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    Foraging for Wild Fennel in LA

    Three chefs from Craft Restaurant - pastry chef Shannon Swindle, chef de cuisine John Keenan and pastry sous chef Holden Burkons - took Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson foraging for wild fennel in Topanga Canyon. Wild fennel is rampant in many parts of Los Angeles and is an invasive species that environmentalists would like to eradicate.

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

    Three chefs from Craft Restaurant - pastry chef Shannon Swindle, chef de cuisine John Keenan and pastry sous chef Holden Burkons - took Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson foraging for wild fennel in Topanga Canyon. Wild fennel is rampant in many parts of Los Angeles and is an invasive species that environmentalists would like to eradicate.

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    Morels; Wild Fennel; The Future of Food Writing
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    2. 6:03The Calvin Trillin Trail
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    6. 40:38Advice for Future Food Writers
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Morels; Wild Fennel; The Future of Food Writing
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:03The Calvin Trillin Trail
    3. 13:03The Magic of Morels
    4. 23:01Foraging for Wild Fennel in LAYou’re reading this
    5. 31:47Why the LA Times Lost Its Food Section
    6. 40:38Advice for Future Food Writers
    7. 46:03What to Drink at the Kentucky Derby
    Back to Good Food