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    Josiah Citrin is the chef and owner of Melisse Restaurant in Santa Monica. His new cookbook is In Pursuit of Excellence . A recipe for Halbut with Smoked Bacon and Fava Bean Puree from Chef Josiah’s book is on the Good Food Blog.

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

    Josiah Citrin is the chef and owner of

    Melisse Restaurant

    in Santa Monica. His new cookbook is

    In Pursuit of Excellence. A recipe for Halbut with Smoked Bacon and Fava Bean Puree from Chef Josiah’s book is on the Good Food Blog.

    Nate Siemens is one of the owners of Fat Uncle Farms. He is selling pickled almonds at the market this week. The green almonds are picked early in the harvest season when they are quite young and they are pickled with the shell and husk still on. He compares the taste to an olive, but without a pit.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Candace Moyer

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    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Hoppin' John Buche de Noel, American Chestnuts
    1. 0:00Christmas Cookies
    2. 0:00Market ReportYou’re reading this
    3. 0:00Buche de Noel
    4. 0:00Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
    5. 0:00Pescado Zarandeado
    6. 0:00What To Do This New Year's Eve
    7. 0:00Hoppin' John
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