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    Good Food

    Market Report

    Xiong Pao Her brings an enormous array of Asian vegetables to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market every other week. He grows in Fresno where a large community of Hmong farmers grow predominantly Asian produce. Cocktail chef Matthew Biancaniello is excited to take advantage of the very short green walnut season.

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

    Xiong Pao Her brings an enormous array of Asian vegetables to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market every other week. He grows in Fresno where a large community of Hmong farmers grow predominantly Asian produce.

    Matthew Biancaniello is excited to take advantage of the very short green walnut season. He is making nocino, a green walnut liqueur, with both wild green walnuts and those he purchased at local farmers markets. Find a nocino recipe on the Good Food blog and be sure to shop fast because the green walnut season lasts for just one or two weeks.

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    Texas BBQ; Homemade Hot Sauce; The World's Hottest Pepper
    1. 0:00Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 7:11Understanding the 2013 Farm Bill Debate
    3. 12:06The Prophets of Smoked Meat: A Journey through Texas BBQ
    4. 20:29Smoke and Brisket Infuse West Hollywood
    5. 27:35How to Understand a Meat Label in the Supermarket
    6. 36:19The History of the Hot Dog
    7. 42:32The Race to the World's Hottest Pepper
    8. 50:38Homemade Hot Sauce
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

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      Laryl Garcia

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    The full episode

    1 of 8
    Texas BBQ; Homemade Hot Sauce; The World's Hottest Pepper
    1. 0:00Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 7:11Understanding the 2013 Farm Bill Debate
    3. 12:06The Prophets of Smoked Meat: A Journey through Texas BBQ
    4. 20:29Smoke and Brisket Infuse West Hollywood
    5. 27:35How to Understand a Meat Label in the Supermarket
    6. 36:19The History of the Hot Dog
    7. 42:32The Race to the World's Hottest Pepper
    8. 50:38Homemade Hot Sauce
    Back to Good Food