Good Food
History of the Toothpick; Moby; Tasting Wine; In-N-Out; Cranberry Harvest
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, cranberry harvest, the history of the toothpick, Moby and why shape matters when it comes to wine glasses. Plus Jonathan Gold takes us out for a hot dog.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenThanksgiving is over but we're not done talking about food. This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, how cranberries are harvested. Dawn Gates Allen explains this very East Coast tradition. Moby is here to share his thoughts on eating meat. We'll discuss the difference between drinking wine and tasting it from wine writer Ernie Whalley. Chow's Helena Echlin weighs on whether it's okay to bring your own food to a movie theater. We'll eat hot dogs with Jonathan Gold. Stacy Perman offers a behind-the-scenes look at In-N-Out. They're more to the toothpick than you think. Henry Petroski knows all about the history of the toothpick. Plus Georg Riedel explains why shape matters when it comes to wine glasses. And Laura Avery has the fresh scoop at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
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9 storiesMarket Report
Suzanne Griswold is one half of Chicks with Knives. They are hosting a pop up pickle shop called Perishable on Thursday, December 2 from 7:30-9 pm at 8500 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA. A recipe for pickled crab apples is here . Alex of Adam's Olive Ranch has fresh olives for sale at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
Read the story7 minCranberry Harvest
Dawn Gates Allen is a third generation cranberry farmer in Cape Cod, MA. Southeastern Massachusetts has over 14,000 acres of cranberry bogs. The fruit is harvested in two ways: dry and wet harvest. Only ten percent of cranberries are dry harvested . The wet method is better for cranberry products like juice, dried cranberries and…
Read the story6 minMoby Doesn't Eat Meat
A songwriter and DJ, Moby has been a vegan for over 20 years. His new book, which he edited with Minyun Park, is Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat) . Music Break: Taxman by Bozo Allegro
Read the story5 minNotes from a Professional Wine Taster
Ernie Whalley is a wine, food and travel writer living in Dublin. His blog is Fork n' Cork . He writes a column for The Sunday Independent and The Evening Herald .
Read the story8 minMovie Theater Etiquette
Helena Echlin writes the Table Manners column for Chow.com . She sometimes brings her own food into movie theaters, but argues that it's important to pay attention to the noise and aromas. Too much of both can turn off the audience. Music Break: This Is The Thing by Fink
Read the story7 minEarlez Grille
LA Weekly columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold samples the best hot dogs in South Los Angeles at Earlez Grill . He recommends the beef jumbo dog and beef-chili thriller, as well as Earlez banana pudding.
Read the story5 minIn-N-Out Secrets
Stacy Perman is the author of In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules . The first In-N-Out Burger was opened in Baldwin Park in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder. It was the first restaurant to use a two-way speaker box so that customers could order from their…
Read the story6 minHistory of the Toothpick
Professor Henry Petroski pays homage to the toothpick, one of the oldest, yet simplest tools, in his book, The Toothpick : Technology and Culture . Petroski teaches civil engineering and history at Duke University.
Read the story6 minGlass Shapes and Wine
Georg Riedel, who creates glassware that enhances the experience of drinking wine and other fine spirits, stresses the importance of glass shape and decanters. He is a 10th generation producer of the Riedel glass dynasty, which originated in Austria.
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