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How to Write a Better Yelp Review, Clam Chowder Three Ways
A professional food writer offers writing advice to so-called Yelpers; plus, Jonathan Gold finds chowder three ways at Connie & Ted's.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenAre you a Yelper? If so, Hanna Raskin has some advice for you. She's a food critic and the author of Yelp Help: How to Write Great Online Restaurant Reviews. Food writer Jonathan Gold needs no advice; he nails his review of Connie & Ted's in West Hollywood. Gideon Brower educates us on the little known history behind Ralphs, Trader Joe's and Smart and Final supermarkets. Russ Parsons cools down with cold dairy soups. Apples and tomatillos are two fruits you will find at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market this week. Preserver Kevin West shares tips for saving the apple season and Mexico-City native Pati Jinich encourages us to try making a tomatillo salsa. At the market, Josiah Citrin buys tomatillos for a French-style sauce and farmer Ruth Jaime says she will have several varieties of tomatillos until early Fall.
Banner image: Huevos Divorciados from Pati Jinich's Pati's Mexican Table
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Josiah Citrin is the chef and owner of Mélisse , the two-Michelin starred restaurant in Santa Monica.
Read the story7 minSalsa Two Ways
According to Pati Jinich, if you open the refrigerator of any Mexican cook, you'll likely find at least two homemade salsas - one salsa roja and one salsa verde. Jinich is the host of Pati's Mexican Table and she also has a cookbook of the same name.
Read the story9 minPreserving Apples with Kevin West
Kevin West is the author of Saving the Season : A Cook’s Guide to Home Canning, Pickling and Preserving. Find out he how he preserves crab apples on the Good Food blog .
Read the story8 minMr. Smart and Mr. Final: Surprising Stories of Familiar Chains
Gideon Brower is an independent radio producer. He sits down with Evan Kleiman to discuss the origins of familiar Southern California chains from Ralphs to Smart & Final.
Read the story5 minClam Chowder Three Ways at Connie & Ted's
Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold reviews Michael Cimarusti's new restaurant, Connie & Ted's .
Read the story11 minHow to Write a Better Yelp Review
Hanna Raskin offers tips to improve your online restaurant review in her book Yelp Help : How to Write a Great Online Restaurant Review. She is the incoming food writer for the Charleston, South Carolina Post & Courier . She previously served as food critic for the Seattle Weekly and Dallas Observer.
Read the story6 minCold Dairy Soups to Beat the Heat
Russ Parsons is the Food Editor at the LA Times. He also writes the California Cook column. He makes a case for cold dairy soups - like this cold cucumber and yogurt soup with barley .
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