Good Food
LA Sriracha Festival, Coffee Beers, Lifesaving Condiments
A quick history of sriracha with the founder of the first annual LA Sriracha Festival; plus, how brewers are experimenting with coffee in their beers.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenRandy Clemens, founder of the first annual LA Sriracha Festival shares a brief history of sriracha and how he likes to use it; plus, Michael Kiser of Good Beer Hunting discusses how craft brewers are experimenting with coffee in their beer. Sports fans beware - Pierre Chandon researched the negative effects that a team’s losing streak can have on your waistline. Jonathan Gold visits Bucato where he is impressed by Chef Evan Funke’s handmade pasta. Plus, Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion offer some life saving advice for weeknight meals and third generation butcher Kari Underly explains why pork butt was recently renamed the Boston roast. For comic relief - Tom Saunders imagines what a conversation between a Vitamix and an espresso maker would sound like. At the market, Laura Avery talks to Serena Herrick about her market inspired cocktails and Ruth Jaime describes the different types of celery they sell at the Wednesday market.
In this episode
8 storiesIf Your Kitchen Appliances Could Talk, What Would They Say?
Tom Saunders is a comedy writer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his work on Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show and Just Shoot Me. Everything Talks is a collaboration with KCRW’s design and architecture show DnA . In this episode, we hear a Vitamix in conversation with a Rancilio Silvia espresso maker.
Read the story4 minUppers and Downers - The Marriage of Coffee and Beer
Michael Kiser writes the blog Good Beer Hunting . He will be leading a panel discussion about the intersection of beer and coffee this Saturday at Intelligentsia’s Pasadena location with brewers from Three Floyds, Solemn Oath, Lost Abbey, Stone, Firestone Walker, Angel City, and Goose Island. You can purchase tickets here .
Read the story7 minIs Your Favorite Sports Team Ruining Your Waistline?
Pierre Chandon is a marketing professor at INSEAD - a business school in France and Singapore. He discovered that a sports team’s losing streak can adversely affect the eating habits of fans. We first heard about his study in this New York Times article .
Read the story4 minSriracha - A History and LA's First Sriracha Festival
Randy Clemens is the author of two books: The Sriracha Cookbook and The Veggie Lover's Sriracha Cookbook . You can find a recipe for his SPAM Fried Rice and his vegan Maple-Sriracha Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cranberry Wild Rice on the Good Food Blog . Find details on the First Annual LA Sriracha Festival here .
Read the story10 minIt's a Handmade Pasta Experience at Bucato
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the LA Times. He reviews Chef Evan Funke’s new restaurant Bucato , located in the Helms Bakery complex. He recommends the fried zucchini blossoms, fried artichokes, the bitter greens and all the housemade breads; but the housemade pastas are the star of the show.
Read the story8 minMarket Report
Last weekend, KCRW presented California Cuisine - What it is and why it matters as part of their ongoing UpClose event series. During the panel Nancy Silverton and Joyce Goldstein remember that local food wasn’t always a way of life in California.
Read the story10 minWeeknight Keepers for the Busy Cook
Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion are the authors of Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen . Find a recipe for their weeknight “life saver” condiments on the Good Food Blog .
Read the story7 minHow Pork Butt Became the Boston Roast - Renaming Meat Cuts
Kari Underly comes from a long line of butchers. Her grandmother had her meat cutter’s license back when the skill was certified and her grandfather as well as her father wore a mesh apron.
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