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    Forging knives, lab-grown 'meat,' and iconic food writing

    It’s time to pay tribute to the makers who expand our understanding of food. Whether it’s forging cutlery like Adam Perry Lang, or inventing new forms of “meat,” it’s the restless creatives who keep food culture in constant motion.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 7, 2018 • 56m Listen

    It’s time to pay tribute to the makers who expand our understanding of food. Whether it’s forging cutlery like Adam Perry Lang, or inventing new forms of “meat,” it’s the restless creatives who keep food culture in constant motion. We also hear about Harper Magazine’s greatest food writing from the past 150 years, as well as an iconic Southern cookbook author. Plus: a look at Mimouna’s food traditions.

    In this episode

    7 stories
    1. 0:00

      Flame grilled and hand forged

      It’s been nearly five years since Adam Perry Lang camped out behind Jimmy Kimmel’s studio with a dozen Big Green eggs and an Airstream, while throngs of people lined up to sample his barbecue.

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      13 min
    2. 13:02

      Can you define 'meat?'

      Amid technological advances and appeals for sustainability, plant-based meat alternatives and cell-cultured meat are making ranchers, feedlots and slaughterhouses squirm. Chase Purdy reported for Quartz on the U.S.

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      9 min
    3. 21:49

      The tradition of Mimouna

      Rabbi Daniel Bouskila joins Evan to talk about the food traditions of Mimouna, the North African Jewish celebration held a day after Passover.\* \*Note: This segment was recorded prior to the Sabbath.

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      6 min
    4. 27:54

      The best of Harper's food writing

      Harper’s Magazine has been a platform for exceptional food writing for the last 167 years.

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      8 min
    5. 36:02

      The life and times of Ernest Mickler

      Photo by Ernest Mickler.

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      8 min
    6. 44:25

      Market Report: Just 'beet' it!

      This week at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Laura Avery checks in with Renata Rokicki , executive chef at Cafe Birdie in Highland Park, about how to best utilize beets in her dishes.

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      8 min
    7. 51:56

      Jonathan Gold dines on sushi at Shiki

      Morihiro "Mori" Onodera might have LA’s most passionate sushi fans. Jonathan Gold stopped by Chef Onodera’s latest venture, Shiki Beverly Hills , for a reminder of why high-end sushi connoisseurs seek out his fare.

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      4 min
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    In this episode

    7 stories
    1. 0:0013 min

      Flame grilled and hand forged

    2. 13:029 min

      Can you define 'meat?'

    3. 21:496 min

      The tradition of Mimouna

    4. 27:548 min

      The best of Harper's food writing

    5. 36:028 min

      The life and times of Ernest Mickler

    6. 44:258 min

      Market Report: Just 'beet' it!

    7. 51:564 min

      Jonathan Gold dines on sushi at Shiki

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