bricks-and-mortar restaurants are upset that the trucks are taking business from them.  Parking and trash has been an issue.  One solution are food truck lots, which have just…

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

    Elina Shatkin is the West Coast editor for Toque, an online food magazine. There is a political fight happening in Los Angeles over regulation of food trucks. Many bricks-and-mortar restaurants are upset that the trucks are taking business from them. Parking and trash has been an issue. One solution are food truck lots, which have just been approved in Santa Monica.

    Music Break: La mer by Biréli Lagrène

    The full episode

    3 of 9
    Food Truck War; Bakery Crawl; Pop Up Restaurants; The Gravenstein
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Gravenstein Apples
    3. 14:00Food Truck WarYou’re reading this
    4. 21:00Gatsby-Style Pop Up Restaurant
    5. 28:00Armenian Food in Studio City
    6. 35:00Hungry Town
    7. 49:00USDA & DOJ Workshops for Farmers
    8. 56:00Bakery Crawl
    9. 59:00Donut Art
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 9
    Food Truck War; Bakery Crawl; Pop Up Restaurants; The Gravenstein
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Gravenstein Apples
    3. 14:00Food Truck WarYou’re reading this
    4. 21:00Gatsby-Style Pop Up Restaurant
    5. 28:00Armenian Food in Studio City
    6. 35:00Hungry Town
    7. 49:00USDA & DOJ Workshops for Farmers
    8. 56:00Bakery Crawl
    9. 59:00Donut Art
    Back to Good Food