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    Good Food

    LA's Own Acorn-Fed Heritage Pigs

    Lefty Ayers is raising  acorn-fed heritage pigs  on his ReRide Ranch about an hour outside of Los Angeles.  Right now he has  Berkshire pigs , which is about a 300 pound pig.  The meat is more marbled than traditional pork.  Find Lefty's meat at  McCall's  ( 2117 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz ;  (323) 667-0674 ).

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Lefty Ayers is raising acorn-fed heritage pigs on his ReRide Ranch about an hour outside of Los Angeles. Right now he has Berkshire pigs, which is about a 300 pound pig. The meat is more marbled than traditional pork. Find Lefty's meat at McCall's (2117 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz; (323) 667-0674).

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    Best of 2010; Favorite Tacos; Eating Placenta; La Cevicheria
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:42Eating the Placenta
    3. 12:40LA's Own Acorn-Fed Heritage PigsYou’re reading this
    4. 23:07La Cevicheria
    5. 30:12Favorite Tacos
    6. 38:46Dim Sum Truck Ride-Along
    7. 44:58The Waffleizer
    8. 48:48Seven Courses of Goat
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Harriet Ells

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    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Best of 2010; Favorite Tacos; Eating Placenta; La Cevicheria
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:42Eating the Placenta
    3. 12:40LA's Own Acorn-Fed Heritage PigsYou’re reading this
    4. 23:07La Cevicheria
    5. 30:12Favorite Tacos
    6. 38:46Dim Sum Truck Ride-Along
    7. 44:58The Waffleizer
    8. 48:48Seven Courses of Goat
    Back to Good Food