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    Good Food

    Market Report

    Laura Avery is the market manager at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market . This week she speaks with Alex Ageneau, the executive chef at Aestus, who is shopping for Brown Sugar persimmons for his Grilled Persimmon Salad recipe, which you can find on the Good Food blog .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    Laura Avery is the market manager at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market. This week she speaks with Alex Ageneau, the executive chef at Aestus, who is shopping for Brown Sugar persimmons for his Grilled Persimmon Salad recipe, which you can find on the Good Food blog.

    Laura also talks with Laurence Hauben of Penryn Orchard Specialties about their nine different persimmon varietals. They also delve into hoshigaki, the traditional Japanese method of drying persimmons to achieve maximum flavor and sweetness.

    Music: "Marilyn Monroe" by Pharrell Williams

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    The full episode

    6 of 6
    Cracker Barrel, Preserving Mexican Heirloom Corn, Chef Enrique Olvera
    1. 0:00A Trip to Cracker Barrel
    2. 9:52Jonathan Gold Reviews Le Comptoir
    3. 18:32Off the Menu: Asian America
    4. 27:41The Fight to Save Mexico's Heirloom Corn
    5. 36:39Enrique Olvera: Reinterpreting Mexico from the Inside Out
    6. 49:33Market ReportYou’re reading this
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