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    Good Food

    Foraged Inspiration at Girasol in Studio City

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Girasol , the new restaurant from Top Chef alum CJ Jacobson . At brunch he recommends the house cured gravlax, french toast, ricotta pancakes and the fruit plate.

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

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Girasol, the new restaurant from Top Chef alum CJ Jacobson. At brunch he recommends the house cured gravlax, french toast, ricotta pancakes and the fruit plate. At dinner he suggests the beets and berries, hamachi with citrus, pork satay and the grilled wagyu steak.

    Girasol

    11334 Moorpark St

    Studio City, CA 91602

    818-924-2323

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

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    6. 40:00Cooking and Curing with Salt Blocks
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    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Soviet Food Memories, Salt Block Cooking, Deborah Madison
    1. 0:00Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
    2. 12:00How Much Do You Know about Ecuadorian Food?
    3. 18:53Foraged Inspiration at Girasol in Studio CityYou’re reading this
    4. 27:20Deborah Madison Tests Your Vegetable Literacy
    5. 34:21Market Report
    6. 40:00Cooking and Curing with Salt Blocks
    7. 48:23Coffee Around the World
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