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    Good Food

    Market Report

    David Karp is a pomologist with UC Riverside and a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times food section, where he writes the Market Watch column. This week he talks to Laura Avery about the Warren Pear.

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

    David Karp is a pomologist with UC Riverside and a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times food section, where he writes the Market Watch column. This week he talks to Laura Avery about the Warren Pear. Al Courchesne, owner of Frog Hollow Farm in Northern California, will be bringing his coveted Warren Pears to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market on November 30 and December 7. This is a rare opportunity for Southern Californians to meet Farmer Al and to try this incredible variety of pear.

    The full episode

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    Foodie Holiday Gifts, Coffee, Salt and Kitchen Gadgets
    1. 0:00Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 6:46Saving the Season
    3. 13:34Salt: The Essential Ingredient
    4. 22:22Heirloom Beans and Huitlacoche
    5. 29:03Direct Trade vs. Fair Trade Coffee
    6. 36:23Mozzarella Bar Via Roma
    7. 43:47The Well Stocked Kitchen
    8. 49:13Pairing Wine with a Wine Glass
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      Evan Kleiman

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      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 8
    Foodie Holiday Gifts, Coffee, Salt and Kitchen Gadgets
    1. 0:00Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 6:46Saving the Season
    3. 13:34Salt: The Essential Ingredient
    4. 22:22Heirloom Beans and Huitlacoche
    5. 29:03Direct Trade vs. Fair Trade Coffee
    6. 36:23Mozzarella Bar Via Roma
    7. 43:47The Well Stocked Kitchen
    8. 49:13Pairing Wine with a Wine Glass
    Back to Good Food