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    Market Report: hearts of palm and figs

    Over at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Gillian Ferguson visits with Kevin Meehan , chef and owner of Kali   on Melrose. He explains how to prepare fresh hearts of palm.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 4, 2019 • 1 min read

    Over at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Gillian Ferguson visits with Kevin Meehan, chef and owner of Kalion Melrose. He explains how to prepare fresh hearts of palm. She also visits with farmer Marguerita Smith farmer of Mud Creek Ranch in Santa Paula to hear about a few of the many varieties of figs she grows.

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    6 of 6
    Eat globally, cook locally
    1. 0:00Chef Curtis Stone goes abroad for inspiration in new PBS show
    2. 12:06A globetrotting quest to find the world's best restaurants
    3. 25:24Bill Addison’s excellent adventure in Lebanon
    4. 31:56Houston chef Chris Shepherd says "cooking local" means meeting your neighbors
    5. 43:34A new symposium exploring Southern California Foodways
    6. 47:45Market Report: hearts of palm and figsYou’re reading this
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