Good Food
Kosher Tacos, America's Oldest Menus, Best New Sandwich Shop in LA
We get a taste of LA's only kosher taco, visit Jonathan Gold's favorite sandwich shop in LA and hear from an Angeleno who ate his way through the entire LA Zagat guide.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenSean Robins - aka The Monster - tells us how, and why, he ate his way through the entire 2011 Los Angeles Zagat guide. Jim Heimann recounts what the first menus in America looked like and Jonathan Gold declares he has a new favorite sandwich shop in LA. Shelly Schmidt offers a chemistry lesson on sugar, and scientists Adam Hoover and Eric Muth explain their latest gadget, the Bite Counter. Plus, Marja Vongerichten of the Kimchi Chronicles demystifies cooking Korean food at home, and Elina Shatkin gives us a tour of LA's Kosher Corridor.
Banner image: Selection from Taschen's Menu Design in America: 1850-1985
In this episode
8 storiesMarket Report
Evan Funke is the executive chef at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica. Funke is preparing a simple tomato salad with heirloom tomatoes from Windrose Farm and Munak Ranch .
Read the story7 minFeed The Monster
Sean Robins, aka The Monster, ate his way through the entire 2011 Los Angeles Zagat Guide. He chronicles his eating adventures on his blog, Feed the Monster .
Read the story7 minMenu Design: Then and Now
Jim Heimann is a noted graphic designer in Los Angeles. He edited Taschen's Menu Design in America : 1850-1985.
Read the story8 minJonathan's Favorite Sandwich Shop
Jonathan Gold visits Ink Sack , Michael Voltaggio's sandwich shop on Melrose in West Hollywood. Gold says it's the best sandwich shop to open in the LA area in a long time. Highlights include the CLT, the cold fried chicken and the Reuben sandwiches.
Read the story5 minCounting Every Bite
Adam Hoover and Eric Muth are professors at Clemson University who have invented a new gadget to watch your waistline. It's the bite counter .
Read the story8 minThe Sticky Thing about Sugar
Shelly Schmidt is a professor of Food Chemistry at the University of Illinois. She explains who sugar doesn't actually melt, but decomposes. Music break: "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies
Read the story7 minKimchi Chronicles
Marja Vongerichten is the host of The Kimchi Chronicles on PBS. Her recently published book, also called The Kimchi Chronicles , is a wonderful guide to Korean cooking at home.
Read the story7 minKosher Corridor
Elina Shatkin of the LA Weekly gives us a culinary tour of a little stretch of Pico Boulevard that she calls the Kosher Corridor.
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