Good Food
Keeping Kosher; Mother's Day; Rosé; Staph in Meat
Celebrate mom with Rosé, Kosher food in Beverly Hills, Kobe beef pho, and recipe for berry crisp.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenThis week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, Chef Alex Reznik tells us how he maintains a strict Kosher kitchen at his restaurant La Seine. Gustavo Arellano heads to an unlikely section of Orange County for some authentic Colombian cuisine. We'll hear about the horrifying presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in our meat from Dr. Lance Price. Willy Blackmore tells us about a few global chain restaurants here in Los Angeles. Stacie Hunt explains how a battle broke out over Rosé. We'll try Kobe beef pho with Jonathan Gold. Plus, a berry crisp recipe from Amelia Saltsman. And, we're celebrating mother's day with memories from KCRW staffers.
Photo: Troy Masters
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7 storiesMarket Report
Amelia Saltsman is the author of The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook and a frequent guest on Good Food. With the arrival of cherries at the farmers market, Amelia is making berry crisp. She makes her crisp topping ahead and freezes it.
Read the story10 minNoodles with Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. This week he reviews Noodle Guy, a Vietnamese noodle restaurant in Alhambra. Along with the restaurant's signature Kobe beef pho, Jonathan liked the fried spring rolls, ban hoi, shredded pork skin with rice powder, and the broken rice plates.
Read the story6 minKeeping Kosher in Beverly Hills
Alex Reznik is the chef at La Seine in Beverly Hills (14 N. La Cienega), a Kosher restaurant. He has a rabbi that works in his kitchen as a line cook and who monitors their adherence to Kashrut laws . Alex shares a recipe here .
Read the story8 minColombian Cuisine at Mitzi's Kountry Kitchen
Gustavo Arellano is the Managing Editor of the OC Weekly where he writes the popular Ask a Mexican column and reviews restaurants. This week he heads to Laguna Hills , an unlikely place in Orange County to find Colombian food. The restaurant is Mitzi's Kountry Kitchen, which serves Colombian food during lunch and dinner.
Read the story9 minRosé
Stacie Hunt is a sommelier with Du Vin Wine & Spirits and Splash Productions . See Stacie's complete list of recommended Rosés here .
Read the story10 minStaph in Meat
Dr. Lance Price is the director of the TGen North’s Center for Microbiomics and Human Health and the author of study on drug resistant staph found in meat supply. Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Read the story12 minEthnic Chains
Willy Blackmore is the Los Angeles editor of Tasting Table , and email newsletter.
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